New Forms Of Religion

Hmmmm- Lawrence Freeman's article certainly has a lot of food for thought. I feel a disconnection in the article and in the reflections I have read so far from shared personal experiences. There are so many uses of pronoun WE and barely any I. So, here I feel or see how intellectualizing "religious or spiritual" experience may be a type of "degeneration". I guess I am much more interested hearing and sharing direct experiences that seem to daily "feed my longing for wholeness". Just this morning, the taxi I had called the night before did no show up for a trip to airport. And my phone stopped working. It was a beautiful 4 am on the side of a road with no way to contact any one who could help. I spoke with the plants near me and admired the planet in the sky still bright. I did an intention setting movement and chanting ritual based in Hawaiian Huna. The cab showed up 40 mins late and got me to my plane perfectly and I had a warm friendly connection with the driver. Two days before, I arrived by train to Penn Station in NYC and was unsure how to use subway to get to my address destination. Google was not being very helpful. I asked a man walking with a cane for advise. He said "follow me". He led me and instructed me how to get my subway card and which one to get on and got on with me and then led me off train to my destination. a little out of his way. These experiences remind me how wonderful and deeply connected to me the universe is.

My direct experience is that I felt criticized initially, then I liked your sharing.