Originally Posted by carlton
"Isn't it enough to see that the garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?" - Douglas Adams.
That sounds like something I'd say.
For me, 'spiritual growth' is about learning to be better at being. I think that the word ''spiritual', with its connotations of 'Holy Spirit' and the like, causes confusion. I have never been able to understand what is so "sprirtual" about these so-called 'spiritual values', like honesty, integrity, generosity and so on. These values are human, natural, and most definitely of this world, not some imagined other world.
And so improvement in these areas would be human, natural, or maybe just positive growth.
But praying to any of them? What for? I might as well pray to a doorknob!
LOL!
For me, praying is like wishing. You can pray in one hand...