Atheists, what does the concept of spirituality mean to you?

Answer 1

Personally, supernatural mumbo-jumbo robs spiritual discourse of its true wonder. Our very existence is its own wonder, and our increasing awareness of our place in the universe gives us more than enough to contemplate over a lifetime.

In general, my spirituality stems from my connections to the universe and to other people. And here are some of the ways I find my spiritual sides are routinely manifest:

IN NATURE:

Standing beneath the stars in awe that I am looking through distance, back in time, and that I am greeting photons of light that have crossed both to connect with me now. Watching seasons pass in color, texture, & movement.

Listening to chicadees, crows, crickets, cicadas, coyotes, & countless other critters that share my woods with me, or rain, thunder, wind, or rushing streams.

Smelling a rose, maple syrup, yarrow, or even mold or smoke, to show that even plants communicate with me.

Tasting a crisp apple, a soft banana, a chewy piece of meat, or a crusty piece of bread.

Feeling cold air, splashing water, the passing from sunlight to shadow and back again, the rough textures of bark or the smooth textures of fur.

WITH OTHER PEOPLE:

Sharing meals, ideas, laughs, love, and sorrows.

Giving aid when I have it to give.

Accepting aid when I need it.

Creating things together, as in a choir, a team of builders, or a festival.

Marking transitions with others: Births, Couplings, Separations, Deaths.

Belonging to an acknowledged community, an acknowledged family, and/or an acknowledged couple.

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Answer 2

It's a very broad subject. I'm sure it's open to interpretation and its definitions will vary from person to person.

My favorite spiritual experiences are social gatherings that include a nontraditional black mass. Many people (even Christians) practice these and may not even realize it. I say no harm, no foul. But since I embrace the darker side of spiritual things, I have a tendency to notice the unfolding of a nontrad black mass. I participate with great excitement and feel the spirituality flow through me.

Answer 3

Spirituality to me is,understanding that science cannot answer all.I dearly love science,am passionate for learning,what science tells us of the universe is wondrous and amazing,beyond any silly stories written in a "holy book".Science can never address the first cause because science falls to "infinite regression"also.String theory,M-theory,they are beautiful,and legit,they still do not and cannot address "first cause".This does not diminish my love for science,nor diminish my respect for it's findings,in the least.What I realize is that saying science is all there is leaves one shortchanged,there are other "perspectives"to view the universe.It needn't be an either/or situation between science and spirituality.Science doesn't negate higher dimensions.Science doesn't negate other perspectives of the universe.Science tells us that somehow,we have no clue why or how,the action of one particle on one side of the universe is mimicked,instantaneously,faster than light,basically with no passage of time,by a particle on he other side of the universe.Everything IS connected.Every particle in your body was once closer than a proton to every particle in my body,a deers body,the ice on a mountain,and galaxies 10 billion light years away.We see the world through the filter of the "self"But we also know,and science agrees,that there is a connectedness.This is where my spirituality comes in.No religion,no worship,nothing at all like that.Just a sense of wonder,heightened,not diminished,by science

Answer 4

Many atheists and agnostics are buddies and each so often family members to believers. Many atheists and agnostics come from families the place faith is or grew to become into practiced. merely approximately anybody in the political area is a believer. maximum professional athletes are believers. i'm particular there are a number of people in the leisure container who're believers. and a great form of believers in the widespread public eye are vocal approximately stated concept. And whilst a activities team wins a championship, you are able to relax certain that somebody on the team would be thanking Jesus. non secular people and believers are everywhere, so that is tough to forget approximately approximately them, as you propose. If nonbelievers have a purpose, that is in all likelihood to bypass away this international a greater smart place than they found it. you do no longer would desire to worship an invisible guy in the sky to have a purpose or meaning in life. And if we are bitter and indignant, that is on the intrusion of your non secular ideals and inconsistent morals into our lives. And one would nicely be non secular devoid of being non secular.

Answer 5

Spirituality is the thing that causes us all to question the world around us. Some of us seek the answer in the unknown and apply human characteristics to it, others look for scientific responses.

I think it really stems from our need to have meaning in life. Which can be found in Atheism despite the bad press provided by the religious.

Answer 6

It's the combination of mental and emotional awareness everyone has of the world around them. Not just the physical sensations, but the responses we have to them. At a deep visceral level, I think our "soul" is pretty amazing.

That we are all biological carbon-based life, but capable of analyzing ourselves and the world around us from a unique and individual persepctive is truly amazing. And that we find ways to share our persepective with others, whether through art or philosophy or science... Really, the world is pretty awesome, and we should take more time to appreciate it and ourselves.

Answer 7

Of course, atheism and spirituality are two completely different things. A zen Buddhist, for example, or a native American Indian, has spirituality, but has no belief in an entity called God".....similarly, a Christian or orthodox Jew or Muslim can believe passionately and zealously in their particular God-of-choice and have absolutely NO "spirituality" whatsoever.

Answer 8

I have no concept of spirituality . I believe only in the natural . Spirits and ghosts are supernatural .

Answer 9

Spirituality for me is simply the feeling of connectedness to the world around me. I feel it when I stand near the ocean, or watch a beautiful animal run through the wilderness, or have a conversation with a person I find interesting. I feel it when I help someone, or teach a child how to do something, or when I fall in love.

Answer 10

My agnostic view is, that until I meet up with God either in spirit or telepathy, thus proving beyond reasonable doubt in my mind then albeit I will continue to say that religion is man made for the unknown world of the lost spirits that dwell within mind, body and soul.