The Fourfold Path of Creation Spirituality

First Level  - Awareness
Via Positiva characterised by joy, awe, wonder	Via Negativa characterised by letting go, silence and darkness
· How do I enjoy God’s presence? · What is my sense of giftedness from God? · What do I most enjoy doing? · When do I feel really successful? · Who are the people who most encourage me? · When and where do I feel consolation and deep joy? · Where do I perceive God’s creativity in the world and people around me?	· Does God ever seem distant or absent? · How am I aware of the gaps in my abilities? · Where do I feel lacking? · What activities do I avoid or resist? · Who around me makes me feel discouraged, agitated or upset? · When and where do I feel desolation and deep sadness? · Where do I perceive the destruction or corruption of God’s creation?
Second Level - Participation
Via Creativa expressed through creativity	Via Transfomativa expressed through  justice and compassion
· How can I communicate God’s presence to others? · How can I use the gifts God has given me to affirm the giftedness of others? · Which of the activities I most enjoy draw me to God’s creation and his creatures? · How can my success enable that of others? · How can I be an encouragement? · How can I participate with God in his ongoing work of creation?	· How can I embody God’s presence in the places he seems most absent? · How can I enable others to live through these places? · How can my gaps, wounds, inabilities or disabilities be an opportunity to connect with those of others or call forth their abilities to heal? · How can the wilderness become a fruitful place? · How can I or we bring healing to transform the brokenness of our lives and the life of the world?