{"id":2977,"date":"2013-01-27T01:50:12","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T01:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/?p=2977"},"modified":"2015-02-18T08:30:44","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T08:30:44","slug":"2013-01-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2013-01-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing Your Own Secular Spirituality"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 align=\"center\"><font color=\"black\">Manuel Manga<\/font><\/h4>\n<h4 align=\"center\"><font color=\"black\">January 27, 2013<\/font><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2980\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2980\" style=\"width: 263px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/manuel-manga\/2013-01-27-manuel-manga-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2980\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2980\" alt=\"Manuel Manga\" src=\"http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2013-01-27-Manuel-Manga-2.jpg\" width=\"263\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2013-01-27-Manuel-Manga-2.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/2013-01-27-Manuel-Manga-2-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 85vw, 263px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2980\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manuel Manga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The concept and experience of spirituality does not have to have a religious\u00a0 connotation. Human beings need an explanation of their cosmic journey, and a\u00a0 story of human evolution that gives meaning to their lives. A science based\u00a0 explanation and story is in need to be told and to be enriched by the diversity\u00a0 of our human diversity and cultures.<\/p>\n<p>In this presentation spirituality will be defined as a naturalistic, scientific,\u00a0 ethical, philosophical, secular process that can enlarge your sense of self,\u00a0 participation and meaning in life.<\/p>\n<p>Given that humanity is facing an evolutionary crisis, we each need to create a\u00a0 sense of purpose and meaning that not only enriches our lives but also\u00a0 contributes toward the transformation of our evolutionary crisis.<\/p>\n<p>Slides for this outstanding presentation are available <a title=\"Manuel Manga slides\" href=\"http:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/01-27-Manual-Manga.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Manuel is the director of the Center for Evolutionary Leadership, which develops\u00a0 leaders for building a just, flourishing, and sustainable world. He is also a\u00a0 leadership coach and organizational consultant.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Center for Evolutionary Leadership<\/strong>: \u00a0 <a title=\"EvolutionLeader\" href=\"http:\/\/www.evolutionleader.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.evolutionleader.com<\/a>.<em>\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;Homo sapiens-ethicus evolutivo: being ethical &amp; choosing to bring forth relational systems that are loving, just, flourishing, &amp; sustainable.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/59822914\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/59822914\">Humanist Community Forum (2013-01-27): Designing Your Own Secular Spirituality (Manuel Manga)<\/a> from <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/user2798508\">Humanist Community-SiliconValley<\/a> on <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\">Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manuel Manga January 27, 2013 The concept and experience of spirituality does not have to have a religious\u00a0 connotation. Human beings need an explanation of their cosmic journey, and a\u00a0 story of human evolution that gives meaning to their lives. A science based\u00a0 explanation and story is in need to be told and to be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/2013-01-27\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Designing Your Own Secular Spirituality&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[243,26],"tags":[30,41,97],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2977"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2977"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7594,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2977\/revisions\/7594"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.humanists.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}