Growth in recovery – body, mind and spirit
“Spirituality is one of those realities that we have only so long as we seek it; as soon as we stop seeking, we stop finding; as soon as we think we’ve got it, we’ve most certainly lost it.” Kurtz, E. & Ketchum, K. What does the spiritual journey seek? A wise teacher would probably reply […]
“When we attempt to ‘define’ spirituality, we discover not its limits, but our own.” ~ Ernest Kurtz and Katherine Ketchum, The Spirituality of Imperfection. Religion concerns itself with boundaries: belief against unbelief, insiders against outsiders, church and state, etc. If I try to define spirituality, I can refer only to my own incompleteness and am […]
“Spirituality is a lot like health, we may have good health or poor health, but it’s something we can’t avoid having. The same is true for spirituality: every human being is a spiritual being. The question is not whether we ‘have spirituality’ but whether the spirituality we have is a negative one that leads to […]
In order to arrive at what you do not know You must go by a way which is the way of ignorance. In order to possess what you do not possess You must go by the way of dispossession. In order to arrive at what you are not You must go through the way in […]
In my story, it’s nearly impossible to untangle the interdependent relationship between mental health, addiction, and spirituality. I began using alcohol (and other substances) to open my mind, and I eventually became hopelessly dependent on surges of dopamine to feel any possibility of having purpose in life. I lived the parable of ‘Man takes drink; […]
The Peace of Wild Things 