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Seeking & Being on The Spiritual Path
Let’s talk about the spiritual path and whether we should be seeking – trying to refine the mind, change ourselves, have deep insights – or being – resting in who we are and recognising our innate perfection. This dichotomy is built into the spiritual path. People vehemently argue for one or the other. Entire spiritual…
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Finding God in the Garden
There are many ways to strengthen our connection to God, whether it’s meditation, prayer, retreats, reading books, socialising, enjoying art or music. In essence, anything can be a way to strengthen our spiritual connection, so long as we carry it out with that intention. Everything is an artefact of God’s creation, after all. Today, we’re…
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Modern Spirituality Understood: Part 2
Let’s continue our look at modern spirituality in the context of the recent past and current trends in society. Make sure to read Part 1 before going further. We can’t understand modern spirituality without realising how greatly it’s influenced by Buddhism. Secularised Buddhism Buddhism is playing an enormous role in modern elaborations of spiritual practices,…
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Modern Spirituality Understood: Part 1
Often we think of areas like spirituality and religion to be fixed by what teachers or prophets set forth in their original philosophies. And while it is true that these figures and their discoveries comprise an essential guide for future students to follow, the ways in which the teachings are understood and applied vary dramatically…