Spirituality and Religion
by Stuart Evans and · updated 1mo ago
Spirituality and Religion
- “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 1mo ago
- Spirituality is experiencing who you are beyond small mental definitions, rituals, relationships. For this reason it renders traditional religion impotent because religion can only reach as far as the mind can go
from Tweet by Renee Solana
rob hardy added 2mo ago
Stuart Evans added 3mo ago
Stuart Evans added 3mo ago
Stuart Evans added 3mo ago
18 months ago I asked a wise older man for the #1 piece of advice he would give his 30 year old self. He said: "Read the Bible every day, then journal what you should know, who you should be, and what you should do based on what you read. It will change your life." I thanked… Show morephoebe added 3mo ago
what I definitely believe is that the great religions, all of them and the great mystical traditions of Buddhism and Taoism, and so on, have central truths that they hold in common, and that these are a kind of wisdom that are not appreciated, unless one is brought up in a tradition that helped one see
them. And our tradition is dead against seeing
... See morefrom Dr Iain McGilchrist: We Are Living in a Deluded World by UnHerd
simon added 4mo ago
For me, most simply, contemplative spirituality is a fidelity to beholding the divine in all things. In the field, on the walk home, sitting under the oak tree that hugs my house. A sacred attention.
from This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us by Cole Arthur Riley
meghna added 5mo ago
