[May 2000 journal entry]
Is my attempt to salvage/retain the term ‘spiritual’ linked to my being born/raised in the ‘religious’ sphere? Is the term ‘spiritual’ laden with too much baggage to be effective/useful for those not raised/experienced in/with ‘religion’? Is it too much to ask/expect secular individuals to add/use a term that may appear to them to be a ‘religious’ term? Is this analogous to asking/expecting them to move near the edge of the ‘religious’ black hole?
Is my attempt to salvage/retain the term ‘spiritual’ linked to my being born/raised in the ‘religious’ sphere? Is the term ‘spiritual’ laden with too much baggage to be effective/useful for those not raised/experienced in/with ‘religion’? Is it too much to ask/expect secular individuals to add/use a term that may appear to them to be a ‘religious’ term? Is this analogous to asking/expecting them to move near the edge of the ‘religious’ black hole?
