Spirituality can have many different definitions, depending on who you ask. It can be something as simple as the search for a higher meaning in life, or something so complex that one can base one's beliefs, one's religion and one's life in general around it. There are many different ways to express spirituality; rituals, songs, dances, stories and writings are all common means of expression. Spirituality can be found in almost everything. Finding spirituality in something can enlighten someone and bring them strong emotion and deep feeling. In some cases, people would be willing to sacrifice almost anything to maintain the integrity of what they consider spiritual. In many cultures, land is considered highly spiritual. There are countless numbers of people willing to sacrifice money, material possessions, jobs, and many other things that most people take for granted, just to help keep what they find spiritual in its natural state, beautiful and healthy: nature. Several authors have based some of their writings on their spirituality. Some of these writings are as complex as the Bible or as basic as an article in a local newspaper, but their meaning and passion should never be doubted. In Leslie Marmon Silko’s “Landscape, History, and the Pueblo Imagination,” she expresses how her people have a very different meaning of “landscape.” For Silko residents, the popular definition of landscape as "a part of territory that the eye can understand at a glance" gives the impression that the viewer is on the outside looking in. interior. For them, the term landscape is much more than that. . We cannot leave our environment, the earth and nature are always around us and we are always interconnected. The old...... middle of paper ...... people who find the nature spiritual and it is almost impossible to object. There will always be people who find nature to be more than just a sight and much more than just an object to look at. Society should be praising people like the Haida and the Pueblo, people like Joy Williams, people who are trying to do good for our planet, rather than just profit from it. Works Cited Silko, Leslie Marmon. “Landscape, history and people’s imagination”. Listening to the Earth. Christopher Hallowell, Walter Levy. Toronto: Pearson Longman, 2005 171-183Suzuki, David. “Introduction to sacred balance.” Read Write Canada. Ed. J Miller. London: WW Norton + Co., 2005. 367-375 Williams, Joy. “One Acre: On Devaluing Real Estate to Keep Land Priceless.” » Listening to the Earth. Christopher Hallowell, Walter Levy. Toronto: Pearson Longman, 2005 95-105