My greatest emotional possession in becoming a humanist is what I define as my spirituality, the uncontrollable eruption of feelings which elicit shivers and tears, empathy and love. These higher emotional feelings come to me spontaneously, without invitation or intelligent design, as involuntary reactions to my human experience. They arise from what I think is the spiritual side of my emotional core, as when I observe the awesome face of nature and universe, or the beautiful aspects of human nature and life. My human spirituality exists beyond the indescribable synapses that trigger my higher emotions.
Please share with others your own thoughts on humanist spirituality on this blog.
Gerva says
Now i am in the way of becoming a humanist thanks for a inspire post.
Randy Best says
Dear Bob –
Thanks for your post. I believe that my emotional experience of life is part of my being human. Emotions such as love are as much a real part of my experience as external events. I too have an internal experience that I am comfortable calling spirituality that includes moments of epiphany when I feel one with everything. Rather that developing a supernatural explanation for this feeling, I see it as a part of the rich tapestry of human experience.