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Why we consume spiritual content instead of having spiritual experience

Every night I tell myself I'll go outside and connect with the cosmos but I just stay inside watching astronomy documentaries and feel like I'm experiencing the universe secondhand.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Media about transcendence becomes a substitute for the vulnerability required for actual encounter.

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“Where Are You with Night sky and astronomy as spiritual practice?”

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