“Spritual Practice”

Post spiritual practice reflection papers through the “Spritual Practice” tab for the appropriate week.Each spiritual practice paper is worth a possible ten points. Approximate paper length is 450-800 words. Full credit is given to papers that address all components of the assignment, regardless of length. 1. Describe one spiritual practice chosen from the two practices assigned. (5 points) – What is the spiritual practice? – How did you practice it? What was your experience in practice? Why/why not is this practice for you? 2. Explore the resources that are listed on the right hand side under the “latest content”: art, quotes, book excerpts,video clips, teaching stories, etc. These will enrich your understanding of the practice. Then, try it out. See how it goes. Reflect on your experience of engaging in this practice. Write about two resources from the website “latest content” section that add to your knowledge of this spiritual practice. (2.5 points each). Describe each resource and indicate the resource’s helpfulness in understanding this practice. This is the actual assignment: Choose the spiritual practice of either Reverence OR Silence. Each spiritual practice paper is worth a possible ten points. 1. Describe one spiritual practice chosen from the two practices assigned. (5 points) – What is the spiritual practice? – How did you practice it? What was your experience in practice? Why/why not is this practice for you? 2. Write about two resources from the spiritual practices website (latest content section) that add to your knowledge of this spiritual practice. (2.5 points each). Describe each resource and indicate the resource’s helpfulness in understanding this practice. sources to use: Read: a. Sri Chinmoy on spirituality and music: https://www.srichinmoy.org/resources/music_and_spirituality/music_spirituality b. Who is Sri Chinmoy? Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri_Chinmoy c. Healing and music http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/23/marc-neikrug-healing-ceremony_n_3255029.html c. Wikipedia: Buddhist music http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist_music d. The Heart of Hinduism: Music http://iskconeducationalservices.org/HoH/lifestyle/804.htm e. Chapters 5 and 6 (pgs 71-99), The Sacred Quest f. Explore the concept of monasticism by reading wikipedia entries on monasticism, the Greek Orthodox Church and the Thai Forrest Tradition https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monasticism ; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_Orthodox_Church; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thai_Forest_Tradition Watch Explore World spirituality music here: http://calabash.typepad.com/world_music_advocate/music_spirituality/ Buddhist Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGJt56qgCds Hindu Music: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcN0dFmhj9A&feature=related Robert Gupta: Music is medicine, music is sanity: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/robert_gupta.html “Religion as Ritual” at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TcdAkQJpQE Mustafa Akyol on “Faith vs. Tradition in Islam at https://www.ted.com/talks/mustafa_akyol_faith_versus_tradition_in_islam#t-6329 Explore monasticism futher by viewing the first 15 minutes of 2 video clips on a Greek Orthodox monastary and the Thai Forrest Tradition: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEp9F4V5An4 and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Anf1yhX9VQo Spiritual Teacher: Thich Nhat Hahn 1. Watch Oprah’s interview with Thich Nhat Hahn to learn his biographical information on https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ9UtuWfs3U 2. Listen to his teachings engage in mindful movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oWerJwf3-3I