Religiosity, Spirituality and the Moral

[Thumpalumpacus]

Ah thanks for the notice JesusHChrist, very green to the whole online forum policy. Was trying to find like minded fellows interested in my area of research.

Spirituality (practically a neologism in modern times), I believe, while certainly still tainted with ambiguity in many circles has less to do with any supernaturally deduced doctrine of belief, but more to do with an awareness of everyday internal subjectivity. It is a lift off from Eastern philosophy (Hara Krishna, Tibetan Budhism etc.) and promotes things like meditation (a practice i fervently endorse) the sanctity of life and 'the present'.

As for morality, I am reluctant to posit my position for ethical reasons, however my original thesis proposal suggests that while it is inherently difficult to carve out universal truths within the moral topography, organised monotheism does not retain a monopoly as is so frequently thought among the religious (particularly related to social in-group tendencies).

My sense of spirituality, such as it is, doesn't inform my morality at all. What I call "spirituality" is simply a one-word condensation of my sense of the ineffable, and my feeling of smallness, when confronted with brute facts of nature.

I don't know what you mean by "moral topography", anyway. I know what I think is right or wrong, but it is not colored by where I sense my place in the world, which is currently Central Texas. The moral topography here is limestone hills split by canyons and waterways.