Modern spirituality
by Sarah Drinkwater and · updated 3mo ago
Modern spirituality
- I’m an atheist , but I believe in religion. I’ve always been aware of the downsides, but when I got interested in gospel music I started to see what it could do for people, that it could create a place where you could surrender and become part of something bigger. I think we all want to achieve that, and we all do it in different ways. Sex, drugs, ... See more
from Brian Eno: ‘Sex, drugs, art… they’re all ways of surrendering’ by James McMahon
alex added 1y ago
- To DIY your own world of life signifiers, you have to think you can improve on a
bar mitzvah
as a coming-of-age ritual, on shabbat as a form of digital detox, and as
teshuvah
as a way to grapple with your guilt (or analogs in other religious traditions). Many do of course, and every trendy San Franciscan has their personal regimen of special diets, ... See morefrom Why Judaism? by Antonio García Martínez
sari added 1y ago
“The obvious opportunity,” he said, “is to build a new religion.”
from Life After Lifestyle by subpixel.space
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
- The main problem with Burning Man — and with the current psychedelic renaissance — is the lack of a meaningful systems-level critique. Such a critique would understand humanity’s natural vitalizing impulses — our innate yearning for ecstasy and transcendence through altered states, eroticism, liberated movement, and community communion — as antidot... See more
from How Burning Man Failed by Daniel Pinchbeck
rob hardy added 1y ago
- “The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
— Søren Kierkegaardfrom Tweet by Istra of Glome
rob hardy added 4mo ago
hen there is a decrease in government stability, there is an increase in religiosity in both Eastern and Western cultures.
from A Time to Build Tight Brands in the Chaos of Loose Cultures by Jasmine Bina
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
people who leave organized religion quickly become eager to replace the void with another system of meaning—a dimension most atheist groups have failed to consider.
from A Time to Build Tight Brands in the Chaos of Loose Cultures by Jasmine Bina
Keely Adler added 4mo ago
- In choosing how we are in the world, we shape our experience of that world, our contribution to it. We shape our world, our inner world, our outer world, which is really the only one we’ll ever know. And to me, that’s the substance of the spiritual journey. That’s not an exasperating idea but an infinitely emboldening one.
from Maria Popova — Cartographer of Meaning in a Digital Age by Maria Popova
Natalie Audelo added 1y ago
I have my own version of spiritual practice; I’m just not used to acknowledging it to others. But I think it gets expressed through the “why” of the work I do every day, where I’m moved to amplify creative potential in the world, and where I’m in awe of all the strange, ineffable qualities that make us human.
from Public Faith by Nadia Asparouhova
Keely Adler added 4mo ago