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Speaker:  Tom Morris

If you consult most surveys today and ask about religious affiliation, the number one response is Spiritual not Religious.  Being “spiritual” is now the in thing.  But what do we mean by spiritual?  Is it about belief in something, being tapped into the force?  Or is it about a way of being and behaviour?  The obvious kick back to that is, belief should affect behaviour, and however, we all know religious folk who “don’t behave”.

So let’s get authentic about this.  In order to be authentic we need first to be honest about being inauthentic.  So now we are cornered to face into our own in-authenticities.  Am I spiritual or is that a label I use to deflect meaningful conversations?  Our conversations need to be transformative but here we need to be careful again.

Talking about transformation is no more than a representation, an image of the real thing.  It’s like eating the menu instead of the steak – neither nurturing nor profound.  It is in being transformed – in being authentically true to oneself – which one lives passionately free, unencumbered, fearless, committed.  It is in living life in a transformed way that the steak and its sizzle show up, now that’s a definition of spiritual worthy of a conversation.

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