A Practice: How might we access the transcendent?  

The following are are rituals or practices to connect us to the transcendent: 

• We can participate in spiritual practices or a faith tradition.

• We may feel a sense of purpose or calling for a particular occupation or vocation. This calling can be the reason to do difficult work, to be present in parenting, or the calling can be a way to connect with a sense of divine relationship. 

• We can reflect on the things that we value that point beyond ourselves – e.g. justice, beauty, love.

• We can meditate or pray.

• We can lament – as a way to express to a transcendent or divine presence about the ways that life does not “make sense.”

• We can spend time in nature.