Spirituality for Living

What are the big attachments? Money is one and many find that no amount of money is enough. Is supposedly a good thing, but they make themselves miserable in the pursuit of money. Money isn’t evil but attachment to it is. Same is true of knowledge. Learning is a good thing but there is a [...]

Life direction seems to be a growing concern and it seems conventional values seem to exasperate the situation rather than help it. Do you agree?
The internet has blessed us with information…and cursed us with better informed opposing opinions. Making the struggle the same, but more worldly. But the internet has given us too much information, [...]

What can we focus our attention on? Really we don’t actually ever focus it on objects, is too abstract. The brain always processes any sensory data well before we are even aware of the object. It is how it is supposed to function. Matter isn’t a valid choice for awareness focus.
So seems we are in [...]

Does anyone have a strong belief that seems contradicted by life? Say you believe in the law of attraction. Really invested in it but you perceive that it doesn’t seem to work?
I’m not so sure that life contradicts what I believe rather than most people’s perceptions - the ‘common’ view - contradicts what I believe. [...]

It’s my experience that even away from organized religion, people still have very strong feelings about ‘belief’. I think I will start with what belief ultimately is.
It’s a feeling of certainty and it does not require logical support. It does require experiential support and it is necessary to human function. It is a part of [...]