A Handbook for the Spiritual Journey – Page 5

The Two Things

The first thing is this: I am capable of living in ways which are good for me and that I am capable of living in ways that are not good for me. I can give myself to that which is “me,” and I can give myself to that which is “not me.” I can surroundContinue reading “The Two Things”

We Are the Ones Who Say So

Religion, in whatever form, is about a particular idea of Ultimate Reality. Religious people gather in sacred places all around the world to worship their understanding of Absolute Truth. It does not matter to any of them that the Absolute is depicted in contradictory and competing ways by other groups that are similarly gathered. ItContinue reading “We Are the Ones Who Say So”

The Foundation of Faith

The foundation of my approach to faith, to spiritual truth, to “that which is beyond,” is to say there is no foundation. There is no foundation to faith, spiritual truth, or to “that which is beyond.” There is no basis of “belief.” No authoritative “ground” upon which the edifice is built. The edifice is builtContinue reading “The Foundation of Faith”

Introduction

This eBook was created in 2012, and revised in 2015, as an expansion of my 2002 paperback, The Evolution of the Idea of God. At the time, I thought the title was original with me, but discovered after publication that is not the case. As far as I can determine, it was crafted by GrantContinue reading “Introduction”