Spirituality
A journey of self-discovery, connection, and meaning.
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Spirituality
We're in the world, not against it. It doesn't work to try to stand
outside things and run them, that way. It just doesn't work, it goes against life. There is a way but you have to follow it. The world is, no matter how we think it ought to be. You have to be with it. You have to let it be.
Ursula K. Le Guin • The Lathe Of Heaven: A Novel
"In my view, the realistic goal to be attained through spiritual practice is not some permanent state of enlightenment that admits of no further efforts but a capacity to be free in this moment, in the midst of whatever is happening. If you can do that, you have already solved most of the problems you will encounter in life."
Sam Harriss • Waking Up: A Guide to Spirituality Without Religion
Many of us, in pursuit of the spiritual, become woefully neglectful of the physical.
Cole Arthur Riley • This Here Flesh: Spirituality, Liberation, and the Stories That Make Us
How can you determine how to act under your own and society's best interests? Always strive to do the best.
If you’re unsure how to decide, ask yourself these questions:
- “Is what I am going to do moral, or is it immoral?”
Immoral actions are driven by egoistic motives. No one kills or steals, claiming to do good. Immorality always has a personal
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“We think that the point is to pass the test or overcome the problem, but the truth is that things don't really get solved. They come together and they fall apart.”
(Pema Chödrön)
God, grant me the serenity to accept the people I cannot change, the courage to change the one I can, and the wisdom to know that one is me.
https://adultchildren.org/literature/aca-serenity-prayer/