Is it only with illness that spiritual growth can occur?
Marion Woodman asked this same question in her book, The Pregnant Virgin (1985) by asking, "If it takes a holocaust, inner or outer, to help us realize what is really essential in life." The answer to this question is no, it is not absolutely necessary. But many of us need some event to shake us out of our habitual, self-centered way of life. Questions, self-reflection and spiritual growth is always waiting to occur. Unfortunately, most of us tend to ignore this potential.