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re: What IS "Spirituality"?

Fox — 2/28/2007 5:18:40 AM (archived)

I wish now that I had the link to Frank's thread...

It is difficult to think of Spirituality in the generic sense without including one's own spiritual experiences (such as ER's evocative post about the 3rd Brandenburg). But, as addicted to aphorism as I am, I'm going to try:

Spirituality results from the perception that pure Rationalism is an insufficient container for the Truth.

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What IS "Spirituality"? - Lindy - 2/26/2007 11:19:19 PM
- Tell you what it ain't - and then what it can be - Daniel - 2/28/2007 4:37:23 PM
  - It's been interesting.... - Lindy - 2/28/2007 5:23:38 PM
    - "superstition" is low-rent spirituality - Daniel - 3/1/2007 4:42:16 AM
      - very well put (n/t) - SDG - 3/1/2007 6:04:37 PM
      - "A feeling of a connection with a Greater Presence, is intuitive rather than superstitious" - Lindy - 3/1/2007 4:54:55 AM
    - Tsk tsk, Lindy - Fox - 2/28/2007 6:44:11 PM
      - At least some of the ancient desert tribes.... - Lindy - 2/28/2007 7:10:42 PM
- re: To be "spirituel"? - Raoul - 2/28/2007 6:44:25 AM
- re: What IS "Spirituality"? - Fox - 2/28/2007 5:18:40 AM
  - "Spirituality results from ..........." - Lindy - 2/28/2007 5:30:30 AM
- re: What IS "Spirituality"? - SDAI-Tech1 - 2/27/2007 10:03:38 PM
  - Good Vibrations - Lindy - 2/28/2007 5:24:11 AM
- re: What IS "Spirituality"? - Marcia - 2/27/2007 8:14:10 PM
- re: What IS "Spirituality"? - REB - 2/27/2007 7:01:05 PM
  - re: What IS "Spirituality"? - Marcia - 2/27/2007 8:21:14 PM
  - " I believe it is our essence that crosses over into Godâ€™s realm" - Lindy - 2/27/2007 8:15:57 PM
    - re: " I believe it is our essence that crosses over into Godâ€™s realm" - Marcia - 2/27/2007 8:22:53 PM
- The Puppeteer take. - ER - 2/27/2007 3:03:31 PM
  - Thanks for the reminder - Fox - 2/28/2007 4:20:46 AM
  - "we are all just visiting here" - Lindy - 2/27/2007 4:42:52 PM
    - "I never thought about what "it" might be, or how we define it, let alone how we all see it." - ER - 2/27/2007 6:53:41 PM
      - I re-read it - Lindy - 2/28/2007 5:35:28 AM
        
        Yep, people are always telling me to pith off. (n/t) - ER - 2/28/2007 12:13:09 PM
      - Another description - Lindy - 2/27/2007 8:25:34 PM
  - I always enjoy what you write, ER. - Martha - 2/27/2007 4:11:36 PM
- Spirituality is........Choice=The engine of my evolution. - Martha - 2/27/2007 4:31:53 AM
  - Some of those were very nicely stated. - Lindy - 2/27/2007 5:09:13 AM
    - That is the outcome for me....going with the flow (n/t) - Martha - 2/27/2007 1:05:12 PM
- re: What IS "Spirituality"? - Johannes - 2/27/2007 2:53:06 AM
  - one of my favorite hymns (n/t) - SDG - 2/27/2007 3:56:05 PM
  - I used to sing that in church...when I went to church....one of my favorites (n/t) - Martha - 2/27/2007 1:06:38 PM
  - God - Lindy - 2/27/2007 5:21:07 AM
    - re: Yes - Johannes - 3/1/2007 1:24:37 AM
      - Thanks Johannes (n/t) - Lindy - 3/1/2007 4:48:03 AM
- A nonsense word with fictional, imaginary meanings, of which there are many. (n/t) - SDF - 2/27/2007 2:19:35 AM
  - SDF... - Martha - 3/1/2007 1:11:07 PM
  - How is it working for you? (n/t) - Martha - 2/27/2007 1:33:06 PM
    - It works. I don't look stupid. - SDF - 2/27/2007 2:48:38 PM
      - Sweetheart..you may not LOOK stupid...but you sound.... (n/t) - Martha - 2/27/2007 4:04:02 PM
        
        Here's the same news item with 'audio' - SDF - 2/27/2007 4:13:15 PM
      - thats sensationalism not spiritualism (n/t) - SDG - 2/27/2007 3:54:04 PM
        
