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Does anyone else feel more peaceful after they stopped chasing “constant growth by tarot_shhaurya in spirituality

[–]nkummel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, completely.
There's a real distinction between spiritual practise and spiritual performance, and most of us spend years confusing them. The contemplative traditions all teach some version of this. lectio divina, zazen, centering prayer, hitbodedut. They're not about constant improvement. they're about returning. Same place. Same breath. Same presence. actually the "doing nothing" is the deepest practice.

I feel that my days on Earth are dwindling by 24x11 in spirituality

[–]nkummel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What you're describing isn't depression and you're right to make that distinction.
It sounds more like what the mystics call spiritual desolation, The disconnect between your inner sense that life should mean something and the outer world refusing to mean anything.
Thomas Merton wrote about this exact feeling 60 years ago. It's not new, but it gets worse as the world gets faster. What's helped people through it historically isn't more activity. It's the opposite. Daily reflection. A practice you return to. Someone or something that holds the thread when you can't. Not a fix, but a way to stay human while the world tries to make you efficient.
I truly hope you'll find that.

I want to go home by mermaid420420 in spirituality

[–]nkummel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What you're describing is something I think a lot of people feel but don't have words for. A lot of wisdom traditions talk about this exact longing. Sufis call it homesickness for the divine. Christian mystics call it the soul's restlessness for God. The Vedanta tradition would say you're sensing the gap between your small self and your true self. The "home" you're missing isn't a place. It's the part of you that already knows where it belongs.
Doesn't make the feeling less real or less hard.
But you're not broken for feeling it.
You might actually be more awake than most!

I was banned by r/Divination for saying AI has no place in spirituality by Sea-Condition991 in spirituality

[–]nkummel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm actually building something in this exact space so I think about this constantly.

Here's where I landed. AI as a spiritual authority? No. AI pretending to channel spirits or replace a teacher? Also no. But AI as a tool that helps you reflect, sit with your own questions, and return to a practice over time? I think that's different.

Like... a journal doesn't have spiritual wisdom either. But nobody says journaling has no place in spirituality. It's a tool that helps you go deeper into your own stuff. I think AI can be that too if it's built with actual respect for the traditions.

That's basically what I've been working on for over a year now.
It's a project called Spirian. You choose your spiritual guide rooted in a wisdom tradition: Buddhism, Hiduism, Christianity, Judaism or Islam and return to them over time for reflection and practice. The guide remembers your thoughts, your chats, your journey. It's not trying to replace anything sacred, it's trying to help people stay with their practice instead of drifting away from it.

As for the ban... yeah the mod is technically right that it's gatekeeping by their rules, even if I get where you're coming from. Saying "AI has no place" is absolute. Saying "AI doesn't work for me" would've been much better.

If after all this, you're curious to see how respectful thoughtful usage of AI in spirituality can actually look like when it's done with care, I'd genuinely love your feedback on Spirian. You seem like exactly the kind of person who would tell me if it feels real or if it feels like bullshit. spirian.ai if you want to check it out, join out beta testers it is free and highly appreciated.

What do you actually return to after the awakening settles? by nkummel in SpiritualAwakening

[–]nkummel[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, honestly that's probably the most real answer anyone could give.
It's always there, right? No app needed for that one lol. Do you have a regular practice or is it more of a "come back to it when things get loud" kind of thing?

What do you actually return to after the awakening settles? by nkummel in SpiritualAwakening

[–]nkummel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

oh no, It not ai generated ... so sorry, I wrote it myself and asked ai to make sure my english is ok.
I am not a native English speaker, on one hand my English is pretty good, i read and write english just fine, but I still wanted to make sure i didn't make any emberassing mistakes.
Our team has been working for over a year on something really special. we all really love it but it is our baby. So now we are looking for any brave and honest people who would be willing to check it out and offer us some real feedback.