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It could be argued that Nature does have a spirit, and spiritual significance, if humans are a part of Nature and within us is felt an inner life and connection to the world. Some e.g. those of the Gaia movement and deep ecology might see this as a harmony - the natural world as a balance of interde...

Not in the least, sorry. Spirituality without any need for the 'other‐worldly' strikes me as a concept specifically designed to embolden Nick. Religious comfort food with none of the calories you get from all that occult stuff that grants religion its flavour. Thank you for your contribution. It is...

Most of what people variously mean by "spirituality" is not coextensive with religion. Most people mean by "spirituality" is not superficial emotionalism which some religious sects encourage; spirituality ,if the term is seriously thought out, implies informed and disciplined se...

It might look like it but I don't think it is. There is also no attack on materialism, as far as I am aware. It might be an idea if you would provide the quote where you think it does this. Thanks. OK, maybe is just a suspicion I have about the overall tone of that entry. It sounds so New Age. It's...

What's so unique about it. Every planet in the universe including anything living on it is made of star stuff. Yes, but the process from then to now is worth thinking about. He (actually Sagan) was trying to put across the degree of our integration with the rest of nature, a seemingly obvious notio...

What is 'Secular Spirituality' ? Would you agree with the suggestion below that it is 'the ultimate goal of philosophy'? From wiki: According to Robert C. Solomon, an American Professor of Philosophy, "spirituality is coextensive with religion and it is not incompatible with or opposed to scie...

How very emotional of you. And wrong. Again. I am ready to admit my response was emotional. But not that I was wrong. You, Marjoram-Blues, are just one more additional player on this forum who is in love with a special ideology. Like other, similar loves, your love is founded upon emotional ties, n...

We should keep in mind that the term ‘secular spirituality’ covers a wide variety of meanings and practices. A major problem that will prevent mutual understanding in our discussion is a type of guilt by association. Robert Solomon was an accomplished teacher of mainstream Western philosophy. As a ...

From all that I read, "secular spirituality" is humanism. The article states it too. A touch of positive optimism, living in the present, fen shui, new wave, all that crap, given a brand new name. Depak Chopra is a secular spiritualist. Enough said. It's the same old crap, given a differe...

Dubious wrote: ↑Wed Jan 10, 2018 1:41 am

Impenitent wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2018 11:53 pm

Dubious wrote: ↑Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:25 am For some "inner unity" simply means never disagreeing with oneself.

the group for glue drinkers anonymous meets tuesday nights at the church

-Imp

...and then we'll all sing Hallelujah together!

The Hell we will !

Whatever 'oneself' is. "Oneself" is the "I" which separates me from you. And if you disagree with yourself, are you still not a 'unity' ? Weird question! How can you not be? One body, one mind with conflicting tendencies generated internally and externally in a million different...

Secular... as in non-theistic? Or as in atheistic? Or as in scientific? or as in separated from the church? The answer whether spiritual secularism is an oxymoron or not, depends on the answer of my questions. Scientific spirituality? I think not. (One can be proven false, the other, can be debunke...

What is 'Secular Spirituality' ? Would you agree with the suggestion below that it is 'the ultimate goal of philosophy'? From wiki: According to Robert C. Solomon, an American Professor of Philosophy, "spirituality is coextensive with religion and it is not incompatible with or opposed to scie...

I have not read Robert Solomon’s take on this but I offer the following: Plato’s Socrates famously said that philosophy begins in wonder (greek: thaumazein ). Aristotle said: All begin, as we have said, by wondering that things should be as they are … (Metaphysics 983a). Wonder is an spiritual expe...

Not in the least, sorry. Spirituality without any need for the 'other‐worldly' strikes me as a concept specifically designed to embolden Nick. Religious comfort food with none of the calories you get from all that occult stuff that grants religion its flavour. Thank you for your contribution. It is...