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Dealing with Death

October 8, 2015 by Jennifer Hancock

“The main thing I’ve learned and actually relearned about grief in the last few weeks is just how communal an experience it is…”

Categories Free Tags coping, death, emotion, feeling, grief, grieving, naturalism 2 Comments

The Ultimate Existential Crisis

March 8, 2015March 5, 2015 by Jennifer Hancock

“Being alive means I’m lucky, because at some point, I won’t be.”

Categories Free Tags coping with, death, existence, existential crisis, existentialism, facing death, humanism, humanist, mortality 1 Comment

Contemplating Impermanence

June 8, 2016February 26, 2015 by Jeremy Mattocks
Newspaper decomposing in the grass

Zen teacher Poep Sa Frank Jude Boccio: Once you accept the reality of impermanence, you can relax and celebrate life…

Categories Free Tags buddha, buddhism, consciousness, death, impermanence, zen 1 Comment

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Roots of SN, Part 10: Were the Atomists and Epicureans Naturalistic?

Epicurus

If the universe is nothing but atoms, what place can there be for gods? The earliest atomists arrived at a

A Spiritual Naturalist Credo

A Spiritual Naturalist Credo

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Secular Buddhism, an interview with Ted Meissner. SN Today #6, Part 2

Secular Buddhism, an interview with Ted Meissner. SN Today #6, Part 2

Part 2: What is secular Buddhism and how does it relate to spiritual naturalism? In this two part interview with

Nature’s Awareness

Nature's Awareness

Could the practice of Mindfulness fulfill a cosmic purpose..?

Butterflies: Spirituality in a Naturalist Mode

Butterflies: Spirituality in a Naturalist Mode

Spiritually metaphorical butterflies…

Purpose-Driven Life and Secularism

Purpose-Driven Life and Secularism

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