Done with Spirituality
I’m done with Spirituality. For realz y’all. I’ve been struggling over the idea for years, questioning “Why is it important for me to believe in some prescribed system of understanding (which is really a system of proposals intended to be swallowed whole as fact) in order to gain enlightenment?”
I’ve come to believe the concept of spirituality is deeply flawed in that it takes our focus away from reality and directs us to seek answers from vagueness: “Somewhere out there is meaning.”
Perhaps, instead of seeking to be spiritual, we might seek to be aware. Awareness allows us to seek answers in everything around us. It begs the question “How do I fit in with all this stuff I see and hear and feel and smell?”
Awareness allows us to be curious and to observe and to listen, instead of pawning the responsibility for enlightenment off on some deity (or the story somebody else told about their observations). We were born with so many faculties, few of which we get to fully exercise.
I’d love to see a resurgence in deep awareness on a worldwide scale, followed by action in response to a newly developed understanding of the way things are, as opposed to how we’ve been told they are supposed to be.
Please reply away! I’d love to know what you all think.
