Michael Lerner is a cool guy. I heard him speak at the University of Chicago in 1996 and decided I wanted to be him. But that was 10 years ago when I believed I could transform myself into a male rabbi. He’s also the founder and editor of Tikkun, which is something we should probably all subscribe to.

Anyway, he writes interestingly about what spirituality means in Spirituality is not flaky new age mush:

So, don’t let distortions or flaky versions of spirituality lead you to give up on establishing a spiritually alive reality in your personal life or in your religious community, because there is no substitute for it, no matter how powerful your social action or how satisfying your connection with community activities. The future of our religious and spiritual communities depends on reconnecting to the sacred, and that will only happen if you begin this process in your own life.

It’s easy enough to think that to be spiritually alive is a state of mind that is impossible to achieve, but it’s a step by step journey. It’s something you can do everyday. For that matter, it’s something you should (see I’m adding judgment here) do everyday. Finding the sacred is as easy as taking a breath.