My self-directed anti-racism training brought me first to studying racism itself (a system, distinct from individual prejudices), to Indigenous studies, to worldviews, and then to religion.
Thanks for engaging. I like long comments, so thanks for not deleting parts.
I haven't yet settled on a named spirituality. My in-laws are Hindu, so I have had 30 years now of experience of that philosophy. Buddhism is an offshoot of Hinduism, and a critique of some of its practices, but I’ve noticed many similarities.
What I also find interesting is how many of us who question everything are spiritual. In my youth I was led to believe that you either believed in the Christian God or you believed in "science" which was presented as objective truth.
I now understand that while the scientific method can be used by anyone, it involves humans and thus a given body of knowledge is still subjective (Western science isn't neutral). The same with spirituality, as there is so much that the wide variety within humanity has come up with, and the belief in the God of Abraham and all the related and constantly warring denominations is only one path among many.
Thanks for engaging. I like long comments, so thanks for not deleting parts.
I haven't yet settled on a named spirituality. My in-laws are Hindu, so I have had 30 years now of experience of that philosophy. Buddhism is an offshoot of Hinduism, and a critique of some of its practices, but I’ve noticed many similarities.
What I also find interesting is how many of us who question everything are spiritual. In my youth I was led to believe that you either believed in the Christian God or you believed in "science" which was presented as objective truth.
I now understand that while the scientific method can be used by anyone, it involves humans and thus a given body of knowledge is still subjective (Western science isn't neutral). The same with spirituality, as there is so much that the wide variety within humanity has come up with, and the belief in the God of Abraham and all the related and constantly warring denominations is only one path among many.