We are a group of spiritual people who love nature and find a spiritual connection with it, thus we are Nature Spirituals.

We are also Spiritual by our Nature, or Naturally Spiritual.

We as a group, or club, do not follow any specific religious tradition. This groups is a “non-landed” group, i.e. a group, or club, which owns no property. All the events hosted by the group are at members homes, on public lands, or rented.

This group is growing , and maturing as we figure out what the community (we) needs and give ourselves the time and events that we want to see happen. Once you register, please visit the Talk Zone and share ideas of things you want to see happen.

We Are Not:

• This group is not a hiking group or an outdoors group per se, but we go outdoors often.
• This group is not a religious group, and not an atheist group either.

Meetup.com:

We have a meetup presence where our events (meetups) are posted. The events are naturally also posted here, on this, our official website. Members of this website might or might not be members of the meetup website and vice versa. You do not need to join meetup.com to join this group. You can join this group by joining this website (by creating an account here) or by joining the meetup.com then joining our meetup group.

As of Nov 2011, our meetup presence is more than 200 people strong. Here’s a link to our meetup page www.meetup.com/NatureSpirituality

Is This Group a Good Fit For Me?

A prerequisite to joining is that you must recognize that you are a spiritual being and that your spirituality is important to you (non religious or non dogmatic spiritual)

Also to have “nature” be a part of your spiritual experiences, perhaps feel a spiritual connection to nature or the universe around you, beyond a simple appreciation of nature’s beauty or scientific allure, this group is good for those that feel “connected” to “nature”, to the sky, trees, ground, wind, life, the mysterious, or the whole universe (i.e. divine, omniverse)

This group is here to bring together non-religious but very spiritual being, nature-lovers, kind-hearted individuals, open-hearted individuals, non-aggressive, open minded seekers, contemplative type people, modest, nature-loving and other-loving (as in loving others) individuals, and those who have a spiritual connection to nature.

“Nature” here is very broadly defined (beyond the outdoors), it means anything that exists naturally (non-human-made), including living things, people, the planet and everything within the universe (within the omniverse). We, are a part of this nature, a part of this oneness.

 

Mission Statement (under work):

• To seek & find our individual wholeness
• To seek a renewed vision of nature as one, rather important, context for human spirituality.
• Appreciate and nourish the power of each individual person
• Promote self-healing & inner peace
• Understand our potential and act on it
• The rest of this page continues our mission statement:

To create and sustain a group that Includes, but is not limited to:

• Spiritual Beings, Neopagans, Pagans, Classical Pantheists, Unitarian Universalists, Taoists, Buddhists, Mystics, Native American Spirituals, Non-Dualists, Gaya lovers, Wiccans, Scientific Pantheists, Spiritual Agnostics, Earth-Based Spirituals, Oneness, Believers in Spirits/Angels, Nature-Based Spirituals, Skeptic Spirituals, Spiritual Humanists, Nature Spirituals, Natural Spirituals, Naturally Spiritual, Experienced Spirituals, Newbie Spirituals, Psychics, Mystics, Explorers of Nature, Explorers of the Mysterious, Energy Healers, BodyWorkers, Reiki practitioners, Hypnotists.
• Those that have experienced a “relationship” with the elements such as experiencing an “emotion” when the wind touches their skin, when they feel the sun, feel the ground under their feet, look at the sky, hear the wind or feel the thunder, or smell trees.
• Those who seem to communicate with the natural world around them, beyond just communicating with humans.
• Those that respect the life of all beings (including non-human), and see the connectedness of everything on this beautiful planet we share.
• This group is also good for those curious about or are advanced spiritually and/or psychically.

This group brings people who are, or strive to: 

• Celebrate and capitalize on our basic common beliefs and interests rather than differences.
• Be non-judgmental, without prejudice
• Not caught up in religious dogmas or traditions
• Spiritual
• Are easygoing
• Are non-hierarchical
• Are modest, humble
• All equal
• Appreciate quietness and alone-time
• Enjoy reflecting inside and at nature for a connection and for “knowing” and exploring this world
• Strive to be kinder to ourselves, to this planet and all sentient beings.
• Love and revere Nature and the whole oniverse/omniverse.
• Love each other, every human, every living thing and the whole universe.
• Non-aggressive
• Seek to live a holistic life
• Kind-hearted
• Find beauty everywhere and in everything
• Enjoy discussing deep ideas on life, existence, the universe,
• Find science and spirituality interesting
• Seek a holistic approach to health, life and spirituality.
• Diverse, come from different backgrounds and ages.

