Sex and Ice Cream the practical spiritual life

Today’s Quote

‘To make the most of your life, however, you must integrate every aspect of your existence – body, mind and spirit. Being a spiritual person doesn’t mean you have to deny your physical self or conform to some impossibly high ideals of how a spiritual or holy person should act. You can’t pretend that you are a disembodied spirit, free from the everyday cares of the world because that would exclude your spirit from enjoying the physical pleasures of the world, as well, which would actually limit your experience, your understanding, and your growth as a spiritual person.’
Corrine Kenner
Tall Dark Stranger, tarot for love and romance

So back to sex and ice cream, unashamedly two of my favourite physical things. The last two years have been about the physical practical tangible, touchable, feel-able, world for me. So when I was pulled back into the ‘spiritual world’, working again doing consultations, healing, massage etc it took me somewhat by surprise.

For me, the invaluable lesson in the last two years has been the simple joy of just living, not necessarily seeking some high aim or spiritual goal, just being and doing on a day-to-day basis. In the practical and creative tasks of designing and sewing clothing, finding outlets and places to go and sell them, and managing the process of physical work, I learned one of my most useful lessons. Spirituality is in the little things, the way you do things every day and joy you get out of what you are doing.

I’d spent a lot of time chasing some unobtainable high and idealistic concept of what ‘being spiritual’ was all about. The minute I just relaxed into my life, focused on creatively enjoying what I was doing, was the minute I finally glimpsed a feeling of contentment and acceptance. It’s a bit like looking at those puzzle pictures when you stare directly at it, you can’t see what’s going on. When you change your perspective slightly and almost look away from it, you can clearly see the cleverly hidden answer.

In recent months, working with clients again for the first time in a long time, I realized how much the experience of just living and being from day to day had changed my perspective on spiritual life. I have learned that my physicality is important because it houses my emotions, my intellect and my spirit.

The more I enjoy my own body, how it looks, functions and works for me the more pleasure I get out of life. The more joy I take from the practical pleasures of being in a physical body the more my emotional, intellectual, and spiritual experience is enhanced.

Please visit my websites www.feralgracephotography.co.za and www.shoowah.com for more information about me and the therapies I offer as a Tarot, Rune, Hand Reading (Chirology), Spiritual Counsellor. I also work with an incredibly talented and professional Boudoir Photographer Jade Holing in a professional studio in Bryanston. I can be reached on 076 065 0132 or info@feralgracephotography.co.za I'd love to hear from you.