Summary: Today we are talking about A Spirituality of Nature. This episode deals with what spirituality is, what makes a practice spiritual, and how to cultivate it.<br> What is spirituality? Spirit is from the Latin spiritus, which in turn is derived from the Greek word pneuma, both mean breath. Breath was seen as the vital principle of physical life, they didn’t know about the brain. Consciousness is the vital principle of mental life. <br> Spirit is sometimes used for consciousness. So spiritual deals with a deepening or expansion of consciousness. But consciousness of what? Our union and connection with reality. <br> Many interpret this reality as God. But naturalists, following the available evidence, hold that the natural world is the only reality that we experience.<br> So spiritual deals with a deepening or expansion of consciousness of our union and connection with nature. Since this connection is interdependent, that is, works both ways, we can use the word “interconnection” to express this.<br> So what is spirituality? It is more than just having a deepened or expanded consciousness of our union, it is actually aiming for it. Spirituality, then, includes the idea of intentionality. So we can say, spirituality is the cultivation of a deeper or expanded awareness of our union and interconnection with nature.<br> We cultivate this deeper or expanded consciousness through spiritual practices. Spiritual practices are “spiritual” when they cultivate this deeper or expanded consciousness of our union and interconnection with nature. There will be further episodes exploring many of these spiritual practices.<br> Please Share the Podcast<br> <br> <a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-facebook nolightbox" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Share on Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fnatureissacred.com%2F004-spirituality-nature%2F&t=A%20Spirituality%20of%20Nature%20%13%20004&s=100&p%5Burl%5D=http%3A%2F%2Fnatureissacred.com%2F004-spirituality-nature%2F&p%5Bimages%5D%5B0%5D=http%3A%2F%2Fi2.wp.com%2Fnatureissacred.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F07%2Fmeditation-1287207_640.jpg%3Ffit%3D640%252C426&p%5Btitle%5D=A%20Spirituality%20of%20Nature%20%13%20004" style="font-size: 0px; width: 48px; height: 48px; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 5px;"></a><a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-twitter nolightbox" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Share on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnatureissacred.com%2F004-spirituality-nature%2F&text=Hey%2C%20check%20this%20podcast" style="font-size: 0px; width: 48px; height: 48px; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 5px;"></a><a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-google_plus nolightbox" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Share on Google+" href="https://plus.google.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnatureissacred.com%2F004-spirituality-nature%2F" style="font-size: 0px; width: 48px; height: 48px; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 5px;"></a><a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolution-single synved-social-provider-reddit nolightbox" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" title="Share on Reddit" href="http://www.reddit.com/submit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnatureissacred.com%2F004-spirituality-nature%2F&title=A%20Spirituality%20of%20Nature%20%13%20004" style="font-size: 0px; width: 48px; height: 48px; margin: 0; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 5px;"></a><a class="synved-social-button synved-social-button-share synved-social-size-48 synved-social-resolut..."></a>
