One of the greatest issues facing the world today is that of spiritual emptiness. Many people are looking for something more out of life.
RECONNECT exists to assist and encourage those who are exploring the issues and questions of life, faith and spirituality in a post-modern world.
A healthy and well informed spiritual understanding can be important to overall well being and life satisfaction. Studies indicate that people in touch with their spirituality appear to be in a better state of mental health than those who are not (ref’). Living fully and well, is at the heart of all serious spirituality (ref).
Typically, those in touch with their spiritual nature have reported the following:-
- Finding greater meaning and purpose to life.
- Becoming more alert to, and aware of themselves and the world.
- Sensing an inter-connection between all things.
- Finding an increased desire to care for others.
- Becoming less materialistic.
- Feeling more alive and closer to God.
- Taking justice issues more seriously.
- Experiencing inner peace and greater joy.
Advertising encourages us to live an almost one-dimensional materialistic consumer lifestyle which often obscures and suppresses our spirituality. The earth is now suffering the effects of this shallow and short-sighted worldview (see the Story of Stuff www.storyofstuff.com/).
While material things have their place and value, amassing more ‘stuff’ is not the ultimate purpose in life. It would appear that human beings have an innate and natural spiritual dimension. Despite our consumerist culture most Australians still think that a spiritual life is important to them (ref’).
We are wired to live in dynamic connection in four critical areas of our lives. It is as we reconnect with these areas and nurture and develop our spiritual nature that we begin to discover the abundant, more complete and meaningful life.