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Find Sacred in Your Ordinary

Find Your Window of Wonder

6/15/2020

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In psychology, the Window of Tolerance (WOT) describes that physical, emotional, and psychological 'space' we're in when we're most ourselves; it's here that our nervous system is at its best. I like to describe the WOT as The Place of the 6 Cs: where we're most readily able to sink into calmness, connection, confidence, compassion, curiosity, and constructive communication. Or the Window of Wonder (the WOW space) because it's that 'place' where we're able to experience awe and wonder; to be most attuned to the divine spark that exists within us and all around us.

The intensity of our emotions, and our ability to regulate our behaviours that result from them, are important clues about how close we are to our Window of Wonder, and what we can do to help calm or rev up our nervous system and enter into our optimal activation zone. Learning to be in our WOT is key to a life of seeing with the "eyes of the heart" (Ephesians 1:18); of recognizing the sacred in our everyday lives.
  • Today's contemplation prompt: As you move through your day, notice when you feel most yourself: gently attuned and open to the world around you. What clues tell you that you are your best self in moments like this - is it a sensation in your body, the speed or nature of your thoughts, your breath, or some other clue(s)?​​ What are you doing in this moment? ​
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    Catherine is an educator, interfaith spiritual director, and retreat facilitator who delights in the ordinariness of her life in Ottawa, Canada. In her work, she draws on the riches of the mystical traditions, especially those of her ancestors, the Christian Celts. Catherine thinks the greatest prayer she can offer to God and the world is to look and listen for the Divine Spark in each and all, and in every moment.

    About the sacred now

    In writing the sacred now, ​my hope is that together, we'll enter together into the sacredness of our everyday lives - wherever and whatever they may be. 

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