Spirituality Religion

Braden clearly summarizes our current position in the world and suggests how we can improve our future for 2012 and beyond. He presents Six Deep Truths that solve personal and world problems if we accept them and states Five Major Crises confronting us. Six Deep Truths The first two Deep Truths set up the dilemma. 1. Our ability to impact the problems we face depends on our willingness to accept new scientific discoveries. Many new scientific discoveries are simply not known or, if known, are ignored since they conflict with older beliefs. Braden mentions specific discoveries in Deep Truths 3-6. 2. We must include new discoveries into our education system or else we will remain stuck in old beliefs. As a teacher, I respond strongly to this concept and agree since we allow mainstream and traditional views to dominate our thinking and beliefs in the classroom as well as in our lives. The next four Deep Truths discuss the new discoveries that force us to rethink our beliefs and actions. 3...

What a wonderful book that describes a universal spirituality, one in which we welcome and accept all religions and spiritual paths. Wayne Teasdale is a monk who combines Christianity and Hinduism. Reading his book makes you feel as if you are in the presence of a wise, holy man. Rarely do I desire to meet an author after reading his work, yet in this case that is exactly what I wanted to do. Alas, he died 2004, and I will have to be content with reading his two more recent books, which I will do. While there is much in this book that I could discuss, I doubt if I could create the sense of peace and wisdom he conveys. I will focus on his Nine Elements of a Mature Interspirituality, or universal spirituality. You might want to evaluate which values are already strong in your life and which ones you most need to work on. 1) Moral Capacity Love your neighbor as yourself and be compassionate, loving, kind and other-centered. This moral dimension of life is necessary for spirituality. 2) So...