Outline: A Secular Guide To Spirituality

Introduction: the need for secular spirituality

  • Problem, Cause, Solution: secular spirituality

Understanding what spirituality is and isn’t

  • Closer look at spirituality, definitions & descriptions
  • End product, what success looks like

the foundational theories of secular spirituality

  • atheism
  • naturalism
  • existentialism
  • Recognize limits to what we can know
    • statistical relevance
    • relevant philosophies, perception
    • best we can do is approximate

The process to finding meaning and purpose in a secular world

  • Various secular methods/paths to get there
    • alternatives as a mix of these
      • philosophies, theories
      • activities, applications
      • degree, depth, or shallow
    • End Measured by results not truth
      • bus ride quote

the process to secular spirituality explained Step-By-Step

  • deconstruct, qualify, rebuild explained briefly
  • (creative) process,
    • activity
    • thinking time
    • iterations
  • deconstruction of what we believe
    • process of elimination
      • upbringing
      • presuppositions
      • culture
      • religion
    • simultaneously rebuild, qualify, replace
  • materials and processes to use
    • Fields to study
    • Activities