#spiritual experience

[mafaldaknows]

Em … uhhh … what ? 😏✨🖤✨🤭

OMG same 😆😆😆

#hozier #andrew hozier byrne #higher plane #take me to church #spiritual experience #omg this man #ohhh my god #Instagram

[santmat]

"Light is always within us. When the mind is settled, we see that Light. When this state is developed, we see it everywhere, even with open physical eyes. You see the dark veil, and the Light within that. In the Light you see the blue sky and the golden center shining resplendently -- in the still pose of mind; and when you try to make and use your own efforts, your mind's still pose is disturbed, and you lose it. We need not make any efforts. Our clutching will stand in the way and retard our progress. We should, however, make effortless effort. "Sit fully devoted and fully absorbed with the inner gaze fixed, losing all sense of effort -- as effort involves a taint of ego -- leaving all to the Master within." (from an unpublished book of Kirpal Singh on meditation practice)

#inner light #inner vision #inner visions #meditation #surat shabd yoga #sant mat #radhasoami #kirpal singh #spirituality #mysticism #spiritual experience #soul travel #mystic traveler

[macbethz]

get high go outside put this on and smoke RN to unlock secret emotions

#spiritual experience #warlock wartalks #Spotify

[narutodivorcearcreal]

i love you dead mystery baby

#inspired by mystery baby i found in a parking lot #spiritual experience #the innocence… the youth… art #cw dead animal #cw death #art

[betweenthetimeandsound]

Madonna of the Sea

I:

An errant tide brings me to you, but you only hope for those above the surface, those with much more to lose than I.

Flotsam, girls with only pearls, torn lilies when they only grown up amongst dust and fire--arsonists who learned out of despair.

Only I swam down towards you, grabbing my hands onto your child, pleading for a friend as banknotes float down to the bottom, their value squandered to the sand.

II.

I hold my breath, glancing at the sky. A little bit of oxygen will determine my life.

III:

"If you can survive, all of this will pass."

I cannot barter my life like a slab of butchered meat from a wayward goat, nor volunteer me for the cross, like a blanched lamb who found its way toward the city.

I don't want my body to pass over like barnacles on the shore, but deep calls onto the deep, and I'm submerged in much more than seawater.

Let me overcome these waves, if only through a miracle. Let the chains of doubt unravel, and let me break the surface.

I came to your depths, and asked for your hands. Make my dreams blossom like lemon trees, and they will come back to you, anew. --Elda Mengisto

#poetry #my poetry #poets on tumblr #poetry on tumblr #writerscreed #writerscreedchallenge #a death in the water #immigration #spiritual guide #spiritual experience #prayer #drowning

[xtruss]

Why Parents Still Try to Ban ‘The Color Purple’ in Schools

Four decades after it was released, Alice Walker’s enduring classic remains at the forefront of the battle over what is available on library shelves.

— By Erin Blakemore | August 22, 2023

Alice Walker reads from her Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning novel, The Color Purple. Since it was first published in 1982, the critically acclaimed book has been targeted by movements pushing to censor the book's subject matter. Photograph By Johnny Crawford, Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP

When Alice Walker’s The Color Purple hit bookshelves in 1982, it blew away critics, became a nationwide bestseller, and endeared itself to readers who found pain and inspiration in its pages.

But in the years since its publication, the acclaimed novel has become famous for another reason: It’s one of the most challenged books in the nation, withstanding criticisms aimed at its depictions of race and sex, its portrayal of abuse and agony, and even its spelling and style.

Here’s how The Color Purple became one of the nation’s most banned books—and why it continues igniting controversy to this day.

“A Spiritual Experience”

Walker, who grew up in Jim Crow-era Georgia, described writing the book as a “spiritual experience” inspired by the strength and grit of the Black Southern women she made her heroines. The epistolary epic follows 40 years in the lives of its main characters Celie, Shug, and Nettie, who survive incest, domestic abuse, and racism in the early twentieth century—all while carving out joy, independence, and dignity along the way.

When it was released in 1982, the book immediately caught the attention of both the critics and the reading public, who praised the book for its portrayals of both the brutality and sorrow of racism and sexual violence and its celebration of Black women.

