How Seeker Spirituality Is Shaping The World Of Publishing
Source: Huffington Post For some, the journey of spiritual self-discovery begins by picking up a book — and there couldn’t be a better time to do so. This fall, HarperOne, […]
In ‘non-religious’ Japan, the shrine can still exert a pull
………… It’s a common refrain at Japan’s more than 80,000 shrines and temples. Yet evidence of an instinctive spirituality that infuses daily life can be spotted across the country, from […]
In Praise of Longing: Reclaiming Spiritual Passion
Huff Post: by Mirabai Starr — At night on my bed I longed for my only love.I sought him, but did not find him.I must rise and go about the city,the narrow streets and squares, till I findmy only love.I sought him everywherebut I could not find him.(From The Song […]
Spirituality May Improve Cancer Patients’ Health: Study
Huff Post: by Antonia Blumberg — But spiritual “distress” tends to have the opposite effect. Religious and spiritual belief is linked to a positive effect on cancer patients’ physical, mental and social well-being, according to a study published in health journal Cancer. A meta-analysis of published studies, which included data on more than 44,000 […]
Overcoming Spiritual Laziness
aleteia.org: by Theresa Branch — Why “I’m spiritual, not religious” doesn’t really work “Spiritual but not religious” is a cliché among many young people, including Christians. “Why,” goes the question, “do I need church when I can pray anywhere?” A 2012 Pew Research Poll reports the appalling numbers. Twenty percent […]
Why Kids Need Spirituality
New York Magazine: By Lisa Miller You are Jewish; your husband, a lapsed Catholic. Neither of you believes, much, in God, although occasionally you like to meditate and you both […]
Leaving My Family’s Religion, Building A New Community (All Together Podcast)
Huff Post: by Carol Kuruvilla — Welcome to the latest ALL TOGETHER — the podcast dedicated to exploring how ethics, religion and spiritual practice inform our personal lives, our communities and our world. ALL TOGETHER is hosted this week by Carol Kuruvilla, Associate Editor of HuffPost Religion. You can download […]
Leaving My Family's Religion, Building A New Community (All Together Podcast)
Huff Post: by Carol Kuruvilla — Welcome to the latest ALL TOGETHER — the podcast dedicated to exploring how ethics, religion and spiritual practice inform our personal lives, our communities and our world. ALL TOGETHER is hosted this week by Carol Kuruvilla, Associate Editor of HuffPost Religion. You can download […]
How Meditation Primes The Mind For Spiritual Experiences
Huff Post: by Carolyn Gregoire — The practice of mindfulness dates back at least 2,500 years to early Buddhism, and since then, it’s played an important role in a number of spiritual traditions. While the stillness and connecting with one’s inner self cultivated through mindfulness are certainly an important part of a […]
Spiritual or Religious? False Dichotomy
Huff Post: by Eric Simpson — The notion that one can be spiritual but not religious is like saying you have blood in your body, but don’t care much for the skeleton. Similarly, claiming you need to go to Church to be spiritual is like saying you need to shop […]
Muslim Leadership Must Act for World Peace
Huff Post: by Qasim Rashid — The ISIS menace, the atrocities of Syria, the chronic violence between Palestine and Israel, and the current siege on Gaza are a sign of spiritual entropy and political immorality. The political immorality is clear from ongoing civilian casualties. ISIS is killing innocent Christians, 700 […]
Ramadhan entering most blessed phase
Mosques across the country are all set to receive believers who stay inside the prayer halls as part of ‘I’tikaf’ for the rest of Ramadhan as the holy month is entering the final phase tomorrow. The next 10 days and nights are known to be the period seeking Almighty’s mercy […]
Astronaut Chris Hadfield Learned A Lot About Spirituality In Space
The Huffington Post: During an emotional interview with NPR’s Terry Gross, Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield opened up about his views on space, faith and our place in the universe. When […]
The Virtue in Suffering
By ZACH PIERCE September of 1922 on the Aegean Sea: The diminutive bodies of two newborn twins, a boy and a girl, are dumped over the side of a Greek […]
How to Immediately Improve Your Life
Huff Post: by Arianna Huffington. Philosophers have known this for centuries. “No one can live happily who has regard for himself alone and transforms everything into a question of his own utility,” wrote the first-century Stoic philosopher Seneca in his Moral Letters to Lucilius. And in practically every religious tradition and practice, giving […]
Spiritually, we do ourselves no favours constantly trying to avoid boredom
theguardian: by Giles Fraser. God is replaced by the self as the ultimate source of meaning. As traditional structures of meaning are wiped away, boredom comes to be regarded as a very personal sort of failing. And in order to avoid it, various distractions are entertained: travel, drink, drugs, the […]
Spiritual But Not Religious
Huff Post: by Weston Pew. In a country and world that is addicted to war, consumption, incarceration, inequality and the pillaging of Earth’s precious resources (which are on loan to us by future generations) it is simply not enough to speak every Sunday about loving thy neighbor. Sermons, lectures, and […]
Sufism-Mystical Branch Of Islam in Somalia
Huff Post: by Abdi Guled. MOGADISHU, Somalia — Hundreds of sweating Sufis chant and sway as the lead sheik moves into the middle of a circle of worshippers and bursts into a chant louder than anyone else’s Sufism, a mystical branch of Islam, is having a major comeback since al-Shabab, […]
Writing as a Spiritual Practice
Huff Post: by Pat Schneider. Sometimes when things are so real they hurt, words come that T.S. Eliot called “what we know and do not know we know.” I said, “Fred, I bet God is delighted! For the first time in your life, you talked to God in your native […]
Religion in the 21st Century
Source: Huff Post, by Akash Arasu. Recent times have seen an increasing trend in non-affiliation to religion in many parts of the world — in the United States there’s been an increase of nearly 5 percentage points in the past five years. Coupled with this, there has been an increase in atheism, dubbed “New […]