Spirituality

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OneTaste – Orgasmic meditation

Orgasmic meditation is a term coined by Nicole Daedone and used by OneTaste members to refer to a mindfulness practice they developed in which the object of meditation is finger to genital contact. “OMing” is practiced in pairs, with one practitioner gently holding and stroking the genitals of the other, and both focusing their attention [...]

Progressive Reconstructionism – Basic program of spirituality-in-action

Progressive Reconstructionists note that, in the developed world — especially in the United States, institutions and social practices are judged efficient, rational and productive to the extent that they maximize money and power. Progressive Reconstructionists advocate a new “bottom line” that these things should be judged rational, efficient and productive not only to the extent [...]

Janet McCloud – Resurrecting Native American Spirituality

[1] Along with catapulting her into the status of civil rights leader, the fish wars brought Janet McCloud in touch with her native spirituality. One time, while her husband was jailed for a fish-in, McCloud, who had been a practicing Catholic, experienced a vision at her Yelm home. “She couldn’t rely on the white man’s [...]

Anabaptist – Spirituality

Charismatic manifestations Within the inspirationist wing of the Anabaptist movement, it was not unusual for charismatic manifestations to appear, such as dancing, falling under the power of the Holy Spirit, “prophetic processions” (at Zurich in 1525, at Munster in 1534 and at Amsterdam in 1535), and speaking in tongues. In Germany some Anabaptists, “excited by [...]

High Church Lutheranism – Theology and spirituality

Adapted from the Wikipedia article High Church Lutheranism, under the G. N. U. Free Documentation License. Please also see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki

Trance – Spirituality

The Vaishnava Bhakti Schools of Yoga defines ”samādhi” as “complete absorption into the object of one’s love (Krishna)”. Rather than thinking of “nothing”, true ”samādhi” is said to be achieved only when one has pure, unmotivated love of God. Thus ”samādhi” can be entered into through meditation on the personal form of God. Even while [...]

Gender – Spirituality

According to contemporary views of researchers, women are universally more religious than men. This result is true for every culture. Because cultural explanation for this has not been found, researchers believe that the difference in religiousity between genders is due to biological differences. In Taoism, yin and yang are considered feminine and masculine, respectively: In [...]

Summum – Meditation

Practice of the religion involves meditation upon the aspect of creation that is within one’s self. Summum believes that within all created things is an essence which is the spirit of the creator. The more one directs his or her attention to this indwelling spirit, the more one realizes its existence and moves along the [...]

Maron – Spirituality

Maroun’s way was deeply monastic with emphasis on the spiritual and ascetic aspects of living, contrasted by the fact that the ‘Khoury,’ or, ‘priest’ of the Maronite rite can marry. For St. Maroun, all was connected to God and God was connected to all. He did not separate the physical and spiritual world and actually [...]

Communion and Liberation – Charism, Methods, and Spirituality

CL describes its purpose as “the education to Christian maturity of its adherents and collaboration in the mission of the Church in all the spheres of contemporary life.” It aims to communicate the awareness that Christ is the one true response to the deepest needs of people in every moment of history. CL says that [...]









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