It was critically acclaimed, winning both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award for 1983, and inspired a popular 1985 film directed by Stephen Spielberg and starring Whoopi Goldberg and Oprah Winfrey.

Banning ‘Purple’

But something else accompanied the novel as its renown grew: controversy. Though educators recognized the book’s potential as a teaching tool, some parents and community members objected to its presence in school curriculums and libraries.

The first major attempt to ban the book occurred in 1984, when a parent petitioned against its use in an Oakland, California classroom. In a 1985 essay, Walker recalled reading frequent updates on “how the banning was coming along” and watching the book’s sales skyrocket.

“I felt I had written the book as a gift to the people. All of them,” Walker wrote. “If they wanted it, let them fight to keep it, as I had to fight to deliver it.”

Fight they did. Though the Oakland schools ultimately decided not to remove the book from classrooms, the book has consistently been challenged nationwide since its publication, repeatedly making it on the American Library Association’s list of most frequently challenged books.

Why Parents Challenge the Book

Attempts to ban The Color Purple usually contest Walker’s use of slang and profanity, the book’s portrayal of brutal Black men, a same-sex encounter between the two main characters, and its depiction of sexual violence in its first pages.

“One can eat from a cafeteria or a dumpster…but one would hope those placed in charge of our children would have exercised better oversight,” wrote one parent in a characteristic 2013 challenge in Brunswick County, North Carolina. (The book has survived multiple attempted bans in the Brunswick County school district.)

But the same pages that provoke ire in some have inspired others.

Oprah Winfrey, who endured sexual abuse as a child, later recalled reading the first page of The Color Purple “and thinking ‘Oh God, I’m not alone.’” After Winfrey co-starred in the first movie adaptation of the film, she began talking about her own experiences on her talk show.

TV historians now credit the self-disclosures inspired by Walker’s book with helping Winfrey develop her winning confessional interview format.

Modern Attempts to Ban the Novel

Efforts to ban The Color Purple have continued during a recent wave of attempted book bans.

In 2022, the American Library Association documented over 1,200 attempts to ban or restrict library materials—double the number of challenges from the previous year—and most of which attempted to remove multiple titles from shelves.

Among them was The Color Purple, which was removed from library shelves in Florida’s Indian County School District at the request of a parent group that objected to 156 of the books on school shelves, claiming the books contain everything from pornography to critical race theory. Though the district’s school board declined to ban The Color Purple, it did remove five of the other books on the list and approve a permission slip allowing parents to restrict their child’s use of school library books.

With news of an upcoming movie adaptation of the acclaimed musical based on the book, The Color Purple is poised to regain the national spotlight. Only time will tell if the movie will spark more challenges—but for now, the legacy of a book one 1982 reviewer called “indelibly affecting” is secure.

To date, the book has sold over 5 million copies—a number sure to rise as a new generation meets its heroines.

#Alice Walker #The Color Purple #Schools #Erin Blakemore #Pulitzer Prize & National Book Award-Winning Novel #Published | 1982 #Nationwide Bestseller #Pain | Inspiration #Criticisms | Race | Sex | Abuse | Agony | Spelling | Style #Jim Crow-Era | Georgia #Spiritual Experience #Black Southern Women | Heroines #epistolary | Epic #Characters: Celie | Shug | Nettie #Stephen Spielberg | Whoopi Goldberg | Oprah Winfrey. #Parents | Community Members | Objections #School Curriculums | Libraries. #Oakland Schools #American Library Association #Brunswick County | North Carolina #Florida’s Indian County School District #The Color Purple | 5 Million Copies Sold

[rrreverieee]

mate im not joking when i say i saw a holy angel descend when i watched mahiros gbb24 producer wildcard, shit was literal fire bro on god

#beatbox #beatboxing #gbb #music #youtube #adolescentwomangoop #holy shit #spiritual journey #spiritual experience #loopstation

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"A kernel of truth lurks at the heart of religion, because spiritual experience, ethical behavior, and strong communities are essential for human happiness.

