What is Spiritual Hunger ? ? ?

What do you think of this definition of "Spiritual Hunger"?

Uniquely human and inner desire to pursue and connect
with that which is considered "the sacred".

Notice that there is both an active and a passive character of Spiritual Hunger. The passive is described with the words "inner desire". We all know this passive characteristic of physical hunger. It creeps up on us. We don't have to ask for it, worry about orencourage it. We get hungry.

….spirituality is a human instinct and a deep-seated personal hunger….

There is also an active or participating side of this definition of "Spiritual Hunger". The words "pursuing and connecting" describe this characteristic. Just as physical hunger drives us to satisfy those urges, so the urge to satisfy spiritual hunger is followed by a pursuing and a connecting and a seeking after that which is sacred.

Often the Christian Community is concerned with only the "participatory" side of Spiritual Hunger in people. But what if the Christian Community found new ways of being able to encourage the "passive" part of spiritual hunger? What would it look like if the Christian Community nurtured Spiritual Environments in which people come to realise they are hungry, really famished, for a connection with something sacred outside themselves?

I think its an exciting thought and possible. Do you?