Spirituality for atheists

Don't worry, be happy. Sound advice, perhaps the best you will get. There's more to it of course, but you aren't likely to get there on generic atheist fare.

In fact most people don't ever realize there is any kind of spirituality that can be had without subscribing to any kind of religious or mystical doctrine.  Not only is there a spirituality beyond belief-systems, but it is a necessary part of healthy human development.

A responsible person makes sure they develop physically, both through healthy eating and exercize, and that they develop intellectually in knowledge, creativity and intelligence.  But there is another kind of development generally overlooked by most non-religious systems of thought. This type of progress is usually considered spiritual progress or the attainment of wisdom.

Wisdom is different than understanding and it is different than knowledge. Developing wisdom is learning to make the best choices not the most correct choices but those that will lead to one's personal success. Learning to act in a way that is at peace with one's surroundings is learning to act wisely. Finding happiness and success in the face of obstacles is to be truly wise.

The only way to have a complete and fulfilling life regardless of any professed or unprofessed belief is to actively nourish and pursue wisdom. 

This is the fundamental cornerstone of any spiritual existence and it transcends any belief system.

Recognize that there is a third pedestal of human development and begin to reach for new heights of humanity.

fast earth

A canyon formed over three days: http://futurity.org/earth-environment/megaflood-forms-canyon-in-3-days/

In the summer of 2002, a week of heavy rains in Central Texas caused Canyon Lake to flood over its spillway and down the Guadalupe River Valley. The waters excavated a 2.2-kilometer-long, 7-meter-deep canyon in the bedrock in just three days, new analysis shows. The finding, says Caltech geologist Michael Lamb, offers useful insight into ancient megafloods, both on Earth and on Mars, and the deep canyons they left behind.

The traditional view of deep river canyons, such as the Grand Canyon, is that they are carved slowly over periods of millions of years. The researchers argue that the rate of erosion in the 2002 flood was rapid because the flood was able to pop out and cart away massive boulders (a process called “plucking”)—producing several 10- to 12-meter-high waterfalls. [Via AllTop]

That's interesting. Seems to imply some of the geological phenomenon that would seem to take eons could happen in a timeline of weeks or months.

Maybe you don't have to be a creationist to believe the world was created in less than billions of years.

toe of God nonsense

An article about the potential Five Faces of Higgs Boson ?

Is it just me or is everyone else convinced Particle Physics today looks like Pre-Keppler Astronomy with all of their Epicycles?

I just had to point that out. Who wants to hazard a guess that whatever system they come up with that replaces the Standard Model will be much closer to something that sounds like what Kabbalah describes on the very basic levels?

Everything Science discusses may be referring to the level of Asiyah [the world of Action] and no higher. [Or it's equally possible we touching on the extremities of the worlds of Yetzirah [Formation] and perhaps even Beriyah.[Creation]]