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When creating personal meaning feels artificial

I've been reading about Buddhism and stoicism and humanism trying to build my own spiritual practice but it all feels like I'm shopping for a personality.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The self-conscious construction of worldview can feel inauthentic compared to the inherited certainties it replaces.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Humanism and secular meaning?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.