        So that's what it is. (n/t) - SDF - 2/27/2007 4:10:47 PM
        
        Martha, in case you haven't noticed... - Lindy - 2/27/2007 4:46:34 PM
        
        yes...I was being sarcastic with the "absolutely" remark... - Martha - 2/27/2007 5:15:18 PM
        
        re: yes...I was being sarcastic with the "absolutely" remark... - REB - 2/27/2007 7:06:01 PM
        
        A youngin ? - SDF - 2/27/2007 6:55:52 PM
        
        years and years of studying?? - Martha - 2/27/2007 7:28:09 PM
        
        You're evading reality - SDF - 2/27/2007 8:08:48 PM
        
        the more you post, the easier it is to see - Tony - 2/27/2007 9:20:08 PM
        
        About what? Could you be more specific? - SDF - 2/27/2007 9:30:03 PM
        
        That you are evading all meaning - Tony - 2/27/2007 10:57:57 PM
        
        In that case. - SDF - 2/27/2007 11:08:16 PM
        
        Start with tolerance than work your way back to civility (n/t) - SDG - 2/27/2007 10:16:00 PM
        
        So far, this discussion is utterly civil. (n/t) - SDF - 2/27/2007 11:04:34 PM
        
        If you mean cynicism...yes I am evading THAT reality (n/t) - Martha - 2/27/2007 9:00:29 PM
        
        Others face it with courage, and learn to live more honestly. (n/t) - SDF - 2/27/2007 9:38:21 PM
        
        And what do you know of courage?. (n/t) - Martha - 2/27/2007 11:41:23 PM
        
        And how do you see honesty.... (n/t) - Martha - 2/27/2007 11:42:26 PM
        
        This is very simple. - SDF - 2/28/2007 12:01:42 AM
        
        I am trying to understand.... - Martha - 2/28/2007 12:10:32 AM
        
        NO!!!! - Martha - 2/28/2007 2:44:56 AM
        
        I know you understand. Quit pretending. (n/t) - SDF - 2/28/2007 2:26:14 AM
        
        Well, I am evading YOUR reality...BUT let me INVADE your reality....enlighten me...describe your version of what reality is (n/t) - Martha - 2/27/2007 8:56:32 PM
        
        But what is reality? - REB - 2/27/2007 8:38:42 PM
        
        Of course reality is perception. - SDF - 2/27/2007 8:55:29 PM
        
        Perhaps our vision of reality is only as good as our senses? - REB - 2/27/2007 9:09:41 PM
        
        Well... - SDF - 2/27/2007 9:27:57 PM
        
        Spirituality 101 - Lindy - 2/28/2007 5:42:34 AM
        
        Yes...some are blind (n/t) - Martha - 2/27/2007 8:58:12 PM
        
        Some are deaf. (n/t) - SDF - 2/27/2007 9:35:56 PM
        
        "I think spirituality is just imagination run amok...." - Lindy - 2/27/2007 8:32:41 PM
        
        The law. - SDF - 2/27/2007 9:11:42 PM
        
        "Spirituality is imagination run amok." - Lindy - 2/28/2007 5:50:44 AM
        
        Science - REB - 2/27/2007 8:45:23 PM
        
        I am not trying to be refined or sophisticated as you say - Martha - 2/27/2007 7:10:01 PM
        
        re: yes...I was being sarcastic..... - Lindy - 2/27/2007 6:42:52 PM
  - Absolutely..... - Martha - 2/27/2007 11:50:35 AM
- re: What IS "Spirituality"? - ER - 2/27/2007 1:07:59 AM
  - Bursting into spontaneous tears.... - Martha - 2/27/2007 1:14:43 PM
  - re: What IS "Spirituality"? - Lindy - 2/27/2007 5:16:00 AM
- re: What IS "Spirituality"? - SDG - 2/27/2007 12:52:53 AM
  - SDG - Lindy - 2/27/2007 5:35:10 AM
- Simple. - Bowser - 2/26/2007 11:27:18 PM
  - "Spirituality exists only in the absense of ego-driven pursuits" - Lindy - 2/27/2007 5:33:42 AM
  - re: Simple. - SDG - 2/27/2007 12:57:41 AM
  - Lust has nothing to do with spirituality - Lindy - 2/27/2007 12:25:09 AM
  - Lust, however, can have more than one winner! (n/t) - ER - 2/27/2007 12:07:43 AM
    - My text above should have been here (n/t) - Lindy - 2/27/2007 12:26:23 AM

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