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	<title>Comments on: Convergent Spirituality</title>
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		<title>By: whatacharacter</title>
		<link>http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/09/16/convergent-spirituality/comment-page-1/#comment-20712</link>
		<dc:creator>whatacharacter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 16:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Sounds pretty good. Have you bandied about any others?
What about:

Aracane Analogies and Antithesis - great acronym, always first in the yellow pages and may gain credibility with the eggheads.

Majickel Malatheosophikalpropism - kitchy

Integral Geo-political Economic Religiosity - more nuanced, for lack of anything better

my choice, simply:
The Mage known as ... Tim</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sounds pretty good. Have you bandied about any others?<br />
What about:</p>
<p>Aracane Analogies and Antithesis - great acronym, always first in the yellow pages and may gain credibility with the eggheads.</p>
<p>Majickel Malatheosophikalpropism - kitchy</p>
<p>Integral Geo-political Economic Religiosity - more nuanced, for lack of anything better</p>
<p>my choice, simply:<br />
The Mage known as &#8230; Tim</p>
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		<title>By: skip sievert</title>
		<link>http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/09/16/convergent-spirituality/comment-page-1/#comment-20679</link>
		<dc:creator>skip sievert</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 02:32:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I don`t really know this site so well , but I might suggest - spiritual muddling - as a title.  
Nothing pretentious about that, and in reality that is what we mostly do.

The other sounds like you are actually getting somewhere, kind of like trying to triangulate an abstract concept. Convergent Spirituality does not sound personal enough.  Spirituality is always a solitary path. Every one believes differently. 

 The best that can be said for spirituality is that it is practical, ensures personal liberty, protects the environment, protects innocence, etc.
The bare bones reality of the situation is that there are only two things that are completely natural for man. 
 Eating and screwing. 
 And not necessarily in that order.
The rest is our attempt to find meaning. 
 Pretty poetry.  Some good poetry,  some bad.

 Meaning , purpose and beauty are the way we try and reconcile our existence in the world. 
 These are tricky areas, subject to lots of muddling through.
  Sometimes rather than get flowery about greed , hatred ignorance, etc.  we may as well admit that humans are not perfect and we think in those terms and may always.
 I suggest you stay away from anything with religion in the title.  That word has bad connotations.  A lot of hate mongering associated with it.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don`t really know this site so well , but I might suggest - spiritual muddling - as a title.<br />
Nothing pretentious about that, and in reality that is what we mostly do.</p>
<p>The other sounds like you are actually getting somewhere, kind of like trying to triangulate an abstract concept. Convergent Spirituality does not sound personal enough.  Spirituality is always a solitary path. Every one believes differently. </p>
<p> The best that can be said for spirituality is that it is practical, ensures personal liberty, protects the environment, protects innocence, etc.<br />
The bare bones reality of the situation is that there are only two things that are completely natural for man.<br />
 Eating and screwing.<br />
 And not necessarily in that order.<br />
The rest is our attempt to find meaning.<br />
 Pretty poetry.  Some good poetry,  some bad.</p>
<p> Meaning , purpose and beauty are the way we try and reconcile our existence in the world.<br />
 These are tricky areas, subject to lots of muddling through.<br />
  Sometimes rather than get flowery about greed , hatred ignorance, etc.  we may as well admit that humans are not perfect and we think in those terms and may always.<br />
 I suggest you stay away from anything with religion in the title.  That word has bad connotations.  A lot of hate mongering associated with it.</p>
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		<title>By: Angela-Eloise</title>
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		<dc:creator>Angela-Eloise</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 21:45:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I've been wrestling with the question "What's in a name?" myself these days and, in fact, just posted on the subject this morning. So I empathize with your process of finding a label that fits. 

