Spirituality and Religion
by Stuart Evans and · updated 19d 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 4mo 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 5mo 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 7mo 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 8mo ago
- the world is much stranger than the secular imagination thinks.
from Opinion | Where Does Religion Come From?
andrea added 1y ago
The world of reason can be narrow and filled with dead ends, while a spiritual viewpoint is limitless and invites fantastic possibilities. The unseen world is boundless.
from The Creative Act: A Way of Being by Rick Rubin
alex added 1y ago
- An enlightened being sees their agony without diminishing its reality. In other words, it doesn’t just turn away from it—but, on the other hand, simultaneously sees everything, including that agony [and] including hell, actually, as bubbles of bliss in an ocean of bliss. That’s the kind of cognitive dissonance that the ordinary mind cannot get arou... See more
from Nirvana and Samsara Are the Same Thing - Sounds True
Faith Hahn added 1y ago
- Our tendency to try to escape from the universe to find a nirvana that’s sort of quiet and peaceful and apart from all this hullabaloo is undermined completely by the realization of the nature of reality. You realize that the wisdom of the nature of reality leads you into compassion for the beings who are here, and the little bit of bliss that you ... See more
from Nirvana and Samsara Are the Same Thing - Sounds True
Faith Hahn added 1y ago
- Whatever your spiritual practice is, if it's not making you more honest in your relationships, it's not working
from Tweet by Vivid Void
rob hardy added 1y ago