Modern spirituality
Sarah Drinkwater and
Modern spirituality
When scientific progress destabilized religious authority and the lack of meaning found in a pure rational worldview revealed science’s limitations, movements like Theosophy offered a kind of third way, a path toward understanding the world between science and religion. Theosophy was in conversation with both realms, using tools like magical practi
... See moreJessa Crispin • Culture, Digested: The Worst Book I Read This Year
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 more
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 more
Antonio García Martínez • Why Judaism?
let the old go,
let the new in.
#jimcarrey #paradigm #awakening #spiritual #energy
instagram.compeople 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.
Jasmine Bina • A Time to Build Tight Brands in the Chaos of Loose Cultures
Higgie at one point attends a yoga class, and the instructor “plays a Tibetan singing bowl and tells us quietly that the world needs to soften.” She makes no effort to make the connection between yoga (a Hindu-related spiritual discipline) and a Tibetan singing bowl (a modern invention with roots neither in Tibet nor in shamanism as often claimed).
... See moreJessa Crispin • Culture, Digested: The Worst Book I Read This Year
Why is faith so much more visible in open source, then? My theory: faith and open source both place high value on community and a sense of public service. Organized religion is the original distributed community, and it’s lasted thousands of years.