According to Rolheiser spirituality is the ultimately what we do with the Eros, that desire. I agree with his idea and definition. From the past experience religion has focused on confining people to a given spirituality. They however never managed to do this through the forceful attempts as people still had the chances to desire. This show that the spirituality within person breaks out in their own way no matter the conditions and thus it is true that spirituality is just what we do as the eros that desire.
The one of the many struggles as outlined in the second chapter is pathological busyness, distraction and restlessness (Rolheiser 1999). Human are constantly busy doing other things to an extent that they are bound to ignore their spiritual life. There is constant distraction from other sectors in our life. Finally because spiritualism is all about faith restlessness is bound to occur. I agree with the author on this point.
The divorce that makes sense to me is the divorce between private morality and social justice (Rolheiser 1999). In my own understanding, I believe that this implies to the difficulty in making decision privately to please your morals and doing what is social just. When most people tend to do what is socially just, they may end up doing what is not morally right according to their private life. One student in campus was a staunch Christian, he always lead prayer point. One time injustice was done to other students and he had to step up to defend them. He was tone between being a church and organizing a demonstration to defend the students. He eventually left church and defended the fellow student.
The other struggle with spirituality that should be included is the society. Society has a certain way of expecting people to behave. The behavior that is expected in a society ultimately affects how people spiritually. Human beings are affected by what other people expect of them and this is bound to affect their spiritual life.
Reference
Rolheiser, R. (1999). The holy longing: The search for a Christian spirituality. New York: Doubleday.
