chogyam trungpa – The Spiritual Naturalist Society

Basic Goodness

September 20, 2017September 14, 2017 by Daniel Scharpenburg

The teaching is quite simply that you are good enough…

The Purpose Problem

Are the purpose-serving activities that keep us alive related to the purpose that we try to articulate about our life as a whole?

Big History: The Heart of Spiritual Naturalism

Also called the Epic of Evolution, the Great Story, or the Universe Story, B.T. Newberg says that “Big History” lies at the heart of Spiritual Naturalism’s narrative core…

Compassion as Foundation

Compassion is under assault in our media, entertainment, and politics. Learn what compassion means to us and why it is the foundation of our spiritual practice…

An Epicurean Approach to Secularizing Rites of Passage

The near-universal presence of rites of passage in almost every human culture is a strong sign that these rites serve an important psychological and social function, helping communities to understand,

Basic Goodness

Live In the Now

Finding a Balance Between Individualism and Connectedness in a Social Media World

Being a Brain

Photography as a Form of Mindfulness

Understanding Christian Naturalism

Teach with Your Presence, Not Your Words

The Thesis

Intellectual Scalpels and Emotional Hammers

Cosmologies: Mythic and Scientific

Does Magic Work?

Roots of SN, Part 9: Was Classical Greece Naturalistic?

The Perfect View

The Purpose Problem

Big History: The Heart of Spiritual Naturalism

Compassion as Foundation

An Epicurean Approach to Secularizing Rites of Passage