by Gregory Gronbacher Created by Leo Reynolds The Age of Personalized Spirituality Hardly a week goes by without another study or survey showing the growth of the Nones. The term None describes those individuals who do not subscribe to or identify with one of the mainstream religious traditions.
by Thomas Schenk In general usage, the words “contemplation” and “meditation” are used as synonyms. There are, however, two distinctive forms of mindfulness for which either of these words can be used. Below, I provide a brief description of these two forms and my practice
by SNS Guest Creator: gece33 – Credit: gece33 (Today’s article is by guest writer Shahreen Quazi. Brief bio is provided below.) Giving from the heart has many forms and names, but at some point, humanity started considering it as a way for attaining spiritual rewards. This could
by James Jarrett I offer the following in dialogue with Thomas Schenk’s two recent SNS articles, Being a Brain and, A Light in the Clouds. (1) I am drawn to Sci-Fi stories dealing with the question, “What does it mean to be human?” Bladerunner, The Matrix trilogy, Ghost in the Shell, Altered Carbon, Battlestar
by Thomas Schenk This morning as I sat on my patio drinking coffee, I looked up at the sky where the rising sun was shining on the clouds. And it struck me again how beautiful this world is. I basked in that beauty for a while;
by SNS Guest (This week’s article is by guest author Gregory Gronbacher. A brief bio on Gregory, is provided below.) A quick glance at recent Pew Foundation surveys on Judaism reveal that many Jews – as many as 60% of American Jews – identify as
by Daniel Strain This post is about comparing the two seemingly contradictory concepts of determinism and moral responsibility. On one hand, if everything is determined by causality and physics, and this includes our brain activity, memories, thoughts, choices, and actions, then how can we be
by Jeff Worthy I had a different agenda altogether this month for an article concept (Part III of the Blade Runner series—coming soon), but as life often does, events conspired to force me to grapple with another issue deserving of reflection for this month’s article. Though I
by Jeff Worthy Forget everything else. Keep hold of this alone and remember it: Each of us lives only now, this brief instant. The rest has been lived already, or is impossible to see. The span we live is small–small as the corner of the earth
by DT Strain The events of the past few years have highlighted the power of social media. Specifically, the power of it to lead to greater levels of misinformation and manipulation when powerful interests utilize it in clever ways. These have included micro-targeting campaigns that
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