spirit

I created a spreadsheet to measure how effectively I'm manifesting happiness in my life. You did realize this was a geeky blog, right? First, I created 7 interest areas which represent how I want to spend my time, including Physical Activity, Learning, Creativity, Socializing, Family Time, Income Generation, and Spirit. Yours may be different, but that seemed like a logical categorization for me. Next, I listed out each of the activities I do on a regular basis (once a month or more) and rated them in each of the seven areas, from 0 to 1. So an activity like going to a dance party is very physical as well as social, but not income-generating. Or a D&D night may be very creative and social, but not physical.

Science and religion have supposedly been at odds with one another since the invention of science.

I can see the difference, but I don't think it's such a hard line.

Science is all about explaining stuff. How it works. Predicting the future.

I like to think of religion and spirituality as that which we know is there, but cannot explain. Some of those things eventually get explanations, and some don't.

Think about all the crazy stuff that people used to believe in the past. The world is flat. Germs weren't discovered until the 1850's - people thought you got sick from demons. Chances are pretty good that something that all of us believe right now, is dead wrong. It's something that we all know for certain. And we couldn't be further from the truth.

How many myths from our past have now been explained through science?

So, it's a moving boundary.