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The Wisdom Traditions of Religion
The Wisdom Traditions of Religion
Adrian Lee
Adrian Lee
world because that world is always there, and it will never leave
you. So to access the vertical world, we must bring you heart,
body, and soul to one. We experienced this when we were told that
we had to do spiritual practices to feel the mind, body, and soul
come together and focus on your vertical dimension, not what was
happening in the horizontal world. I did the Conscious Walking
activity, and by consciously walking, I felt everything come
together, even though sometimes my mind wandered off.
Adrian Lee
was always going to church and was always taught the Christian
faith, so I was still soaking in knowledge. Metaphorically, this is
called the construction phase, where I am still constructing who I
am, and havent really started questioning my beliefs. This
metaphor came from Katie Larson, who came to our class to share
about her experience regarding knowing about her past lives. We
learned that in the deconstruction phase, we were kind of
questioning why we think that our religion is right, and think about
what the purpose of life is. In the reconstruction phase, we try to recollect, and we feel more open to what there is in life.