I agree with Abaris. You won't find a one-size-fits-all definition for spirituality that everybody will agree with. To do so is to turn it into a religion.
I think many atheists shy away from the term because it seems counter to the idea that the physical world is all there is. Although lack of belief in god does not necessary mean materialism. And spirituality does not necessarily mean gods and angels or ghosts and fairies
I can't give you a text-book official definition, but I can tell you what it means to me—meaning what works for me. Spirituality for me is understanding that I am the first person to experience the energy that I send out into the universe. If I create negative energy, then I'm sending that negative energy into a universe where I have to live. Spirituality means being balanced. I am human, I'm not always going to do and say the perfectly right things. so I learn after analyzing the results of my behavior rather than creating more negative energy by indulging in self-recrimination. Spirituality means that I except that other people are grown just like me and they can do what they want to do, too. In a nutshell, spirituality is learning to be happy in a universe that I share with other people. It's empathy.
I think many atheists shy away from the term because it seems counter to the idea that the physical world is all there is. Although lack of belief in god does not necessary mean materialism. And spirituality does not necessarily mean gods and angels or ghosts and fairies
I can't give you a text-book official definition, but I can tell you what it means to me—meaning what works for me. Spirituality for me is understanding that I am the first person to experience the energy that I send out into the universe. If I create negative energy, then I'm sending that negative energy into a universe where I have to live. Spirituality means being balanced. I am human, I'm not always going to do and say the perfectly right things. so I learn after analyzing the results of my behavior rather than creating more negative energy by indulging in self-recrimination. Spirituality means that I except that other people are grown just like me and they can do what they want to do, too. In a nutshell, spirituality is learning to be happy in a universe that I share with other people. It's empathy.
The god who allows children to be raped out of respect for the free will choice of the rapist, but punishes gay men for engaging in mutually consensual sex couldn't possibly be responsible for an intelligently designed universe.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
I may defend your right to free speech, but i won't help you pass out flyers.
Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities.
--Voltaire
Nietzsche isn't dead. How do I know he lives? He lives in my mind.
