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Spiritual Endeavor: Dark Night of the Soul – 1

Spiritual Endeavor: Dark Night of the Soul – 1

By Brian Alger on 03/17/2011

This entry is part 1 of 5 in the series Dark Night of the Soul

[Exploring Life] On a Dark Night… Darkness means an absence or deficiency of light. From a spiritual perspective, darkness creates an intuitive space in which the fragility of our beliefs about the meaning and purpose of our lives becomes uncomfortably apparent. To enter into a spiritual darkness is to begin an excruciating journey into of [...]

Posted in 3. SPIRIT | Tagged contemplation, creativity, darkness, depression, destruction, grief, growth, loss, meaning, meditation, pain, point-of-no-return, presence, religion, soul, spirituality, suffering, threshold | 1 Response

Spiritual Practice: Religion – Emergence of a Third Way

Spiritual Practice: Religion – Emergence of a Third Way

By Brian Alger on 07/23/2010

Religious belief is often characterized as being inflexible and closed. The source of the beliefs that give rise to a religious system lies within the interpretation of “sacred” doctrine that in some manner originates in an all powerful being, or God. The doctrine is considered to be an untouchable, while the interpretation of it may [...]

Posted in 3. SPIRIT | Tagged conditioning, contemplation, direction, doctrine, emergence, freedom, interpretation, learning, misinterpretation, pathway, perspective, practice, religion, scriptures, truth | 2 Responses

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