In 1897 Gauguin painted "Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going?", which now hangs in the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. In typical Gauguin style, the painting depicts primitive Tahitians looking in wonder at the tropical paradise surrounding them. There is sunlight and freedom, the vibrant colors of Tahiti, a river in the woods, a blue sea and misty mountains. On closer look, however, one sees that the painting is divided into three parts. "Where we come from" is visioned as a baby and three women who are closest to the mystery of creation. "Where we are" has two women talking about destiny, a man with a puzzled, aggressive look on his face, a youth reaching up to pluck a fruit from a tree, the metaphorical fruit of experience. A child eats the fruit while an idol looks over the scene--the symbol of the need for spirituality in the quest for what one is. "Where are we going" is depicted by a brooding woman and an old woman near death. A white bird represents the afterlife, the unknown. Gauguin sought to symbolize the questions that have been asked through the ages--questions that make people human--questions that really do not have definitive answers. If those questions are important, one may ask what part the curriculum and schools play in preparing students to come to terms with or even address them? Should educators participate in this dialogue? Of course the reticence may stem from the confusion that each question evokes, whether these are religious or secular, and whether the spiritual responses they engender are appropriate to address in schools. In this article, the author clarifies the questions by defining what spirituality is and then responding to each of Gauguin's questions from the perspective of a secular spirituality that is both personal and universal.