First Time Getting Naked?

Welcome to Naked SAMADHI.

Q. What is the purpose of this blog?

This is a new site for Unitarian Universalists which is designed to help lay leaders and others find spiritual sustenance, take new perspectives, and locate some tools helpful for them as they seek to lead their churches. Because it is new, it will be morphing over time. As the site grows you will likely find articles on:

• Spiritual Life
• Strategic Planning
• Developing Spiritual Practices
• Church Growth
• Historical Articles
• Analysis of trends within the UU church
• Book reviews
• Movie reviews
• Hyphenated UUism

Q. How to I get around?

You can always get to the Home page by clicking on Naked SAMADHI at the top of each page. Archives will take you to a list of old articles. Articles in a series will have links at the bottom to the next article. You can also use the search box at the top of the page to look for specific topics. There are also certain pages that list the other site pages relevant to that topic - for example "Books" will contain a list of all books reviewed on the site. The information on the site is designed to be as accessible as possible from several different points.

Q. Do you allow Guest Blogging?

Yes. If you are interested check out Guest Blogging.

Q. Do you allow comments.

I love comments! They are moderated but only slightly to avoid gibberish and cruelty to others.

Q. Do you mind suggestions?

I love suggestions. Fire away.

Q. Why don't you do politics on Naked SAMADHI?

This has been a struggle for me. I am very active in certain social causes and I believe very strongly that the spiritual journey involves active engagement in the world - and I will talk about that. However, I have seen a tendency in the UU church to use politics to see those who disagree with us as "other". It can function as a way to congratulate ourselves on our moral superiority. If that was backed up by truly monumental acts of compassion and efforts at social justice, then I would feel very differently than I do. However, I don't see that many UUs who are so devoted as to claim such exalted high moral ground. I see the fastest way to deep engagement lies through being focused on developing ourselves and our churches to "be the change we want to see in the world." There are so many places to go to get the liberal political views we as UUs hold so dear, but there are relatively few that address the nature of spiritual and corporate growth.