Unity in Your Community pt 2 What Makes a Healthy Spiritual Community?

Curious what to look for as you check out different spiritual centers?

Hi Beloved,

I'm Susan Espinosa, a Practitioner with the Center for Spiritual Living Camarillo (CCSL). We're sharing a blog series that helps you identify the type of spiritual center that fits your needs and wants.  

WHAT IS A HEALTHY SPIRITUAL COMMUNITY?

In a Spiritual community, giving and kindness are to be expected. What distinguishes a healthy community will be how they handle problems. Any community will have issues surface from time to time. It’s just the nature of groups to have different points of view and not all views will agree.

To determine if the community you're considering is the right fit for what matters to you consider:

• Do they blame or give everyone a chance to be heard?

• Do they have cliques that take sides or do they promote solutions that work for all?

• When emotions rise, how is the leadership handling the tension? 

At CCSL, one of the first things we do is to bring everyone together in prayer or affirmative statements. It’s not an easy thing to do when emotions are high. These statements remind us that the Universe is present and that we have access to it. Group prayer is a powerful ally when we remember it as our first go to in any situation where its needed.

CONSIDER THIS with KRISTIN

The Kind of Home We Wish

"...if we are able to build in mind the kind of home we wish, and there is nothing in our subjective thought which denies this, then we shall be able to decide and demonstrate for ourself the kind of home we desire."

*

Providing spiritual tools to transform our personal lives and help make the world a better place.

Center for Spiritual Living Camarillo is a spiritual community that honors all paths to God and can help you experience a personal relationship with God. When God is the focus of our spirituality, then other areas of our lives fall into place – we are happier, we can do more for others, be better stewards of the Earth, and help bring peace and harmony to the world. If you are in search of a spiritual community where you are respected and accepted for who you are and want the inspiration and support to grow to your highest potential, please accept our invitation to visit us soon!