In reply to a Linkedin member

I don't have a religion being a humanist

but it doesn't mean that it's not important.

Indeed, those with faith tend to cope better than those without.



Yet, the latter group are still able to find peace, consolation and meaning as they have their set beliefs and value systems above secular matters and are 'spiritual'

I'm a  transcendentalist and feel there's a larger PRESENCE/ESSENCE when I am touched, inspired or 'wakened' by/in some mysterious heightened moments, as when I am in solitude with nature or in quiet contemplation
or when I am in doubt or despair,
or when life seems so burdensome and incomprehensible ...
or when I have to step out of my chained-self to seek my liberation.

These transcendental moments make me feel I somehow belong to a larger COSMOS and that I am not alone----that SOMETHING that speaks without words but Its message is so consoling, comforting and healing.

I then feel that life is no longer painful and that it ultimately has meaning and purpose despite tragedies faced in the course of each life which have not embittered them or caused them to
fall apart but made them larger than themselves--
they become more kind and compassionate

It's our fragility and vulnerability that shall save us,
not our might nor strength.

My best wishes to you--be happy and celebrate life