Where is Your Sacred Space?

[Miles]

I have religious playlists on Spotify, so I can just put my earbuds in and turn it on and I'm good.

 

[Quintessence]

I'm thinking the most accurate answer would be "when I pay attention." For this one's Druidry, the gods are all things. Thus, connecting with the gods really is a matter of paying attention to the gods being everywhere. Being mindful of that during all waking hours is very difficult, and perhaps not desirable anyway. In practice, the mindfulness happens in two places (those I marked in the poll) - at home shrines and altars, or out amidst the gods themselves (aka "in nature").

 

[Vee]

Where do you find your greatest connection to divinity? Why?

I've listed several choices in the poll. If you answer 'other,' please specify in your response.

Nothing makes me feel closer to God than being in contact with nature. Maybe because I feel at peace, or because I can really breathe and concentrate on the most important things without all the noise disturbing me, I'm not sure why, but it's a feeling I always had.

 

[Stormcry]

Where do you find your greatest connection to divinity

Aloneness

 

[SalixIncendium]

I have to say, with 35 votes in, I'm a bit surprised by the poll results thus far. I'm not surprised to see nature getting a large percentage of the votes, but it is out front by a long shot. Conversely, I'm astounded to see church/temple getting only 2 votes. This makes me wonder what compels church and temple goers to worship there.

 

[Mister Silver]

I have no connection to the divine, but my mind is my sanctuary.

 

[Treks]

I have to say, with 35 votes in, I'm a bit surprised by the poll results thus far. I'm not surprised to see nature getting a large percentage of the votes, but it is out front by a long shot. Conversely, I'm astounded to see church/temple getting only 2 votes. This makes me wonder what compels church and temple goers to worship there.

I voted 'Wherever I happen to be' because I agree with what some other posters have said - it's about attention, or being present, wherever you are. Some environments help certain people pay more attention to the sacred. I just noticed you can do multiple votes, so I'm going to add 'church and temple' to my vote now, because for me, it is a thing.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

I like being out in forests, or in the middle of lakes, away from other people, noise, and distractions. But also to admire nature, ponder the relativity of time, and feel more connected to this world.
Also my bed room, because it's where I get to close the door, lock it, and can seal myself away from the world. Without it's isolation and comfort in said isolation, I'd probably go ballistic nuts on everyone. So, it's more sacred on a very personal level.

Hey, was that you with the camera wandering around my property? (Honest, my place looks exactly like this.)

Now that you say this, it might just be me some day in the future.

 

[Duke_Leto]

I have to say, with 35 votes in, I'm a bit surprised by the poll results thus far. I'm not surprised to see nature getting a large percentage of the votes, but it is out front by a long shot. Conversely, I'm astounded to see church/temple getting only 2 votes. This makes me wonder what compels church and temple goers to worship there.

Maybe people who feel satisfied from church/temple services don't feel a need to post here?

 

[Terese]

When i'm not going to a temple, the outdoors is a wonderful place for worship. Especially that now Australia is in summer (mimicking some of India's climate)

 

[Fool]

Where do you find your greatest connection to divinity? Why?

I've listed several choices in the poll. If you answer 'other,' please specify in your response.

my body is sanctuary, a paradise. a microcosm of the macrocosm.

eden

 

[SalixIncendium]

a microcosm of the macrocosm.

Please expound on this.

 

[SomeRandom]

When i'm not going to a temple, the outdoors is a wonderful place for worship. Especially that now Australia is in summer (mimicking some of India's climate)

Ha! When is Australia not in summer climate!?

 

[Fool]

Please expound on this.

adam kadmon

if the owner of the house, or the king of the castle, had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would have stayed awake.

idiosyncratic, where ever I go, there I AM.

solomon's temple

 

[The Kilted Heathen]

My wife and I are actually working on setting up with a Pagan group where we live, and we just found the perfect spot to do our celebrations and rituals. I'll have to take pictures of it next time we're down there.

 

[David T]

Outdoors in nature. Far from the distractions of every day life and people. I like to walk deep into the forest and find a quiet place to just sit down and clear my mind. Here I feel closer to God than in any man made building.

I put nature as well. You are describing an interesting phenomena that I think is important and we aren't clear on. Although in this culture, our sense of clarity only comes from experts teaching at accedemic levels, writing books, talk shows, and if really good TV shows and movies!!! Why go out to the forest it's on TV!!

I follow ecopsychology and 30 years of accedemic interest and writing on the topic is metamorphing it into nonsense. What used to take thousands of years now happens in 1 or 2 generations. That too is interesting.,

 

[David T]

I put nature. Unfortunately for me in an extended stay away from civilization the wilderness became way different from what we brainwash ourselves as a culture into seeing. I would say it became alive, but in a dead world that's hard to explain.

 

[Martin]

Nature is a wonderful teacher.

 

[David1967]

I put nature. Unfortunately for me in an extended stay away from civilization the wilderness became way different from what we brainwash ourselves as a culture into seeing. I would say it became alive, but in a dead world that's hard to explain.

I get it.

 

[Little Lunch]

Ha! When is Australia not in summer climate!?

In winter.
I live in SE Queensland and 1 or 2 degrees is common here during that time.
Anyway, I don't do sacred (or naked) but if I did it would be at the beach, sitting on the sand and listening to those waves roll in, looking out to the horizon and feeling like I'm on the edge of the world.