Wednesday, October 28, 2009

Baking a tasty radical ecstatic spiritual community pie!

So Debbie and I were brainstorming the other day about the key ingredents we wish for in spritual community.
Some of us grew up with the seven UU principals:
* The inherent worth and dignity of every person;
* Justice, equity and compassion in human relations;
* Acceptance of one another and encouragement to spiritual growth in our congregations;
* A free and responsible search for truth and meaning;
* The right of conscience and the use of the democratic process within our congregations and in society at large;
* The goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all;
* Respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part.



What would you add or change?
These were originally written pertaining to congregations alone, but growing up UU my experience was that these were spiritual principals to live in my daily life. As a youth in YRUU I saw conferences as a place where we got together to embody theses principals by creating intentional community based on unconditional love and acceptance.
As an adult going to congregational services I saw us talking about our principles, but it lacked the joyous embodiment of the youth community.

So I'm curious, what are the most important ingredients to you in spiritual community? What is it about circle worship that makes you feel at home? What is it about dancing in a peace march that sets your soul ablaze? What is it that is so satisfying about making a decision based on consensus even if it took 6 fucking hours? There is something of the sacred in all of these things for me. Where do you find it? What do you find lacking in our community that you long for? What is it we're building?

Blessed Be,
Suzanne

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