PORTAL FOR PERSONS OF SPIRIT
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BECOMING
MORE DEEPLY PERSONS OF SPIRIT
SPIRITUAL
GROWTH
DEVELOPING
OUR CAPACITIES OF SPIRIT
SPIRITUALITY
WITHOUT GODS
SPIRITUALITY
WITHOUT RELIGION
GROWING
IN SPIRIT WITHOUT HELP FROM BEYOND
This portal gathers resources for personal growth in
the dimension of spirit.
Here spirituality is understood as independent of any belief in Gods.
We can continue to grow in spirit
even as we depart from the religions into which we might have been born.
The emphasis of this portal will be existential
spirituality,
altho later there might be resources for other forms of spirituality.
SHORT ITEMS ON THE INTERNET:
"Spirituality for Humanists:
Six Capacities of our Human Spirits"
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/CY-SPH.html
This cyber-sermon of about three pages
briefly presents the meaning of each manifestation of the human spirit.
"Introducing Existential Spirituality"
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/CY-XSP.html
This cyber-sermon answers 8 standard questions
that should be addressed by any form of spirituality.
Several other cyber-sermons exploring spirituality:
WHAT IS
SPIRITUALITY?
1. Beyond the Life
of the Body, the Heart, & the Mind .
2. Ways to Expand
Our Spirits .
3. Self-Transcendence,
Self-Criticism, & Altruism .
4. Freedom:Transcending
Enculturation and Choosing for Ourselves .
5. Creativity:
Making Something Genuinely New .
6. Love: The
I-Thou Encounter, Discovering Other Persons of Spirit .
7. The
Disclosure of Existential Anxiety
and
other Manifestations of Our Existential Predicament .
8. Glimpses
of Joy and Fulfillment .
OUR EXISTENTIAL
PREDICAMENT
Loneliness of
Spirit:
Deeper than the
Reach of Love
.
Being Depressed
in Spirit:
Deeper than
Psychological Depression
. D
Existential
Anxiety:
Angst
.
Sinking into the
River of Existential Despair
.
Existential
Guilt:
Deeper than the
Pangs of Conscience
. C
Looking for the
Meaning of Life
. D O
Depressed?
Don't Kill
Yourself!
. D
Asking the
Ultimate Questions . D
BOOKS ON EXISTENTIAL SPIRITUALITY:
Spirituality
for Humanists:
Six Capacities of our Human
Spirits
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/SPH.html
This is a short book of 24 pages
exploring our dimension of spirit.
Spirituality
without Gods:
Developing our Capacities of
Spirit
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/SWG.html
This small book of less than 80 pages
incorporates revised versions of
all of the chapters of Spirituality
for Humanists.
Our
Existential Predicament:
Loneliness, Depression,
Anxiety, & Death
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/XP.html
This book of over 300 pages explores in depth
11 different ways of being gripped by our Existential Malaise.
Opening
to Grace:
Transcending Our Spiritual
Malaise
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/OG.html
This small book (64 pages) summarizes
the most important concepts from Our Existential Predicament.
Existential Spirituality Bibliography
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/B-XSP.html
This bibliography is divided into epochs.
Over a dozen books are reviewed in detail.
Several of these are by Søren Kierkegaard.
This bibliography also reviews a few books by James Park.
Created
3-30-2008; Revised 4-11-2008