Curiosity as Spiritual Practice

Sor Juana reframed her intellectual passion not as rebellion against religious life but as an expression of it. She argued that understanding God's creation through study and inquiry was a form of worship. This concept reintegrates chosen identity with spiritual or core values. Rather than experiencing adoption identity as fragmentation—chosen self versus given faith, culture, or heritage—this framework shows how deep curiosity about yourself and the world becomes a unifying practice. It suggests that the questions you ask about who you are, why you exist, and what matters constitute a spiritual or meaning-making practice. For those navigating adopted identity, this offers permission to treat your seeking itself as valid and valuable, not as something that must be justified through external outcomes.