spiritual center
Core of being
A spiritual center is a place devoted to religious practice, meditation, or inner development—a retreat house, ashram, or similar facility where people gather for contemplation and growth.
The term also refers metaphorically to one's core of spiritual life or the geographic heart of a faith tradition: Jerusalem remains a spiritual center for three religions.
She found her spiritual center through daily meditation.
- inner selfPrivate essential identity
- higher selfOne's transcendent inner nature
- pilgrimage siteSacred destination for worship
- monasteryReligious seclusion dwelling
- shrineSacred devotional place
meditation hall · sacred space · prayer · mosque · heart chakra · temple · axis mundi · sacred grove · holy of holies · ashram · core · inner sanctum · holy ground · soul · quiet mind · inner peace · navel · third eye
- retreatsspa, retreat house, meditation retreat, writing retreat, wellness retreat
- religious groupscongregation, congregations, sect, parishes, fellowship
- religious institutionschurch, cathedral, temple, synagogue, monastery
- urban faithstorefront church, street preaching, street preacher, street ministry, homeless ministry
spiritual centerphysical body
Tangible human form
flesh · carnal nature · bodily form · mortal coil · mammon
spiritual centerspiritual void
Absence of transcendent meaning
inner emptiness · lost soul · dark night of the soul · inner turmoil
spiritual centerden of iniquity
Place of moral corruption
commercial hub · financial center · red-light district · Sodom · shopping mall