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How documenting spiritual experiences changes the nature of the experiences themselves

I've been photographing the moon every night for a month trying to document its cycle but editing the images on my computer feels nothing like the actual experience of standing outside in the moonlight.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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The impulse to capture and share sacred moments can extract us from full participation in them.

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

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