No, I am not religious. By spiritual I mean more a sense of detachment and feeling unrooted in the society. There are different approaches to deal with this... each is different, but I still think it has to be adressed on "what is good for my soul" level. It doesn't mean following any religious doctrine... more of following your heart.

I think religion played a role in the way that people had something to believe in, something to cling to... when people ditched religion in name of science, many became lost. Because many things we still don't have answer to. Humans are the only species aware of their mortality and without knowing what is after death... it can be pretty discorcening.

So it is not our fault we have been born into the modern world for which we aren't equiped fully. we have instincts that are useless in the world. we live much longer than some 200 years ago, enough to outlive our productivity...

I hope that makes sense.

I wrote a blog entry about my approach some time ago. http://venushalley1984.wordpress.com...7&preview=true