Secular Spirituality

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CNN today also had an interesting piece on 'spirituallity' featuring the Dalai Lama. This particular piece concerned the idea of 'secular spirituality,' an apparent oxymoron. The interviewer was a British fella name of Richard Quest. The upshot of the piece was (in my opinion) that 'spirituality' is a human - not a religious - concept. That is to say that you can have a spiritual outlook which does not involve some sort of god.

In other words, you don't need god in order to experience true spirituality. Indeed, for some people god is a hindrance to that experience. I agree. I could never 'feel spiritual' in the 'presense of god.' God would creep me out as he read my mind, violating my privacy.

But I have felt extremely spiritual on those special occasions when I have done psychedelic drugs. LSD is the ultimate spiritual stimulant, in my opinion.

Furthermore I see such drugs as 'initiators of spiritual consciousness.' That is to say that despite all your good intentions it is possible for you to waste your entire lives looking for a truly spiritual consciousness - unless you have been fortunate enough to have experienced LSD or one of the natural analogues (Mescaline, Psylocibin, etc).

No brain (mind) is capable of withstanding the spiritualizing effect of LSD. But be careful... remember your mortgage...