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Six
Models of Spirituality
James Galluzzo, November 2006 |
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| Each person has her/his story that becomes a beginning of their spiritual journey. We support people on their journey by listening to where they are. The following article is a preview of some models of spirituality where people might be on their spiritual journey. | ||||
| Fall and Redemption model – This model is based on our human nature and our need to be saved or redeemed. As a human being: who struggles to be good; who is challenged by the world of greed, jealousy, envy; who is conditioned away from their inherent goodness by misinformation or lack of information or support, or the “isms” we live with; who is seen or sees themselves as less than or a sinner; who needs to be saved. The divine becomes the savior, the way to redemption or salvation. | ||||
| Personal
Spirituality model – This form of spirituality is based on
a one to one model. The relationship is between a person and a spiritual figure; Jesus and I, Muhammad and I, Buddha and I. The relationship is established, grows and builds into a deep connection. The relation grows through stories, study, prayer, reflection on, with, through the spiritual figure. The process of: how would Buddha, how would Jesus, how would Yahweh answer this question, or would the spiritual figure handle a given situation or solve a dilemma is how this model is used. |
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| The Divine Infused model – This model is based on an infusion of the Divine into a person. The person empties, surrenders, lets go of anything and everything so that they become an empty vessel, a blank slate, ego free. The Divine comes from the outside, into. The image of a full jar of water pouring into an empty vase; spirit filled words completing a page; a figure filled to the brim with grace. This process is relational only in that the person does the emptying, the clearing and the divine does the filling. It comes from outside and is one way. | ||||
| The Divine Within model – This model is being a container, of opening oneself up to take in the Divine. The person makes themselves present, sets up the space to receive the Divine into her/him self. The person shows up, the Divine is always there. So the person hears, listens to the longings, the desire, the movement, the Transcendental questions that unfold. This model is very relational between the individual and the Divine. It involves the person making the space, holding the container, setting the table, filling the pool and the Divine coming into the space, resting in the container, sitting at the table, stirring the water. | ||||
| God Among Us model – This form is based on a community model. It is social, connected, interconnected, relational, dependent and interdependent. When two or three are gathered together, the divine is present. This model involves being presence to self, and others, engaging, sharing, noticing, connecting, listening. One can not be in relationship with the Divine without being connected to compassion, justice, and service. | ||||
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