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Spiritual practice, like everything else in life, is evolving. What does this mean? By ‘Spiritual Practice’ I mean any activity that expands your sense of identity, for example meditation, contemplative philosophy, prayer, yoga, martial arts, psychedelics, transpersonal psychotherapy, fasting, visualisation, lucid dreaming, conscious parenting, forgiveness and much more. By ‘Evolving’ I mean that everything develops and adapts over time. Most of the spiritual traditions that have spawned these transformational practices emerged hundreds and often thousands of years ago in the pre-modern era. Modernity (rationality and science) and post-modernity (cultural diversity and the information age) are hugely influential historical periods that have happened since then, and I believe that contemporary spiritual practice needs to integrate the insights of these two worldviews as well as the premodern in order to keep being relevant and adaptive in a changing world.
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Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Could a world spirituality be the first ever complete spiritual path? Our contemporary moment presents us with a pluralism of truths and I believe it is time to make a world spirituality that brings together the distinct strengths developed in the many cultures of our planet’s history. The great gift of our era is that we have all the various spiritual traditions available to us, and we can watch them compete with each other and see which is most appropriate and effective in different circumstances. The truths revealed in the three domains of spirituality (physical, subtle and formless) are so powerful and attractive on their own terms that they can turn people in to ‘true believers’ of the ‘one legitimate path’. I am agreeing that these truths are powerful, I know because I have done 25 years of sustained practice in all three of them and intend to continue to do so for the rest of my life. But I am calling for us to take the next step and combine them to make something new and even more powerful. It is an experiment, and we don’t know the outcome for sure, but I believe it’s a risk worth taking. Let’s see how this plays out on the global stage. The proof will be if it creates human beings capable of bringing greater goodness, truth and beauty into the world?
For more information about my work please visit www.bodyheartmindspirit.co.uk
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Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
This is an introduction to the Evolving Spiritual Practice podcast giving you an idea of what to expect. By ‘Spiritual Practice’ I mean any activity that expands your sense of identity, for example meditation, contemplative philosophy, prayer, yoga, martial arts, psychedelics, transpersonal psychotherapy, fasting, visualisation, lucid dreaming, conscious parenting, forgiveness and much more. By ‘Evolving’ I mean that everything develops and adapts over time. Most of the spiritual traditions that have spawned these transformational practices emerged hundreds and often thousands of years ago in the pre-modern era. Modernity (rationality and science) and post-modernity (cultural diversity and the information age) are hugely influential historical periods that have happened since then, and I believe that contemporary spiritual practice needs to integrate the insights of these two worldviews as well as the premodern in order to keep being relevant and adaptive in a changing world.
For more information about my work please visit www.bodyheartmindspirit.co.uk
To hear more of my music please visit my soundcloud page https://soundcloud.com/ralphcree
My YouTube channel is https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUfQp5jM16pPB7QX2zmMYbQ
My Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/bodyheartmindspirituk/