Black Orchid wrote on Feb 4
th, 2018 at 2:13pm:
Spirituality is something that resonates with the soul. An energy felt deeply within our core. With that can come a deep sense of meaning.
It's not about religion nor is it about any deity so you can be spiritual without being religious. It creates an individual sense of peace and purpose and a connection to the things around us.
It has nothing to do with Atheism nor Theism.
Yes. Awesome post. It comes from our "core" or our mind, a bit like love. When it comes to these mind phenomena, rationality doesn't really apply.
In the same way, if you love someone, you can attempt to rationalise it in terms of physical appearance, similar lines of thought etc, but you never get close to defining it in rational terms, and why would you even attempt to?
Love, spirituality, beauty, awe, wonder. In the same way, you can attempt to define them in terms of chemical reactions, but all the "machine code" in the world cannot describe art.
Being 100% rational is useful for science and mathematics, but that's about all. (and maybe not even for science) For the rest, being 100% human has a distinct advantage in life.