How do I start practicing astronomy as a spiritual discipline not just hobby?

You know, I've found that the shift from hobby to practice happens when you stop asking 'what am I looking at' and start asking 'what does this teach me about being alive?' The Hodja knew this—he'd look at the night sky not to collect facts but to sit with questions that have no easy answers. Start by choosing one spot, one night a week, and spend time there without a checklist. Bring a journal, not binoculars. Notice what the constancy of the stars does to your sense of time, your worries, your smallness. The spiritual part isn't in the telescope—it's in the willingness to be humbled and to keep showing up anyway. After a few weeks, you'll notice something shift. The stars become less about information and more about relationship. That's when practice begins. The humor, too—that comes naturally when you realize how absurd and precious it is to be a temporary creature gazing at permanent light.