Polarities and Spiritual Journey (Selfscape Series 2)

Encounters Spiritual Polarities On the Long Journey of Spirituality . Kushal Medhi, www.unsplash.com Spiritual formation occurs slowly over many episodes in Life. Over existential questions. Changing seasons. Good food. Challenging times. Good and bad relationships. Suffering. Joy. Beautiful sceneries. Neither here-nor-there moments. Dynamic movements of the Spirit

Before You Start Your Journey, Please Note: This pamphlet is based on the 27 movements Identified by Henri Nouwen. See Henri J.M. Nouwen, Spiritual Formation (New York: HarperCollins, 2010). Appendix A (Pages 127-8) This pamphlet has no direct or indirect commercial value. This is being offered here not for profit. It is meant for young people and seekers on a learning journey. It is for students who are on the path of self-exploration and self- development to eventually serve the common, or public, good. It is for seekers who are unafraid to ask difficult questions. Each of the movement below needs patience and the ability to reflect and contemplate. Each movement has many layers, meanings and pathways. You will have to seek the path in the movement from one to the other. Many movements mentioned here may not make sense to you. It is ok. Work on those which does. Work with your heart. Version 1; Aug 2020 Chair Professor Xavier Centre for New Humanities and Compassion Studies Xavier University Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India [email protected]; [email protected] 2

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From Sarcasm to Contemplation From Opaqueness to Transparency From a Violent to a Redemptive Way of Learning From Professionalism to Creative Ministry From Loneliness to Solitude Johannes Plenio www.unsplash.com From Hostility to Hospitality From Illusion to Prayer From Alienation to Community From Competition to Compassion From Fatalism to Faith From Worrying to Prayer 5

Gabriel Barletta, www.unsplash.com From Mind to Heart From Unceasing Thinking to Unceasing Prayer From Blaming to Forgiving From Resentment to Gratitude From Relevance to Prayer Dingzeyu Li, ww.unsplash.com 6

From Popularity to Ministry From Leading to Being Led From Fear to Love From Dissipation to Homecoming From Resentment to Gratitude From Forgiven to Forgiver Keegan Houser, www.unsplash.com From Aging to Dying From Denying to Befriending Death From Anguish to Freedom From Sorrow to Joy From Exclusive to Inclusive Community 7

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