And Then It Hit Me with Cory Allen #333 The Spirituality of Everything
Apr 28, 2025
Discover how disappointing your ego can lead to profound spiritual understanding in everyday life. The speaker redefines spiritual language to enhance clarity and authenticity, sharing personal stories to illustrate these concepts. Explore the delicate balance between spirituality and scientific materialism, emphasizing the quest for meaning. You'll learn to appreciate spirituality in ordinary moments, finding enlightenment not in the extraordinary, but in the rich tapestry of daily reality.
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Dual Worldviews on Reality
- Cory Allen balances two worldviews: a magical spiritual perspective and a harsh scientific materialism.
- He embraces agnosticism, exploring consciousness through both lenses experimentally.
Spirituality in the Ordinary
- True spirituality is found in the ordinary aspects of life, like touching a table or breathing.
- The profound spiritual energy we seek is actually the physical and immediate reality we often overlook.
Enlightenment Disappoints the Ego
- Enlightenment is the ego's biggest disappointment because it reveals the spiritual energy we seek has been present all along.
- We mistake our own life force and presence for something less magical than we imagined.