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Can atheists be spiritual? I hope that after reading further you will be able to answer this apparently oxymoronic question with a comfortable “YES”. The problem,of course,is how you define spiritual. I know,it sounds like Clinton saying “It depends on what the meaning of ‘is’is.”So why dwell on this confusing [...]  Is it possible to follow a spiritual path without the guidance of any organized religion? I certainly think so. But I’ve learned the hard way that there is no easy way. I’ve been wandering around for years looking for clues to guide me. I’ve tried easy fixes,pat little formulas like “Be here now”or [...] Leave the blanks empty and watch their shape evolve. Emptiness has shape. The space of emptiness has definition in relation to its surroundings. There are numerous times each day when we compulsively fill in the blanks. When a stranger looks as us oddly,we search for the reason. “Is there a smudge on my [...] As I lay in bed one night,unable to sleep,I decided to watch my breath as a mediation. Not only is breathing vital to living,it holds the path to relaxation and ultimately can help us gain control over our lives. Symbolically,it represents various cycles of life:birth-death,day-night,Summer-Winter. The delicate [...] There’s really only one rule in life:balance. Think of the common image indicating Taoist thought,a circle with joined black and white “tadpoles”chasing each other. The whole is made of balanced opposites. Unbalance in one part affects the whole,no exceptions. The past few months I’ve been tipping slowly off balance toward [...] |  | |||||
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