Friday, February 14, 2003


Simple Formula for Defining Spirituality

Greetings-

After month's of private practice with Fortune I could not let this week slip by without posting something (I am honored that she would ask). An article of mine has been posted on this site in the past and I had hoped to let this be an opportunity to show some excerpts from a new piece I'm writing entitled "Ethical Imperitives and Sexually Responsible Behavior", but I still have more work to do on it and it would be premature to show it at this time (pun intended- if I can to it in the next day or so I will). In lieu of this I offer you something else to play with, a "simple formula for defining spirituality":

Birth - (inherent)
Situation - (born into, and then created)
Choice - (behavior and actions)

Birth + Situation + Choice = Direction

Direction can be changed through alteration of Situation and/or Choice.
Situation and Choice can at the same time be altered by a change in Direction.
(Birth being a given)

(from Webster’s NewWorld Dictionary, second college ed.)
Spir*it
1. the life principle, esp. in man, orig. regarded as inherent
in the breath or as infused by a deity 2. The thinking,
motivating, feeling part of man, often distinguished from the
body; mind; intelligence 3. Life, will, consciousness,
thought, etc., regarded as separate from matter 4. Frame
of mind; disposition; mood 5. Real meaning; true intention
6. strong alcoholic liquor produced by distillation 7. A
pervading animating principle, essential or characteristic quality

May all beings be free from suffering,
May our practice of life contribute to peace,
and May we have the strength and courage
to overcome any obstacles that lay before us.

Om Tat Sat.
J. Brown (www.yogijbrown.com)

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