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Okay. First, I need to put on my religious studies scholar hat.
There.
“Spirituality” is not objectively a thing that we can locate and measure.
It’s constructed, both culturally and by individuals. Over time, we ascribe meaning to objects and practices, and eventually those things take on greater symbolism. They become spiritual. For some people.
As a community, we tend to talk about certain things as though they’re inherently spiritual. Meditation, crystals, drinking tea, tarot cards…you can probably make your own list based on the various “spiritual” hashtags from Instagram or Tumblr.
Like the more we meditate, the more spiritual we inherently are. Or the more tea we drink, the more enlightened we become.
But here’s the thing: those things are tools. They’re not in and of themselves spiritual. Thanks to some selective history and, frankly, marketing, we associate them with “spiritual” people. We forget that “religion” and “spirituality” (again…
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