The place that is most spiritual for me is probably not a specific place at all. What is most spiritual to me is a sunset. The wonderful thing about it is that I can see that "place" almost anywhere. Wheter its driving home from school, or when I'm at the lake house in North Carolina, if I see an amazing sunset it just strikes me. I think what impacts me is not just the fact that it is high up in the sky close to God and heaven and all the things I believe in, but also it is incredibly and indescribably beautiful. Whenever I see one I stop adn stare and just feel a sense of awe come over me.
When I see a sunset I can relate to Lane when he talks about how sacred place can be both transcendent and immanent. I see the sunset as transcendent as it relates to God. I feel that it is something that he creates thats beautiful. At the same time the sunset is immanent. It is in this world and I can see it and interact with it. I can also see how a sunset is hard to define and the place as sacred is subjective. Many others may not feel the way I do or they may feel that it is sacred but in an entirely different way. Sacred place is something very personal and open to interpretation.
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