Other - Using standard nomenclature in a non-standard way I'd call myself a "Spiritual Atheist." I had been an atheist of the "cold" variety: life spontaneous

Other - Using standard nomenclature in a non-standard way I'd call myself a "Spiritual Atheist." I had been an atheist of the "cold" variety: life spontaneously arose from non-life in an undefined fashion, and everything relevant to the conversation evolved from this first life.. only the "observable" could be real. Seemingly non-local consciousness-connections (a dream where something bad happens to someone and they die that night, you think of someone in that moment they call you, esoteric initations into new-agey meditation [law of attraction, remove viewing], they way the universe seems to be inscrutably "nicer" to me the more buddha-like it is [e.g. when regularly meditating]) The reasons my metaphysics changed are nearly ineffable; and are certainly not objectively verifiable (at least by me). The ramifications are easy to grok: - The universe is a holy playground - The universe has some sort of intention - The more your intentions fall in line with the intentions of the universe, the more satisfying life is. There are also some non-obvious (but ultimately important) "actionable" ramifications: primarily that sometimes the best way to solve a corporeal problem is to get the spiritual aspect (ie, the interface between you and the universe) in line.