Disruptive Spirituality: A Fire that Purifies
Erikc Perez-Perez and added
phoebe and added
when you create a social reality with no connection to a deeper divine essence, and not alignment to a value greater than itself, you get lost in a maze where essential human values and relationships are mimicked endlessly and blindly in a chaos of hollow repetition. Then, as now, the only way out is to connect to the sacred; to an experience that ... See more
Alexander Beiner • Myth and Metrics: How Social Media Robs Us of Ritual, and How to Revive It
sari added
Rising out the world, you and I,
a finite flame among the infinite darkness
of two nebulous chasms…
Born into a disenchanted world
of Cartesian rationalism, our minds
and spirits isolated from the universal,
a race of convulsionaries trudging
though the wastelands of a technocratic
nightmare, afraid of what we might become
if we rid ourselves of the empt... See more
a finite flame among the infinite darkness
of two nebulous chasms…
Born into a disenchanted world
of Cartesian rationalism, our minds
and spirits isolated from the universal,
a race of convulsionaries trudging
though the wastelands of a technocratic
nightmare, afraid of what we might become
if we rid ourselves of the empt... See more
Amy Zhen added
Poetic Outlaws
The truth is, we’re all so disconnected from our spirituality that we’ve forgotten who we truly are. We wander through life, searching for meaning and purpose, unaware of the divine spark that resides within each of us.
Patrícia Williams • There Can Be No Rebirth Without A Dark Night of The Soul
We shut out incursions of the divine and demonic to carve out a privatized space to be free on our own terms. We didn’t realize the extent to which we were shutting ourselves in.
James K. A. Smith • On the Road with Saint Augustine: A Real-World Spirituality for Restless Hearts
What we need are good, simple, accessible, non-annoying, long-lasting ways to approach spirituality as individuals. I believe that starts with a spiritual framework that clicks with you and that you can turn to as your spiritual guide.
Tim Urban • How Religion Got in the Way — Wait But Why
Ajinkya Wadhwa and added
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