Do you have a place in your home just for spiritual practice?

It is very hard living in an apartment and having room for such things! Good luck with your cleaning and arranging! =)

Right now, my religous stuff is all mixed in with my other stuff. It's hardly respectful that way. I'm sure that God understands, for now, but I'm trying to find at least SOME place set apart for my religious life. I live in public housing which IN NO WAY is conducive to having a religious life or any sort of spirituality. But, right now, I am disabled and poor, and one of the reasons why I am devoted to my faith is to find a way to rise above this and to even overcome it all. If I had no faith at all, I would REALLY be in sorry shape, believe me! But, some of the people here are VERY anti-religion and VERY anti-spirituality. And, of course, this place is hardly even the right size for a Barbie doll and teeny tiny little Barbie-doll-sized religious accessories. Barbie with her very own altar, Bible, Koran, Torah, you name it? Now THAT'S a thought! LOL! Buddhist Barbie, Muslim Barbie, Christian Barbie, Jewish Barbie, pagan Barbie, Mormon Barbie, Jehovah's Witness Barbie, even a Wiccan (spelling?) Barbie, all to teach kids religious tolerance. I'd make a million, that's for sure! LOL! Ummmm...maybe not...I'm really not into mass-marketed, plastic versions of religion. LOL!

As awful as it sounds, there's only room in my place, really, for miniaturized versions of religious stuff. :-( I am going to have to get creative somehow.

It would be nice to have a lot of land like that! I kind of have a lawn, but since I only really have the top floor of the house, there are people that live downstairs. I have yet to figure out whether doing strange things on the lawn would be a problem considering it's sort of a "shared lawn". That, and my landlady is a really old Christian lady, so I don't really want any questions from her about my reliigous practices. I hope when I do get a place, I have that kind of space for outdoor practice, but I would need a space inside too, since so much of the year it's "frostbite if you're outside for more than five minutes" where I live.

It would just be nice to have a relaxing room for myself too. It'd be nice to be able to say when I'm in this room, do not bother me! lol

I used to be able to meditate anywhere, but since having a child I know I can only meditate when I have someone else watching him. Not only that, but if I'm in the same room with him, even if someone else is watching him, I just can't meditate because I keep getting distracted. =p The burning candles issue is also part of why I would really like to have a room for spiritual practice.

I think I'd settle for a closet too at this point! =p

I can see how still living with a parent would make it difficult to have room for such things. Right now I have this large open area we just cleared in the living room by unpacking some things, and I'm being very excited by it as ritual space, even though it's also playspace for my son during the day. Still not what I'd like to have once I own a home, but better. =)

*nods* That sounds like a good option for when you can't have a whole room.

*nods* I can't really do too much outside where I live now, but I would love to be able to. Usually for outside things I go to my friend's places, who have more land. In the kitchen is a good place. I know a lot of people who tend to do their workings there.

If I ever get the money, I would love to build one too. Or least have a nice grove with an altar, and a small shelter. =) I like that quote!

Wow, that's very neat, CopyPaper! Thanks for sharing. =)

Thanks so much for sharing! That's really interesting!