And yet our religious traditions are intellectually defunct and politically ruinous. While spiritual experience is clearly a natural propensity of the human mind, we need not believe anything on insufficient evidence to actualize it."

-- Sam Harris

#Sam Harris #religion #spirituality #spiritual experience #evidence #faith is not a virtue #faith #human psychology #morality #ethics #community #moral communities #religion is a mental illness

[constantly-deactivated]

#spiritual knowledge #spiritual ascension #spiritual alignment #spiritual wisdom #spiritual world #spiritual journey #spiritual growth #spiritual transformation #spiritual encouragement #spiritual enlightenment #spiritual evolution #spiritual experience #do your own research #do your research #self help #self growth #self improvement #self healing #self care #self love #life

[euesworld]

"Your eyes, they are like orbs of spiritual essence in the fog of night.. they are almost unbelievable. I wouldn't believe that such perfection could ever exist, but I am looking into them right this second.."

You don't need eyes to see such beauty, sometimes the heart leads the way.. and sees just fine. I may not be able to see your eyes, but I know they must be lovely - eUë

#heavenly pen pal #your eyes #spiritual experience #spiritual sunshine #spiritual #eyes like orbs #lol #triggered #in the fog #almost unbelievable #you are beautiful #beautiful #lovely #beauty #wow #perfection #orbs of perfection #beautiful eyes #the heart can see #unbelievable #or is it #smile for me #spilled ink #spilled thoughts #spilled words #love quotes #love #love quote life quotes #love quote for her #quoteoftheday

[sage-eclectic-witch]

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#witches #paganblr #pagan #norse paganism #norse witch #norse pagan witch #völva #spiritual experience #spiritualgrowth #spiritualpath #spiritual community #spiritual healing #witch #witchblr #witchcore

[uservillanelle]

i never thought i would sob while watching barbie... but it definitely hit something deep inside of me and i wont be the same ever again

#barbie #margot robbie #its so eye-opening #to me it almost felt like a spiritual awakening #spiritual experience #very much like free guy #the core ideas are similar too #but damn it was beautiful #must watch #personal*

[lenadelaneyburlesque]

How is it that a shower can feel like a spiritual experience?

The warm water flowing down your body like a glorious baptism, washing away the heaviness of the day, purifying the body and spirit. A preparatory ritual before sleep (the little slice of death).

Restored for the morning rebirth. ☀️

#spiritual vibrations #spiritual experience #spiritualart #healing #self care #self healing #rebirth #purify

[officialyourdailyinspiration]

"In an authentic spiritual experience, emotion, feelings, and the senses often become intense, transcending the normal. These may include strong feelings of remorse over sin, a mighty sense of trust that surpasses the pain of a traumatic situation, an overpowering peace in the midst of trouble, the overwhelming sense of joy related to confidence and hope in God, intense sorrow over the lost, the exhilarating praise in understanding the glory of God, or a heightened zeal for ministry. Spiritual experience by definition is an internal awareness that involves strong emotion in response to the truth of God’s Word, amplified by the Holy Spirit and applied by Him to us personally." - John MacArthur

#spiritual experience #authentic #intense #peace #joy #hope #God #zeal #truth #God's Word #Holy Spirit #John MacArthur #Christian Quotes

[atheostic]

The closest thing to a religious/spiritual experience I've ever had

I was living in Cuba for a semester. During spring break, my housemates and I decided to travel together to Havana (we were in Santiago).

While in Old Havana we came across a chocolate store that also sold different kinds of chocolate drinks. Since all of us were indecisive about what we wanted, we decided to split the cost to buy one of each of the menu items and each have a try of everything.

It was six women, sitting on a patio at a circular table in front of a statue of the goddess of chocolate (Ixkawkaw, I think?) passing chocolates and chocolate drinks around in a circle.

I felt like a witch with my coven having a bonding ceremony or something. lol

#religion #spiritual experience #i'm just saying #teh real life of me #cuba #havana #chocolate

[ascendingtothestarsasone]

So who actually wants to die and be reincarnated right now?

#greta van fleet #josh kiszka #jake kiszka #sam kiszka #danny wagner #meeting the master #music video #spiritual experience #I am unwell #what did I just fucking watch