(November 18, 2016 at 4:11 pm)Primordial Bisque Wrote:(November 18, 2016 at 4:00 pm)Aegon Wrote: Are you believing something outside of reality, or are you just thinking about reality in a different way? That's what I think Taoism does.
Believing that there is something outside of, or greater than, reality which you can attune to. That's always how I viewed spirituality. Thinking of reality in a different way sounds closer to perspective, rather than spirituality.
Maybe I'm conflating spirituality with the supernatural?
I think "spirituality" means a lot of different things to a lot of different people. I guess stuff like astrology and healing crystals could be considered spiritual, but they are outside reality because they're stupid and don't work. "Spirituality" to me is a way to be feel more connected with the universe, in a way that examines the things that we already know to be true. Things like meditation, mindfulness, and, of course, psychedelic drugs are ways to do this. It's sort of like looking at the world with a pair of glasses that provides better clarity, while organized religions and some "spiritual" things are trying to design glasses that show you things that are not there. The Tao (the "way") is all about the natural flow of everything; if you better understand that, you'll flow much easier, and you'll be happy. That's what I consider spirituality, and I find I am quite spiritual in this way,