This link connects to a great 7-minute video interview with Jane Goodall, titled: Do Primates Sense the Spiritual? Beyond giving an interesting description of what she saw with chimps at a Gombe waterfall, she shares some of her own views, including: “I feel a very...
One type of encounter with nature involves an awareness and sense of connection that Michael Hogue described as being “of, in, and as nature”. When reflecting on watching rain blow in across a lake and then envelop him, he said . . . “It was an experience of nature’s...
As an attitude inclines us to look at things in certain ways, like colored glasses, it can affect how we interpret what we see. Religions highlight particular attitudes – to encourage states of mind and ways of living that support values. For example, Christianity...
Music plays a central role in most religions. It sets moods, reinforces messages and, with group song or chant, can help people feel connected. Some say “music is my religion”. Concerts, not church, are where they gather with people who share their beliefs...
“The more the universe seems comprehensible, the more it also seems pointless.” Steven Weinberg With a naturalist view, it’s hard to see how there could be purpose in the cosmos. Particles, atoms, and molecules act in accordance with natural laws, assembling in...
John Muir was a naturalist who called out – Go to the mountains. Go to nature. Drink her soothing waters. And learn the lessons she has to teach. He felt that something in us needs this and responds to it, even if we may not recognize this need. He felt that...
