[Main Blog Post] My Spiritual Path

[jprussell]

So, I'm with some of my kinfolk for the holiday weekend, and I didn't wrap up the editing I was hoping to do before getting here. As such, I want to post something on time, but I may make some edits in the next few days. At any rate, this is a walkthrough of the beliefs I've had over the years, and how they got me to where I am now. This might be super self-indulgent, but I'd like to hear what you think.

As I said, I might make some edits, but in the meantime, let me have it.

Comments

[boccaderlupo]

Thank you for your candor in discussing your life and spiritual path. Interesting read.

I have read all the "New Atheists" and others (I do like pop science, myself) in order to understand their worldview, but never could fully take it to heart, probably expressly for the second reason you list. The argument seems to go "science works, therefore your consciousness is an epiphenomenal construct and its contents are meaningless." Which seems like a heckuva jump.

Speaking of jumps, I have a great affection for Saint Michael Archangel, who is both the patron saint of my dad's birthplace in the old country and just generally cool.

Axé

[jprussell]

Thank you for your kind words!

These days I very much agree with you that it's a very big jump. I didn't get as much into it in this post, but I think that's largely a result of privileging rational, explicit, verbal thinking - very much "Air" in the traditional five elements. If you can't spell it out from premises to logical conclusions, it's not "real."

As for Saint Michael, since renewing my religious practice, I have not had much interaction with angels of any sort, but that may very well be something I need to correct.