Finding Your Spiritual Agora

Agora - A word from Ancient Greece used to convey a public open space intended for assembly, exchange, engagement, deliberation, and education.

Spirit - a Latin root-based word stemming from the word spirare, meaning to breathe.

When you stop to think about it, see if you can find the answer to this question.

Said another way, where do you go, or where can you go, to assemble your thoughts, exchange ideas, engage in your dreams, deliberate on your future and educate your soul...all while being able to breathe freely and purely?

Perhaps it is an open meadow on the plains? Maybe it is in the cathedral of cedar trees on a mountain? Or facing the expanse of a pacifying ocean with waves crashing on your feet. The seat you are sitting in at your kitchen table? A rooftop or a deck? A cliff overlook? The location is a destination, but it doesn't hold the power of intention.

When you stop and wonder about where you wander for the healthy exchange of spirt and body in this life, where does your mind take you? Try to take about 5 minutes for yourself, and sit in a quiet place to paint a scene in your mind's eye. What would the agora look like? What would you hear, smell, sense, see and know being in this place? What would it bring to life in you? Where would it leave you curious? Where would it take you to the edge of your learning?

Jot down whatever comes to you at the completion of this exercise, then set it aside for a few days. Come back to it and see what you feel.

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