Reflection Questions
Welcome to the Wisdom of the World - Joan Chittister

Chapter 8 -  “How Do I Know Who to Follow?”

Being a Spiritual Person

Chitister suggests that being a spiritual person has to do with breathing:

• breathing in harmony with God
• breathing in tune with the universe
• breathing in the Spirit of God and breathing out that same energy to others, wherever we are, whatever we are doing, with whomever is present

How do I breathe – deeply?  with little difficulty?  with shallowness and difficulty?

In what circumstances?  With whom?

What is going well?  What are my challenges? 

What would be helpful for making progress?

 
The Spiritual Path/The Spiritual Life:

• draws us to our deepest selves, our highest selves, our searching selves.

Do I connect with my deep self?  with my higher self?  In what circumstances?

Do I find myself searching more often and more deeply?

•  demands a commitment to discovering the essence of life.

 How is my commitment and what am I discovering regarding the essence of life?

•  What does it mean to me to “touch the stars beyond me and the ocean within me” (page 56)?

What has been/is most helpful for me to be on my spiritual path?

What are distractions for me?

Are there obstacles that block my journey?

Following

What is my answer to the chapter's title quesiton - HOW do I know who to follow? (notice she is 

not asking WHO do I follow)