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Science and Spirituality: 'Effing the Ineffable'
Inherent in the view of enlightened relativity is the understanding that spiritual insight is only as relevant to our human lives as our ability to embody it in our humanity and everyday living and relating. If we imagine that spiritual awakening is about having a powerful experience that we put in our pocket and then go on with our life with a sen
... See moreAdyashanti • The Direct Way: Thirty Practices to Evoke Awakening
Rahul asked us to characterize authentic spiritual experience, which I said might be marked by humility, self-emptying, and a displacement of ideological certainties. It can feel disorienting rather than confirming of a final sense of identity or an ultimate solution. That does not prevent someone, after being shattered, from picking up the pieces ... See more
Reflections on my dialogue with Peter Rollins
Spirituality is a constant striving to keep in mind the truth that the intangible is ultimate, that the moral world spins on the axis of what we cannot see.
David J. Wolpe • Why Be Jewish?
We are not the isolated, conscious minds often assumed in our folk psychology. Rather, we are fundamentally embodied. Any spirituality that ignores how the body influences what we think and do will not be usefully transformative.
Dr Jonathan Rowson • The Spiritual and the Political: Beyond Russell Brand
According to the new data, spirituality is an intrinsic property of the psyche that emerges quite spontaneously when the process of self-exploration reaches sufficient depth. Direct experiential confrontation with the perinatal and trans-personal levels of the unconscious is always associated with a spontaneous awakening of a spirituality that is q
... See moreWhen it comes to the very practical business of aligning our vision and values with our actions on the word, we look like amateurs, unfamiliar with the tools we need. Spiritual experiences, perspectives and practices are wrongly framed as otherworldly, rather than precious human resources to bring our ideals into being.