{"id":8411,"date":"2013-04-30T15:41:18","date_gmt":"2013-04-30T20:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/2013\/04\/29\/"},"modified":"2013-04-30T15:41:18","modified_gmt":"2013-04-30T20:41:18","slug":"perfect-imperfect-spirituality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themagicalbuffet.com\/blog1\/?p=8411","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Imperfect Spirituality"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever read a book about spirituality and felt like, this is great, in fact it\u2019s wonderful, but how does it work for me? I hate to admit it, but it\u2019s true. I read a lot of spirituality books and I feel like often the authors don\u2019t take into account that the readers have lives; 40 hour a week jobs, children with ballet lessons and soccer practice, birthday parties and barbeques to attend. Maybe we can\u2019t incorporate everything, which often times the authors make you feel like you have to do just that.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/a>Enter \u201cImperfect Spirituality: Extraordinary Enlightenment for Ordinary People\u201d by Polly Campbell. Here the book opens with a spiritual allegory that I think most of us can relate to, disciplining a child who has misbehaved. In this case a little girl who has managed to climb most of Mt. Bookcase before Mom noticed. When an angry Campbell goes to talk to an upset little girl who opted for forcible removal, before she can start the little girl wants to know if Mom still loves her even when she has bad behavior. Campbell responds that there is nothing the little girl could do to make her not love her. Campbell wonders why she cannot extend the same compassion and kindness to herself. Why instead of forgiveness does she mentally pummel herself for her errors?<\/p>\n

Campbell describes learning more about spirituality, applying it, and accommodating it for her lifestyle, all the while dodging raisins flying out of her kid\u2019s nose, doing sing-song rhymes, and dealing with Rheumatoid Arthritis. <\/p>\n

The traditional spirituality discussed may not be groundbreaking for the more experienced, but Campbell\u2019s unique perspective makes \u201cImperfect Spirituality\u201d perfect<\/em> for beginning seekers and seasoned travelers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"