"The first prerequisite to Spirituality is ability to be connected
to mysteries without having to explain them."
Thomas Moore
A Personal Spirituality: Finding Your Own Way to a Meaningful Life
Thomas Moore's new book, A PERSONAL SPIRITUALITY: FINDING YOUR OWN WAY TO A MEANINGFUL LIFE shares thoughts about the mysteries of spirituality. He refers to our culture as having a neurosis to explaining everything with fact finding research. Also explored is our culture embracing mindfulness or meditation, but wanting to downplay the spirituality that accompanies it.
Our personal spirituality, borrows from other practises and traditions while remaining faithful to one's core beliefs. The beauty of spirituality is the connection we feel to the mysterious realms without having to explain them. The secular wants documentation, while spirituality focuses on connection.
Thomas Moore discusses how our world would be if would weave spirituality into the secular. Not through force or specific religion, but by blending the spiritual with the secular: business, money, medicine, sex and education. As the physical body evolves, so does the spiritual. Along with learning human development, aspects of the soul and spirit could also be shared. Perhaps this joined effort would establish deeper meaning in our lives from early on.
