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by marjoram_blues
Mon Jan 15, 2018 11:57 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Secular Spirituality
Replies: 200
Views: 56837

Re: Secular Spirituality

I agree with Conde Lucanor that New Age gives the word 'spirituality' a banal connotation. I mean, we all love hippies, but we don't much like po-faced but silly arguments. However there is more substance to ideas of spirituality than many New Agers express. I am sure that Condor is intelligent eno...
by marjoram_blues
Mon Jan 15, 2018 10:05 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Secular Spirituality
Replies: 200
Views: 56837

Re: Secular Spirituality

Whether it was tone, style or whatever that did not allow me to embrace the content of the article, I don't put in doubt that the content does reflect what "secular spirituality"is all about. I guess that means that as a secularist, humanist and atheist, I cannot endorse this "secula...
by marjoram_blues
Mon Jan 15, 2018 9:56 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Secular Spirituality
Replies: 200
Views: 56837

Re: Secular Spirituality

For anyone just joining the discussion, I think it is worthwhile to read and reflect on this post of fooloso4, particularly this first paragraph. So far, we have focused more on what 'spirituality' might mean, rather than look at what 'philosophy' might mean. I'm not sure that is true that secular s...
by marjoram_blues
Sun Jan 14, 2018 3:06 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Secular Spirituality
Replies: 200
Views: 56837

Re: Secular Spirituality

Greta, one thing which stayed in my mind after reading your substantial post was: the capacity to rhapsodize, to get carried away - and how some might downplay this or even scorn others for having a higher degree of passionate enthusiasm. Emotions having less value, to their way of thinking, than ra...
by marjoram_blues
Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:45 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Secular Spirituality
Replies: 200
Views: 56837

Re: Secular Spirituality

"Secular spirituality." :lol: Gawd, I love oxymorons. :lol: Don't people use dictionaries anymore? It's not an oxymoron. You would recognize this if you make time and effort to read and reflect rather than reflexively react. That answers my question. :mrgreen: Note: I didn’t say a secular...
by marjoram_blues
Sat Jan 13, 2018 4:03 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Secular Spirituality
Replies: 200
Views: 56837

Re: Secular Spirituality

Greta wrote: A nice bit of grounded advice from a guru here: https://books.google.com.au/books?id=vM ... on&f=false I read it Greta. Meditation: It puzzles me how it might be possible to lose one's sense of self preservation i.e. one's ego, and retain one's life. True, the moment is fleeting an...
by marjoram_blues
Sat Jan 13, 2018 3:57 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Secular Spirituality
Replies: 200
Views: 56837

Re: Secular Spirituality

Fascinating to hear about how you were feeling ( an unusual sense of well-being) before a peak spiritual experience. I wonder what it was that fuelled this. Because it seems to me that that in itself is a feeling of spirituality. I begin to think that spirituality is a process of thinking and all t...
by marjoram_blues
Sat Jan 13, 2018 10:47 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Secular Spirituality
Replies: 200
Views: 56837

Re: Secular Spirituality

Marjoram Blues wrote: Last night I watched BBC2 'Rome Unpacked', Series 1, Episode 2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09l64hd It is about the spirit and history of Rome, specializing in off the track food and art. The enthusiasm of the presenters can be a bit overwhelming at times - but the things...
by marjoram_blues
Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:55 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Secular Spirituality
Replies: 200
Views: 56837

Re: Secular Spirituality

Reflex wrote: Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:52 am "Secular spirituality." :lol: Gawd, I love oxymorons. :lol: Don't people use dictionaries anymore?
It's not an oxymoron. You would recognize this if you make time and effort to read and reflect rather than reflexively react.
by marjoram_blues
Sat Jan 13, 2018 8:51 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Secular Spirituality
Replies: 200
Views: 56837

Re: Secular Spirituality

The spirit of Bernini in marble. Last night I watched BBC2 'Rome Unpacked', Series 1, Episode 2. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09l64hd It is about the spirit and history of Rome, specializing in off the track food and art. The enthusiasm of the presenters can be a bit overwhelming at times - but ...
by marjoram_blues
Sat Jan 13, 2018 7:13 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Secular Spirituality
Replies: 200
Views: 56837

Re: Secular Spirituality

Yes, love is just a sentiment. I am enchanted (at a safe distance) by the Earth, geology, biology, evolution, space, stars, black holes, time, energy, galaxies and the fascinating fractal relationships and dynamics that keep occurring at various scales. For me, these things are beautiful, interesti...
by marjoram_blues
Sat Jan 13, 2018 6:50 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Secular Spirituality
Replies: 200
Views: 56837

Re: Secular Spirituality

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 interd...
by marjoram_blues
Sat Jan 13, 2018 6:42 am
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Secular Spirituality
Replies: 200
Views: 56837

Re: Secular Spirituality

My ears are in disagreement with yours. The tone of the article is in keeping with wiki's writing guidelines: formal, impersonal and dispassionate. That will be the style, not the tone. The leader of the article includes 3 paragraphs which might be considered enough for those who wish a brief summa...
by marjoram_blues
Fri Jan 12, 2018 4:52 pm
Forum: General Philosophical Discussion
Topic: Secular Spirituality
Replies: 200
Views: 56837

Re: Secular Spirituality

Marjoram Blues wrote: Introverts could also disagree with you, no ? Yes. What I meant about "extroverts may well disagree" was that I imagine that extroverts are joiners-in so that religious get -togethers may appeal more to them. I agree that 'spiritual' and 'spirituality' mean different...