
Great to hear that Hindus have no right to comment upon Sikhism. Fine. But then, why have Sikhs the right to chant verses of their Gurus (which are NOT Hindu as Sikhs have categorically declared they've nothing to do with Hinduism) that outrightly insult Hindu beliefs? Read on.


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If you have a spiritual practice, this would be a good time to double down on it.
If you don’t have a spiritual practice, this wouldn’t be the worst time to start one.
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Do yr spiritual practice. Even when you don't feel like it.
“Hardly does our head begin to ache than we stop going to choir, which won’t kill us either. We stay away 1 day bc our head ached, another bc it was just now aching & 3 more so that it won’t ache again.” Teresa of Avila
Ok: a spiritual practice. Something that you do regularly, and if you do it with the right intention, can transform your relationship to yourself, other people, the world and your place in it and (if this resonates with you) the divine.
Prayer. Meditation. But also: making art. Walks in nature. Going running, for some people. I wrote a whole entire book on parenting as a spiritual practice. Intention matters.
You don’t have to be religious to have one.
If you don’t have a spiritual practice, this wouldn’t be the worst time to start one.
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Hey, today I told my therapist that the adrenaline I\u2019ve been relying on for the past 10 months or so has kinda... run out.
— Erynn Brook (@ErynnBrook) January 31, 2021
He said he\u2019s been hearing that from like every other client this month, so if you\u2019re feeling that too, you\u2019re not alone.
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This, from @LeeClf. Read the whole quote (from 1998 or therebouts.)
— Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg (@TheRaDR) June 2, 2020
"If we have never developed our religiousness -- that part of ourselves that involves our most powerfully transformative capacities -- it's as if we were walking around with one arm tied down....
Do yr spiritual practice. Even when you don't feel like it.
“Hardly does our head begin to ache than we stop going to choir, which won’t kill us either. We stay away 1 day bc our head ached, another bc it was just now aching & 3 more so that it won’t ache again.” Teresa of Avila
Ok: a spiritual practice. Something that you do regularly, and if you do it with the right intention, can transform your relationship to yourself, other people, the world and your place in it and (if this resonates with you) the divine.
Prayer. Meditation. But also: making art. Walks in nature. Going running, for some people. I wrote a whole entire book on parenting as a spiritual practice. Intention matters.
You don’t have to be religious to have one.