Spiritual Atheism

That's what I call myself...a spiritual atheist.

According to Dictionary.com:
spiritual
–adjective
1. of, pertaining to, or consisting of spirit; incorporeal.
2. of or pertaining to the spirit or soul, as distinguished from the physical nature: a spiritual approach to life.
3. closely akin in interests, attitude, outlook, etc.: the professor's spiritual heir in linguistics.
4. of or pertaining to spirits or to spiritualists; supernatural or spiritualistic.
5. characterized by or suggesting predominance of the spirit; ethereal or delicately refined: She is more of a spiritual type than her rowdy brother.
6. of or pertaining to the spirit as the seat of the moral or religious nature.
7. of or pertaining to sacred things or matters; religious; devotional; sacred.
8. of or belonging to the church; ecclesiastical: lords spiritual and temporal.
9. of or relating to the mind or intellect.

And
atheist
–noun
a person who denies or disbelieves the existence of a supreme being or beings.
Origin:
1565–75; < Gk áthe(os) godless + -ist

Synonyms:
Atheist, agnostic, infidel, skeptic refer to persons not inclined toward religious belief or a particular form of religious belief. An atheist is one who denies the existence of a deity or of divine beings. An agnostic is one who believes it impossible to know anything about God or about the creation of the universe and refrains from commitment to any religious doctrine. Infidel means an unbeliever, especially a nonbeliever in Islam or Christianity. A skeptic doubts and is critical of all accepted doctrines and creeds.

Sorry to bombard you with definitions like that, but I feel it's necessary. A lot of people don't understand how a person can be both spiritual and an atheist at the same time, and I think these two definitions exemplify just how that IS possible.

As an atheist, I do not believe in any gods or goddesses. I simply do not believe in any one-power, all-knowing, super-human being that has control over the entire universe or our individual lives. I believe that WE are in control of our lives, through the decisions that we make. Simply put, that's simply how I see it.

As for being spiritual, there are a lot of things I DO believe in. But mainly, in specific terms of being spiritual, I do believe there is SO much more to this world and to our ourselves than what sits upon the surface. I believe there's a lot more that we can connect to beyond the things that we perceive with our basic five senses. I do believe in the power of the sixth sense, that of the Third Eye.

According to Wikipedia:
The third eye (also known as the inner eye) is a mystical and esoteric concept referring in part to the ajna (brow) chakra in certain Eastern and Western spiritual traditions. It is also spoken of as the gate that leads within to inner realms and spaces of higher consciousness. In New Age spirituality, the third eye may alternately symbolize a state of enlightenment or the evocation of mental images having deeply-personal spiritual or psychological significance. The third eye is often associated with visions, clairvoyance (which includes the ability to observe chakras and auras) [1], precognition, and out-of-body experiences, and people who have allegedly developed the capacity to utilize their third eyes are sometimes known as seers.

So those are the very very basics of my belief structure. There will be more in depth descriptions, explanations, and experiences shared as this blog rolls along, but for now, I'll just leave it at that.