Love the summary of the "good parts" of religion: separating commitment from attachment, and dogmatism from positivism. There is so much subtly that is respected within spiritual/religious traditions that are not recognized from outside.
One thing I felt missing is the sense of "larger than self" or "Greater than self". I can see alignmen…
Love the summary of the "good parts" of religion: separating commitment from attachment, and dogmatism from positivism. There is so much subtly that is respected within spiritual/religious traditions that are not recognized from outside.
One thing I felt missing is the sense of "larger than self" or "Greater than self". I can see alignment with the "More than matter, more than mind" and "interbeing" concepts - however I do feel there is a quality of experience that comes from "giving it to God" or "releasing form attachments/outcomes" or "doing God's work" or being "part of a larger whole" that is important in helping navigate our egos through transcendence.
🙏 and very much resonante with the Greater than self point - and its relation both to being in service and to feeling part of something bigger than ourselves.
There is some important subtly in that last point regarding how giving ourselves to something bigger than ourselves need not be a submersion where we give away our individuality but rather a growth or emergence into something greater - what Thomas Steininger and Elizabeth DeBold (and others) term transindividuation (btw they are doing amazing work here).
Love the summary of the "good parts" of religion: separating commitment from attachment, and dogmatism from positivism. There is so much subtly that is respected within spiritual/religious traditions that are not recognized from outside.
One thing I felt missing is the sense of "larger than self" or "Greater than self". I can see alignment with the "More than matter, more than mind" and "interbeing" concepts - however I do feel there is a quality of experience that comes from "giving it to God" or "releasing form attachments/outcomes" or "doing God's work" or being "part of a larger whole" that is important in helping navigate our egos through transcendence.
Excellent exposition - sharing with friends!!
🙏 and very much resonante with the Greater than self point - and its relation both to being in service and to feeling part of something bigger than ourselves.
There is some important subtly in that last point regarding how giving ourselves to something bigger than ourselves need not be a submersion where we give away our individuality but rather a growth or emergence into something greater - what Thomas Steininger and Elizabeth DeBold (and others) term transindividuation (btw they are doing amazing work here).