"Across every culture and every era, we find the same phenomenon: human beings reaching toward something larger than themselves. They seek meaning: Why are we here? Do we matter? They seek to make some peace in the face of suffering and death. And they seek connection, a sense of belonging to something beyond the narrow circle of their immediate lives. These are not neurotic symptoms. They are expressions of genuine psychological and existential needs, and they persist whether or not one is religious, whether or not one believes in anything supernatural at all.
"The spiritual impulse, in short, is universal and real. It deserves to be taken seriously. The question is not whether to honor it, but how."
-- Michael Rivera, "A Profound Source: Science and the Maturing of Spirituality"
https://thehumanist.com/commentary/a-profound-source-science-and-the-maturing-of-spirituality
