(July 9, 2017 at 2:22 pm)*Deidre* Wrote:(July 9, 2017 at 2:09 pm)lol Thumpalumpacus Wrote: My sense of spirituality is simply a sense of being connected to something unimaginably larger than myself -- the Universe. It requires no faith on my part to feel that humility, and no woo for me to find comfort in it.
I wish I could give you 1000 kudos! I love this, it has the makings of a great religion.
Oh wait
No seriously though, I think this is how I'm feeling and the need in me to call it god, well it's just a need in me based on habit.
I put my feelings about what I observe in life and nature and the universe as being a really intense sense of awe, but not magical, just intense. Again, our planet and universe also have some pretty nasty things in it too. That does not negate fore me any of the good. I find it amazing that everything is made of atoms, and that with all the countless things that could have lead to different outcomes, but didn't, I find that amazing. Extremely amazing, but not magical and not "spiritual".
Bacteria, and cancer and crime and war and natural disasters are also part of our existence. One pulsar or exploding sun too close to us, and bye bye. Our planet has had 5 mass extinctions, and no matter what, our species will be long gone in 5 billion years when our sun runs out of fuel in any case.
But sure, ask me about the love of my mom, or the love of my cat, or a pretty ocean view or sunset. Hell yea that is awesome to think about too. I simply don't assign any of this to old words, woo or mythology.
