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Everyone hurts sometimes. I listen with my heart. BTW, profile pic was taken in 1960.
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I'm a retired hospice and psych nurse, also have home health nursing experience.  Supportive listening has played a major role in my life, even before getting into the medical field.  I have personal experience with and have provided support for victims of emotional and sexual abuse, also those with emotional challenges, including depression, anxiety, personality disorders, and trauma.  I was providing listener support with a different program, but it has stopped operating.  

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Spiritual but not religious? Hmmm...
Religion & Spirituality / by Spiritriver
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...See more This is kind of a tongue in cheek post.  Actually, most of the time when I hear this said, it sounds like what's being inferred is that religious folks aren't genuinely spiritual.  It's kind of an "us and them" situation.  When I hear it expressed in that smug tone, I feel as though the person is a bit low on the spiritual evolution spectrum.   I believe there's a spiritual aspect to all persons, even atheists.  Many atheists demonstrate high values, which (unintentionally) aligns them with those who accept their spiritual sides.  I think at it's most basic level, the spiritual dimension describes unseen energies and levels of consciousness.  The more a person tries to describe spirituality, the more they get lost in the weeds.  Why not just say it's there, it affects us, and things tend to work out better when we have a positive relationship with it.   I also feel that all activity interacts with the spiritual dimension.  A person can perform great works of art, invent stupendous things, perform great acts of charity, dig holes or clean toilets and derive a great deal of spiritual fulfillment from any of those things, and a virtually infinite number of other ways.  When a person demonstrates integrity as a form of self expression as they do things, from mopping floors to brain surgery, their spirit is growing, evolving and finding fulfillment.  It's a convergence or integration of physical and spiritual expression.   Those who are marinated in religion may, in some people's opinion be misguided, but still, they are indeed spiritual beings.  If they are sincere, and believe they're doing the right thing, "spiritual" people need to accept and value them as fellow travelers on the path towards wisdom and grace.   These are the late night thoughts of a sleepy guy.  I hope at the very least, they entertain.  I do hope they invite those who consider religion and spirituality to be rivals, to reconsider that position.  
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