Belonging to everything

Where do I belong?

Many of us on the spiritual path struggle with feelings of not belonging to the dominant culture. What are the flavors and levels of belonging and how do we navigate the challenging feelings that come up in relation to it?


Jeannie talks about the true nature of belonging, which is to belong to one's own authenticity, and to God.

Exchanges

Exchange 1: Participant explores belonging in light of her father's death.

Exchange 2: Participant feels that she hasn't belonged since birth - Jeannie talks about building relationship with the natural world as a foundation for belonging.

Exchange 3: Participant inquires into the conundrum of belonging to a work group feeling harmful, but not belonging feeling like a challenge to mental health. She and Jeannie explore her sensitivity and needs as part of the inquiry.

Exchange 4: Participant explores going home to see family and looking for belonging there.

Exchange 5: Participant explores judgment that rises toward peers who she's connected with.

Exchange 6: Participant is trying to meet the vulnerability of where she feels ugly and not real.