This group brings together people that enjoy finding themselves while doing the following:

• Meditate indoors, meditate outdoors, sitting meditation, walking meditation, breath work, sound meditation
• Spend time in nature: walking, hiking, snow shoeing, photographing, connecting, cleaning
• Practice Spring Forest QiGong, Reiki, etc..
• Practice psychic abilities
• Explore health, healing, energy healing, science, etc..
• Explore paranormal, parapsychology, psychic phenomena
• Research so called “Free Energy” and “Alternative Energy”
• Research natural healing methods, diet, organic farming, coops, back to basics and traditional diets
• Research self-empowerment
• Research how to make heaven on earth
• Aspire to make our inner world, and out world a better place

As a group, we’ll aspire to do the above and the following:

• Discuss all aspects of spirituality, wholeness and well being
• Talk, share stories & knowledge
• Watch documentaries: nature documentaries, astronomy, history, environmental topics, spirituality, science, health and medicine, time and space, reality, dreams, paranormal etc
• Meditate
• Build solid friendships. If you’ve been estranged by your family for your beliefs or lack of beliefs you will find a new family in this group.

When you feel like getting together to share your experience with others we’ll be here. No events scheduled? shoot me an email and ask me to schedule an event.

You can also email me at any time if you’d like to get together for a cup of coffee.

This group is local. We Are Located:

This is an exclusively Minnesota-based group, more specifically a Twin Cities metro area group comprised of these counties Chisago, Washington, Anoka, Dakota, Scott, Carver, Hennepin, Wright, Sherburne, Isanti, and Ramsey counties. And including but not limited to these cities: Andover, Anoka, Apple Valley, Arden Hills, Belle Plaine, Blaine, Bloomington, Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Buffalo, Burnsville, Carver, Champlin, Chanhassen, Chaska, Coon Rapids, Eagan, Eden Prairie, Edina, Farmington, Hopkins, Inver Grove Heights, Lakeville, Maple Grove, Maplewood, Mendota Heights, Minneapolis, Minnetonka, Mounds View, New Brighton, North St. Paul, Plymouth, Shakopee, Shoreview, St. Louis Park, Saint Paul, Center City.  If you live outside this area but are able to physically attend meetings you are always welcome, feel free to join us and to get registered on this site or meetup.com it you like.

Some of the topics of interest we aspire to explore. A quick list (under construction):

Consciousness, Earth-Based Spirituality, Pagan, Being, Religious Humanism, Oneness, Environmental Awareness, Atheism, Quantum Physics, Nature-lovers, Gaiaism, Nature-Based Religions, Spirituality, Alternative Health, Law of Attraction, Life Transformation, Meditation, Metaphysics, Personal Growth, Self Empowerment & Exploration, Self-Improvement, Spiritual Growth and Transformation, Spirituality, Personal Growth, Meditation, Spirit, Holy Spirit, Higher Self, Inner Self, Goddess, Hiking, Energy Healing, Classical Pantheism, Scientific Pantheism, Natural Healing, Edible Wild Plants, Art of Living, End of Suffering, Buddhism, Hypnosis, Non Dualism, Paranormal, Parapsychology, QiGong, Spring Forest QiGong SFQ, Outdoors, Laughter Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, Yoga, NeuroLinguistic Programming NLP, Pagan Healers, Sound Healing, Shamanism, Electromagnetic Healing, Acupuncture, Acupressure,  Spirituality, Paganism, Pantheism (esp. Classical Pantheism and the idea of an omniverse), Rituals, Herbs, Wild plants (esp. edible ones), Traditional diets, physical and spiritual wellness, Chinese Medicine (TCM), healing technologies (such as using the electromagnetic spectrum for healing, sound, light, color, electricity, earthing), Spring Forest Qigong (SFQ), meditation, oneness, non-duality, Alchemy (spiritual and practical), doing vs. being, poetry, art of any kind, hypnosis and trance states, divination (tarot, i ching, etc), para-normal things, manifesting, time space and reality, dreams, mainstream science, astronomy, astrology, homeopathy, essential oils, ormus, alt energy sources, cancer healing, life force, life and relationships.

Byron Katie, Echo Bodine, Dalai Lama, Eckhart Tolle, Abraham, Maitreya / Benjamin Creme, Bashar,  …

 

History of The Natural Spiritual group:

Why I started this group

1- To build a place and a group that is spiritual, non judgmental and easy going where you can feel free, relaxed, comfortable being who you are and loved.
2- To go outdoors, admire and take in all the beauty of nature, all seasons especially when it is winter in MN.
3- Explore all aspects of spirituality, and being. To be, explore, grow and enjoy!
4- When you want to discuss topics like spirituality, environmental issues, social issues, personal issues, religion, culture, biology, pantheism, spiritual ideas, what life is,alternative energy, alternative healing, etc… I will gladly discuss these with you.
5- To create a community of like-minded individuals, to offer help to each other and socialize.

This group started on Dec 5, 2009 by Ethan Z. on meetup.com.  This website NaturalSpiritual.org went online on 16/11/2011.

This group was known as Nature Spirituality. About a couple years later the name changed to The Natural Spiritual,  and our members are now called Natural Spirituals.

 

Edited: 12/3/2011