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April 2024

April 21, 2024

Reflections on Awareness of Who Am I?

by SNS Guest Credit: rawpixel.com (Today’s article is by guest writer Herman Matthews. For a...

March 2024

March 26, 2024

The Difference Between Stillness and Silence in Meditation

 by Leigh Anderson In the quiet of dawn or the stillness of night, have you ever...

January 2024

January 25, 2024

Meditation That Doesn’t Feel Like Meditation At All

 by SNS Guest Author: Larry1732, From WikiCommons (Today’s article is by guest writer KaZ. A brief...

January 12, 2024

Natural Soundscapes and Meditation

 by Leigh Anderson I love to take a walk in nature with the purpose of spending...

December 2023

December 28, 2023

Walking To Find Wisdom

 by SNS Guest (This article is by guest writer Leigh Anderson. For a short bio, see...

December 20, 2023

Integrated Spiritual Practice

 by DT Strain Last month, in “Is A Spiritual Practice Too Much?“, I talked about notions...

November 2023

November 24, 2023

Mindfulness of the Body

 by Thomas Schenk Creator: A. Davey In his book, Nothing Holy About It, Tim Burkett lists the...

October 2023

October 26, 2023

Contemplation and Meditation

by Thomas Schenk In general usage, the words “contemplation” and “meditation” are used as synonyms....

May 2023

May 11, 2023

Spiritual Journaling

 by Leigh Anderson How Spiritual Journaling Can Help You Navigate Life’s Struggles We have to constantly...

October 2022

October 18, 2022

Just Sit. And if You Cannot Just Sit, Write

 by James Jarrett “All of humanity’s problems stem from [a hu]man’s inability to sit quietly in...

September 2022

September 15, 2022

Finding A New Meditation Practice In Nature

by Leigh Anderson I find it hard to concentrate on anything for more than a...

June 2022

June 23, 2022

Retirement Account

 by Thomas Schenk I first learned to meditate more than forty-five years ago and I’ve been...

May 2022

May 19, 2022

My Evolving “Prayer” Practice

by SNS Guest (Article is by guest writer Edward Kelly Jr.  See bio below.) I...

April 2022

April 07, 2022

Mindless Musings on Mindfulness (or Mindful Musings on Mindlessness)

 by Thomas Schenk I have been re-reading the book Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings of D. T. Suzuki, a...

March 2022

March 10, 2022

Finding Compassion for Others through Self Compassion and Loving Kindness

 by SNS Guest (This article is by guest writer Leigh Anderson. For a short bio, see...

March 03, 2022

Heroic Mindfulness

By Thomas Schenk Providing a means of salvation is a central value of many religions....

February 2022

February 24, 2022

How far do we go in practice?

 by DT Strain Often in SNS articles we are discussing our spirituality as a practice. Spiritual Naturalism...

February 18, 2022

The Spider as a Spiritual Symbol

by Thomas Schenk Spiders give many people the creeps. Yet with their ability to construct...

January 2022

January 14, 2022

How to Pray as a Naturalist

Credit to:   (This article is written by guest author Rob Wheeler.  Information about the...

September 2021

September 02, 2021

The Perfect View

 by Thomas Schenk I live in a small house in the middle of St. Paul.  The...

June 2021

June 09, 2021

The River of Contemplation (Nature and Soul, the Sacred Unity)

by Thomas Schenk When I was young, I lived in a house on the banks of...

May 2021

May 06, 2021

Reading a Spiritual Text

by Thomas Schenk Over the years I have read and reread many of the central writings...

April 2021

April 28, 2021

The Ritual of Deep Reading

By  Roger Hackney If you have spent any amount of time reading about Spiritual Naturalism...

July 2017

July 14, 2017

Spiritual Practices

  Today's article written by Jay N. Forrest ... Let’s say I invited you over for a...

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