An atheist can be a deeply spiritual being if need be....blinding flash of the obvious
Per Google: atheist - Atheism is one thing: A lack of belief in gods. It is not an affirmative belief that there is no god nor does it answer any other question about a person.
spiritual - the focus of spirituality is on the process of becoming attuned to one's inner self.
I had that BFO yesterday and recognized it as a recurring gift, which first I had in the late '70s. I was at the time attending a spiritually based meeting where I met a man who simply was of God yet identified himself as an atheist. Of course, I sought to know him better.
His quiet comfort in being oned as an atheist and a spiritual being touched my heart and my soul...and my curiosity. He was entirely open to questions although he did not proselytize. From him, I learned about inner strength and the un-necessity of many words...a hard lesson I am still learning.
I have forgotten these many years later my take on his definitions for atheist and spiritual so I Googled both (see above). I especially relate to the definition of spiritual: the focus of spirituality is on the process of becoming attuned to one's inner self.
To become attuned to one's inner self is the essence of Self acceptance...there is no, or little, self in the Self. It is there we find acceptance, actual love in a word, of others, of others' foibles and fantasies, for it is love that recognizes those as our own, maybe in a different guise, but our own.
It is no secret, maybe not often remembered, that we are One. One with the Father, One with each other, One with our Self...whether we dare to believe it or not.
Thank you.
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