Spirituality
There are many definitions of spiritual but central to all of them is “developing an understanding of what gives meaning to peoples’ lives”. For some this might include relationships with family and friends, or encompass creativity, (art, music etc.) whilst for others religion may be important.We often speak of “having our spirits lifted” of being in “good spirits” or of “spirited people”.
The following is from Christ of the Celts, The Healing of Creation by J Philip Newell and he in turn has extracted this from J S Eriugena, The Voice of the Eagle, trans. C. Bamford (New York: Lindisfarne Press 1990) p.37.The great Irish teacher John Scotus Eriugena taught that God speaks to us through two books. One is the little book he says, the book of ‘scripture’, physically little. The other is the big book, the book of ‘creation’, as vast as the universe. Just as God speaks to us through the words of scripture, so God speaks to us through the elements of creation. The cosmos is like a living sacred text that we can learn to read and interpret.
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