Humanist

[close] I'm not a Christian, but one idea Christians have come up with and long practiced that I think is brilliant is the Daily Devotional. The idea is basically just to have a book of curated short readings for daily reflection. The readings are organized by calendar day, so you don't have to make a decision about what to read, there's a reading for every day of the year, and many people can be synced up reading the same text on a daily basis, which facilitates silent camaraderie or highly contextual discussion whenever desired. Nowadays there are a wealth of non-religious daily reading books organized in this way. See for example this Secular Daily Readings book list here on Goodreads, which includes 32 such books as of today: https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/8519.Secular_Daily_Readings My wife and I like to have one of these books going all the time for a bit of reflection each day. I like how it gives me a daily does of some wisdom or philosophy, a reflection about some important aspect of life, a reminder each day about a useful perspective. We also appreciate that it's in book form - offline reading material we can take in at a quiet reflective space and time of day, compared to a daily email which I'm likely to look at while my mind is racing and cluttered with mundane matters of the day. Sometimes as I'm doing my daily reading I think, there must be a lot of other people out there looking at these same words today. I wished to have a space to connect with other readers of these books, to share questions, reflections and interpretations of a particular day's reading. That's why I've created this group.

[close] I am a self-published author of children's books. I mainly focus on books for children being raised in a freethinking or atheist household. My first book "It Is Ok To Be A Godless Me" was written for those kids who are being raised in a house without religion. It can be tough when they are around friends or family who talk about god or religion and I wanted them to know it is ok not to believe. My second book, "I'm A Little Thinker", was designed for those freethinkers who want to start exploring science and have so many questions. My 3rd book is called "Please Don't Pick On Me." While this book is not about religion or non-religion, bullying is a serious issue that affects many children. This book focuses on the ages of 4 - 9 and it talks about name calling (where the bullying starts). I developed this page to get conversations going on my works, but also about how children are affected by religion.

[close] Transpersonal psychology is concerned with the study of humanity's highest potential, and with the recognition, understanding, and realization of unitive and spiritual and transcendent states of consciousness. Here is a place for identifying and discussing the literature in, on, and around the topic, its roots, and its newest iterations, and to foster and grow a community for whom the topic resonates.

[close] Hic circulus Latinae fautoribus et opera Latina legentibus destinatus est. Possunt participes et tirones et provectiores una de operibus lectis sermocinari, aut Latine aut aliis linguis rogare, et nova opera legenda commendare. ----- This group is for lovers and readers of Latin works. Participants - from novice to superior - can talk about works, ask questions, and recommend works for others to read.