I have been on several arcs of discovery since starting this blog. Here are my journeys so far.
First we define the basics and frame expectations.
Foundations
My first journey, my first arc of thought, is figuring out the basics of the concept of rational spirituality – which has a lot to do with the Covenant, among other things.
- Musings, 12-14-12
- The nature of spiritual truth
- Modes
- Praxes
- What gets lost, part 1
- What gets lost, part 2
- Sagan’s Spirituality
- Resonance
- The Covenant
- The Skeptic’s Principle
- The Covenant, illustrated
- The Covenant: Immanence
- What gets lost, part 3
- What gets lost, part 4
- The problem with knowing
- The Covenant is not enough
- The people we are
- The most common mistake
- Our shared plight
Looking inward
After a break, I return to examine what comes next, to look at how do I use the answers from the first journey to go further and search for (or invent) a specific spirituality for myself to embrace.
- A new beginning
- First steps
- Who’s driving this thing?
- Things I think my heart believes
- Trust everybody with your absolute honesty
- Honesty pushers more vile than liars
- Understanding honesty
- Honesty is actually the best policy
- I believe in vampires
- You can never know the truth about anything
- Dogma vs the (fake) Sea Lion
- Thankfulness in a random world
- Beauty, Fat(ness) and Well-being
- Humanity’s two true enemies.
- Fundamental moral disagreements
- The road to Empathy is Reason
- The Fundamental Requirements for Intelligent Conversation (FRIC)
- Reason is compulsory to sense and sanity
- Life is ALREADY fair – it’s just not KIND.
- Melancholy
Making the Map
Back again, this time to explicitly map out what I currently think – and more importantly, why. This should be a journey of discovery for all of us!