{"id":17980,"date":"2014-07-02T09:18:27","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T16:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/\/new\/\/?p=17980"},"modified":"2016-03-16T16:28:23","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T23:28:23","slug":"pluralism-a-religion-ones-thomas-moore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/pluralism-a-religion-ones-thomas-moore\/","title":{"rendered":"Pluralism: A Religion of One&#8217;s Own (Thomas Moore spiritual writer)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/72-religion-ones-thomas-moore\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17987\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-17987\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/religion-of-ones-own-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Closeup of wooden Christian cross necklace next to holy Bible\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>What if no particular religion speaks to you, or if all religions have some relevance for you (pluralism)? \u00a0 How could you honor and embrace the merits of following a religion, but have the freedom to pursue your own spirituality by yourself? \u00a0Join CJ Liu as she interviews Thomas Moore-spiritual writer and NY Times best-selling author of the spiritual classic &#8220;<i>Care of the Soul&#8221; about his newest book, \u00a0A<\/i>\u00a0Religion of One&#8217;s Own: A Guide to Creating a Personal Spirituality in a Secular World&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Show Highlights<\/h1>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XPbNR_f6VLM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DuQdFnmLkqg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/widget\/?showId=25229902&amp;episodeId=26950013\" width=\"398\" height=\"224\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1>Blog Post by our Guest<\/h1>\n<p>Source:\u00a0<a style=\"color: #aaaaaa;\" href=\"http:\/\/careofthesoul.net\/\">careofthesoul.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-533 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/careofthesoul.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/rel-hi-res-cover-183x300.jpg\" alt=\"rel hi res cover\" width=\"183\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-title\" style=\"color: #ffffff;\">\n<h3><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A RELIGION OF ONE\u2019S OWN<\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content\" style=\"color: #dddddd;\">\n<div class=\"single-post\">\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A number of years ago Marianne Williamson asked me to write a chapter on the future of religion for a book she was editing. I tried, but at that time I wasn\u2019t ready to tackle the question. Now I am. I see the world heading for a completely secular approach to life, which is to say soulless, which is to say disaster. We need a new way to be religious, a really new way. A way that honors the traditions of the past but moves on.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">To give you a taste of the new book, I\u2019ve summarized its main points in a list of ten ways you can make a religion of your own. In the book I go into specifics on how to do these things. This is just a list.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">1. MEDITATE: Learn a formal way of meditating, or be contemplative in nature, alone, at work, or at home.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">2. LIVE ETHICALLY: Do no harm and make your life a positive contribution to humanity. Work ethically for ethical companies or organizations. Change work if necessary. At least, stay on track toward a highly moral life work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">3. LIVE RESPONSIVELY. Read the signs for who you are to be and what you are to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">4. HAVE A DREAM PRACTICE. Dreams give you strong hints about what\u2019s going on and how you can adjust. Without them you have no guidance but your own consciousness, which is too limited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">5. BE A MYSTIC. Expand your sense of self through art and wonder. Achieve special states of awareness. Have a greater sense of self through losing yourself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">6. BE INTIMATE WITH NATURE. Especially take daily note of the sky: sun and moon, clouds, weather, planets, stars. Learn from animals. Be astonished by geology and plant life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7. BE A MONK OR A MONKESS. Adapt monasticism of any variety to your daily life and to the world in which you live. Spend time carefully. Read deeply. Study. Honor the book, good food and community.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">8. AIM FOR BLISS. Not superficial happiness or possessions or wealth. Not entertainment. But bliss: knowing you are in the right place and doing what you are meant to do.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #ffffff;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">9. DEVELOP A PHILOSOPHY AND THEOLOGY OF LIFE. Think about your life. Work out some principles for yourself. Don\u2019t follow the crowd. Take the road less taken, the narrow gate, the path you see behind you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10. LEARN FROM THE WORLD\u2019S RELIGIONS AND SPIRITUAL TRADITIONS. You don\u2019t have to join or believe. Find insights and methods and beautiful expressions and images. Don\u2019t separate secular from sacred. Make your own collection of truths and art works.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h1 class=\"clear\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">About our Guest<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/72-religion-ones-thomas-moore\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-17981\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-19828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/moore-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"moore\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Thomas Moore is the author of the bestselling book\u00a0<em>Care of the Soul<\/em>\u00a0and \ufb01fteen other books on deepening spirituality and cultivating soul in every aspect of life. He has been a monk, a musician, a university professor, and a psychotherapist, and today he lectures widely on holistic medicine, spirituality, psychotherapy, and the arts. He lectures frequently in Ireland and has a special love of Irish culture. He has a Ph. D. in religion from Syracuse University and has won several awards for his work, including an honorary doctorate from Lesley University and the\u00a0Humanitarian Award from Einstein Medical School of Yeshiva University. Three of his books have won the prestigious Books for a Better Life awards. He writes \ufb01ction and music and often works with his wife, artist and yoga instructor, Hari Kirin. He writes regular columns for\u00a0Resurgence, Spirituality &amp; Health, and The Huf\ufb01ngton Post and has recently published Writing in the Sand: The Spirituality of Jesus and the Soul of the Gospels, Care of the Soul in Medicine, and The Guru of Golf and Other Stories about the Game of Life. Much of his recent work has focused on the world of medicine, speaking to nurses and doctors about the soul and spirit of<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">medical practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">#what is religion, different religions, pluralism,\u00a0<span style=\"color: #222222;\">thomas moore books,\u00a0thomas moore book,thomas more books,thomas moore care of the soul,\u00a0care of the soul,\u00a0thomas care,thomas moore spiritual writer,thomas moore author.thomas moore,\u00a0dark nights of the soul thomas moore, tomas moore,\u00a0moore writer,thomas soul,\u00a0make your own religion<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if no particular religion speaks to you, or if all religions have some relevance for you (pluralism)? \u00a0 How could you honor and embrace the merits of following a religion, but have the freedom to pursue your own spirituality by yourself? \u00a0Join CJ Liu as she interviews Thomas Moore-spiritual writer and NY Times best-selling<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[475,502,56,59],"tags":[296,297,298,299,300,301],"yst_prominent_words":[1659,2003,1887,1624,1684,1657,1885,4955,4956,5812,5810,1886,5811,655,4020,1623,1625,633,1728,2306],"class_list":["post-17980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eastern-practices","category-god-and-angels","category-show-archives","category-soul","tag-pluralism","tag-different-religions","tag-thomas-care","tag-thomas-moore-author-thomas-moore","tag-thomas-moore-book","tag-what-is-religion"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/bigstock-Woman-praying-in-church-79451383-compressed.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17980","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17980"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17980\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21416,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17980\/revisions\/21416"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17980"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17980"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17980"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fireitupwithcj.com\/dev\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=17980"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}