Version 2026.02.24
1. Getting Oriented: How to Use This Guide
1.2 Why This Secular Guide Is Necessary Today
1.4 About the Author and This Project
1.5 What This Guide Can and Can’t Do
1.6 How I Use AI Tools in This Guide
2. The Modern Spiritual Gap: What’s Broken and Why
2.1 Naming the Modern Spiritual Problem
2.2 The Root Cause of the Spiritual Gap
2.3 What This Guide Proposes as a Solution
3. What Spirituality Really Is (Before Religion)
3.3 Spirituality Is an Innate Human Need
3.4 Two Paths to Spiritual Fulfillment
4. The Core Ideas Behind Secular Spirituality
4.1 Atheism and Its Role In Secular Spirituality
4.2 Naturalism: A Philosophy Grounded in Nature
4.3 Existentialism: Creating Meaning Without Religion
4.4 Epistemological Humility in Secular Spirituality
4.5 How These Key Principles Work Together
5. What Secular Spirituality Aims For
5.1 What to Expect At The End of Your Spiritual Journey
5.2 Spirituality Is Not Measured By Its Truth
5.4 Its Still Okay To Be Religious
6. From Theory to Practice: A Step‑By‑Step Spiritual Process
6.1 From Understanding to Living
6.3 Fate and Destiny in Secular Spirituality
6.4 Deconstruct, Qualify, and Rebuild Your Beliefs
6.5 Using the Creative Process in Your Life
6.6 Iterations and Degree: Matching Work to Where You Are
6.7 Doing Spiritual Work Simultaneously, Not in Neat Phases)
7. Building Your Own Secular Spiritual Path
7.1 Orienting to a Secular Spiritual Path
7.2 Where You Are and What You Want
7.3 Philosophical Anchors for a Secular Spiritual Life
7.4 Knowledge Streams as Long-Term Companions
7.5 Practices: Living Your Path