[Dialogue] Holistic Spirituality

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Forwarded by Jann McGuire.  Thought some of you would be interested 

Salutations Dimminows!

       Below is an e-mail  England's Dr.  William Bloom sent me about getting 

a "Holistic Spirituality " movement to  spread far and wide.   To me I have 

always used Holistic and Creation  Spirituality to mean the same thing.  And 

our very own Ana J. (Chornik) has  opened up a School of Holistic 
Spirituality 

in Buenos Aires Argentina, because  she feels (as do I) that "Holistic 

Spirituality" is a title that is less  confusing than "Creation 
Spirituality".  What 

do you think/feel/experience  concerning this?  I really dig our exchanges... 
 

Soulfully,  JoyBeth


 

Open-minded * Open-hearted

A new  approach to spirituality

*

When asked your beliefs,

You could  answer 'Holistic'


All life is sacred,  interdependent and growing to fulfil its potential.

Love, Support and  Protect all beings.

Connect. Grow.  Serve.


The New Spirituality

A Holistic  Manifesto

We live in a period of remarkable change out of which a  new, open-minded and 

open-hearted approach to spirituality is emerging.  This new spirituality -

… Welcomes and celebrates diversity of  culture and belief. 

… Honours the beauty, power and mystery  of nature, universe and all 

existence - by whatever name it is known - and  our natural place within it.

… Recognizes that all life is connected,  interdependent and developing to 

fulfil its potential.

…  Cultivates the essence of all spiritual  traditions:

o Connect with and experience the wonder  and miracle of existence.

o Self-reflect and wisely guide your  development.

o Serve the community of  life.  

… Affirms the core morality of all  faiths, joined with the ethical 

imperatives of ecology and absolute respect  for the development of all human 
beings.

… Is dedicated to the creation  of:

Social Justice - World Peace - Environmental Harmony

Development,  Prosperity and Fulfilment for All.



Holism (noun, from the Greek holos): the idea  that all life is connected and 

interdependent; that nothing can be fully  understood unless one sees the 

whole system of which it is a part; that a  whole is always more than the sum 
of 

its parts.


Holistic: a  description of any behaviour, concept or attitude that seeks to 

understand  and take full account of all aspects, parts and dimensions; eg 

holistic  healthcare, holistic policing, holistic education, holistic  

spirituality.


Holist: someone who seeks to understand and  behave in a holistic way; 

spiritually, someone who seeks to become a  fulfilled and whole human being, 

embraces diversity, wishes to build healthy  and whole communities.


Background

There is substantial research to  show that a majority of the population in 

modern democracies is moving on  from traditional faiths to a more general 

spirituality. It could be very  helpful to give this new spirituality some 

coherence and a more public  profile.

One of the first steps is to get people, when asked their  beliefs, to 

respond 'Holistic' - as shorthand for their support for this new  
spirituality. In 

the UK this will build up to the 2011  Census.

Demonstrating the size of our movement could provide enormous  support to 

those people of goodwill working to further a holistic approach  in work, 

education, healthcare, commerce, leisure, arts and government. It  supports 
the 

healing of religious bigotry, conflict and  fundamentalism.

It would also encourage people to engage more fully as  citizens through 

school governors, hospital boards and so on.

People from  particular faith communities might want to name themselves as 

'Holistic  Christians/Muslims/Pagans/Buddhists/Atheists' or 'Christian  
Holist x'


The purpose of The Holism Network is to support and  initiate a network in 

which there are many diverse and new ways of  expressing and representing 
this 

spirituality.




http://www.williambloom.com

         _www.holism.info_ (http://www.holism.info/) 


Calm  body         Open  heart           Generous  mind