22 Questions to Explore Your Spiritual Ecosystem
This post is related to an issue of my newsletter, The Threshold, but anyone is welcome to take a look at these questions. They are designed to help you explore your personal spirituality, including your beliefs, insights, and roots. You can reflect on them, journal about them, or bring them to your book club. Consider putting on your favorite chill album, lighting a candle, grabbing a glass of water, and getting started with your journaling!
Deconstructing Existing Beliefs:
What beliefs or assumptions about the world were you taught as a child that you now question?
Which aspects of your current worldview feel most rigid or inflexible?
What experiences have challenged your previously-held beliefs about [insert a specific concept, e.g., the nature of reality, morality, the divine]?
If you were to strip away all external influences (family, culture, religion), what core beliefs would remain?
What are the untouchable ideas of your belief system, and what happens when you challenge them?
Where do you feel the most cognitive dissonance (internal conflict between beliefs)?
What narratives or stories have you been told that you now suspect might be incomplete or inaccurate?
Reconstructing Your Spiritual Landscape:
If you could create your own personal definition of "sacred," what would it be?
What new metaphors or symbols could you use to represent your evolving understanding of the universe?
What practices or rituals could you create to express your unique spiritual perspective?
How would you redefine concepts like "good," "evil," or "divine" in a way that resonates with your current experience?
If you were to design a personal philosophy of life, what would its core tenets be?
What new connections or relationships are you cultivating that support your evolving spiritual journey?
How can you integrate your doubts and uncertainties into your spiritual practice?
What aspects of your past beliefs can be salvaged and reinterpreted in a new light?
Continuing the Core Exploration:
What word or phrase best captures your current sense of the ultimate reality? (Note the change from the first list)
What do you currently consider to be the primary purpose or meaning of human existence?
Where do you currently find your greatest sense of awe or wonder?
How do you currently perceive your relationship with nature and the environment?
How do you currently understand your connection to other people, both living and deceased?
What role does intuition or inner knowing currently play in your life?
If you were to create a personal myth or story that encapsulates your evolving worldview, what would it be?