Based on the Keith Ward definition you provided, I think "convergent spirituality" fits. You could apply that definition to all of us at The Daily Scribe, really, otherwise we wouldn't be participating in this kind of collective project. But most of us are not arriving at our spirituality by a convergence or confluence of disparate philosophies and trying to make sense of the result. Is that what you are doing, Tim?  ;)

In any case, we're glad to have you, whatever channel we find you on.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I&#8217;ve been wrestling with the question &#8220;What&#8217;s in a name?&#8221; myself these days and, in fact, just posted on the subject this morning. So I empathize with your process of finding a label that fits. </p>
<p>Based on the Keith Ward definition you provided, I think &#8220;convergent spirituality&#8221; fits. You could apply that definition to all of us at The Daily Scribe, really, otherwise we wouldn&#8217;t be participating in this kind of collective project. But most of us are not arriving at our spirituality by a convergence or confluence of disparate philosophies and trying to make sense of the result. Is that what you are doing, Tim?  <img src='http://www.timboucher.com/journal/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>In any case, we&#8217;re glad to have you, whatever channel we find you on.</p>
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		<title>By: Allison</title>
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		<dc:creator>Allison</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 20:55:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Convergent Spirituality seems just open-ended enough and yet descriptive enough to work. You're not going to be able to squeeze what you do into any little label, but this one's as good as any, and definitely better than the existing choices you mentioned.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Convergent Spirituality seems just open-ended enough and yet descriptive enough to work. You&#8217;re not going to be able to squeeze what you do into any little label, but this one&#8217;s as good as any, and definitely better than the existing choices you mentioned.</p>
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		<title>By: Gnomely</title>
		<link>http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2006/09/16/convergent-spirituality/comment-page-1/#comment-20596</link>
		<dc:creator>Gnomely</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 18:27:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My testimony is--- I like this site because it offers a wide, open ended creative perspective on the spiritual dimension of life- which encompasses everything from A to Z....and offers a  template in which to consider with curiosity the seen and unseen mysteries, realities, undercurrents of life without commiting to an exact certainity.. 

(I remember this post)
http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/11/10/the-power-of-labels/

but if convergent spirituality it is--- sign me up.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My testimony is&#8212; I like this site because it offers a wide, open ended creative perspective on the spiritual dimension of life- which encompasses everything from A to Z&#8230;.and offers a  template in which to consider with curiosity the seen and unseen mysteries, realities, undercurrents of life without commiting to an exact certainity.. </p>
<p>(I remember this post)<br />
<a href="http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/11/10/the-power-of-labels/" rel="nofollow"></a><a href='http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/11/10/the-power-of-labels/'>http://www.timboucher.com/journal/2005/11/10/the-power-of-labels/</a></p>
<p>but if convergent spirituality it is&#8212; sign me up.</p>
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		<title>By: Shawn Anthony</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shawn Anthony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 17:37:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh, welcome to Scribe btw! We are better because you are here.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh, welcome to Scribe btw! We are better because you are here.</p>
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		<title>By: Shawn Anthony</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shawn Anthony</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 17:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>"convergent spirituality" 

I like it! I think it fits well too. Tim, I'll run it by the staff and see if we can't rename the channel you are in presently. Is that OK with you? It's your channel bro. :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;convergent spirituality&#8221; </p>
<p>I like it! I think it fits well too. Tim, I&#8217;ll run it by the staff and see if we can&#8217;t rename the channel you are in presently. Is that OK with you? It&#8217;s your channel bro. <img src='http://www.timboucher.com/journal/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: alistair</title>
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		<dc:creator>alistair</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>http://hypgnosys.blogspot.com/2006/09/lifting-up-edge-to-see-whats.html

and it`s all psychology at the end of the day.........my belief is that if we can all deal with our own shit on a basic level we are less threat to others. the greed, hatred and ignorance are all effects of the fragmented psyche. when we can intergrate ourselves meaningfully we become at peace.........firstly with ourselves, then with others.</description>
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<p>and it`s all psychology at the end of the day&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;my belief is that if we can all deal with our own shit on a basic level we are less threat to others. the greed, hatred and ignorance are all effects of the fragmented psyche. when we can intergrate ourselves meaningfully we become at peace&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;firstly with ourselves, then with others.</p>
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		<title>By: alistair</title>
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		<dc:creator>alistair</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 16:44:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>i`m optimistic enough to think that we are after a liberation from greed, hatred etc, but i think it`s more relationship with our personal pre-conceptions that get  us in trouble........but convergent spirituality works for the purpose of branding.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i`m optimistic enough to think that we are after a liberation from greed, hatred etc, but i think it`s more relationship with our personal pre-conceptions that get  us in trouble&#8230;&#8230;..but convergent spirituality works for the purpose of branding.</p>
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