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In my years of spiritual exploration and in my search for divine truth, I never discovered anything as moving, as powerful or as useful as what I& #39;ve learned since leaving spirituality behind. /Thread
Outer space is fucking mind-blowing. Psychology is a great equaliser. Critical thinking and sceptical evaluation is both a huge timesaver and tremendously liberating. And the relinquishing of supernatural/mystical gold at the end of the rainbow has planted me firmly in the "now"
My relationships are richer, deeper and more heartfelt. My interactions, despite my learned inhibitions, are more fulfilling and rewarding than they ever were before. My moment-to-moment experience is more filled with genuine connection and fascination than it was before.
Living as I did before, believing what I believed, I was disconnected from life and from myself. I was absent from swathes of life as I interpreted it through a filter prescribed by so-called wise people who were as naive as me - or else misguided or just outright malicious.
It has taken me years to begin to feel like myself again. And so much of who I am is new to me. I got caught up in all of that during some of the most important years of my life with regards to becoming a fully functional adult. I& #39;m playing catch-up in a lot of instances.
But figuring shit out for myself, falling down and getting back up again, digging into the more painful parts of my life and coming to terms with them in ways that actually work, thinking critically and *for myself* and having genuine relationships with the people in my life..?
I& #39;d pick that every time.
The real world: You might like it.
