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  %SPIRITUAL LIFE WORK TECHNIQUE GOAL ATTITUDE PRAY 900310

     The  life of the spirit has to do with the growth  of
integrative attitudes through rest,  relaxation, serenity,
meditation, tranquility,  prayer,  questions,  and seeking
for  truths which  may  liberate us from  our  collusions,
addictions and codependent patterns of behavior.

     The  spiritual life is mysterious and threatening  to
active   participants   in   collusive   addictions    and
codependent support networks.  It seems to deal with other
worldly  matters unrelated to the real world of  work  and
accomplishments;  for it calls  into  question the pseudo-
truths  of   the   world   of   collusions, addictions and
codependence.

     The  spiritual  life  is  complementary  to  but  not
exclusive of the world of goals,  work,  achievements, and
technical activities.  The full healthy life involves both
a  spiritual life and a life of working to  achieve  goals
through the use of techniques.

     The  spiritual  life involves stepping back from  the
busy  life of technical procedures of working  to  achieve
already  chosen  goals and ideals.    The  spiritual  life
involves   rest  from  work,   time  for  reflection   and
meditation,   prayerfully  seeking personal  and  communal
integrity,   reconsidering  goals in the light of  growing
costs. The spiritual life involves evaluating the worth of
the technical life,  and making new judgments in the light
of  consequences  suffered.   This is different from  pure
technology assessment which asks how efficiently goals are
being  achieved without questioning the worth of trying to
achieve them.

     In the spiritual life we may ask which of our present
goals  are  actually  worthy  of  our  attention  and  the
sacrifices which we are making to achieve them,  and  asks
what  prices in the quality of our personal  relationships
are to high to pay to achieve presently sought goals.

                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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