Category: 01 Spirituality Explained
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.01 Modern Man’s Spiritual Crisis: Identified And Explained
The Problem: A Widespread Spiritual Imbalance In today’s fast-paced, material-driven world, many people feel a deep emptiness—like something vital is missing. Despite all the progress in technology, medicine, and wealth, a growing number of people are struggling with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and a general sense of confusion or purposelessness. This isn’t just about mental…
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03 What Happens When Our Spiritual Needs Go Unmet?
Throughout history, people everywhere have asked the same fundamental questions: Why are we here? What’s our purpose? How do we fit into the larger picture of existence? This universal search reflects something deeply human—our need to understand the world and find our place in it. How we address these spiritual needs shapes our entire lives.…
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04 Spirituality: The Quest for Meaning and Purpose
The drive to find meaning isn’t optional—it’s hardwired into human nature. This article explores spirituality as a universal human trait rather than religious doctrine, examining the science of spiritual experiences, how culture shapes our beliefs, and why we need purpose. Whether you’re religious, secular, or somewhere between, the quest for meaning defines what it means…
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05 Our Spiritual Need is Innate and Unavoidable
We are spiritual for three reasons: Mankind’s spiritual need is innate. It’s part of our human nature. “Humanity’s enduring fascination with the same set of existential questions—life after death, the human soul, morality, ethics and the nature of God—has compelled some anthropologists to describe us as Homo Religiosus, distinct as a species based not on…
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06 Why a secular guide to spirituality?
There is a need for a secular guide to spirituality because there are so few resources available on the subject. There are huge amounts of resources available about religious spirituality: Sacred texts (Bible, Koran, Torah) and plenty of experts (Priests, Fathers, Rabbis, Imams) to speak to and plenty of religious scholars to study. And religions…
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.02 What Is Spirituality?
Here is a collection of definitions and descriptions of spirituality. Spirituality: Mankind’s innate need to understand the world and his place in it. After working with the concept of spirituality for many years this definition just popped into my head one day. I have come to prefer it because it’s the most basic and clearly…