"A highly individualized spiritual belief system composed of selected elements drawn from various doctrines." — Judie Sigdel
Gratitude makes the ordinary extraordinary. -- Judie Sigdel In April of 2016, my corporate job, among many others, was "discontinued." I had been there 17+ years. I was totally blindsided and absolutely devastated...for about a week. I quickly decided to turn the situation into an opportunity. I had started writing a book in January, but, …
"Mythology is what we call someone else's religion." -- Joseph Campbell Like many Americans, I was raised Christian. As a child, I accepted Christianity as... well, gospel...since it was the only religion to which I had been exposed. Everyone I had ever met was Christian -- or professed to be -- with the exception of one …
This weekend, New York was invaded by thousands of Santas, elves, reindeer and at least one Sugar Plum Fairy courtesy of Santacon 2016. I had all but forgotten about the event, until I spotted the first crowd of revelers as I was walking to the bus from a shopping excursion. It was around 4:00 p.m., and …
The first of Buddhism's Four Nobel Truths is that "Life is suffering." Whoa! Harsh! What a downer! As someone who lives with chronic pain, this key premise scared me terribly and kept me from studying Buddhism in a sangha (spiritual community) for many years. I was happy to meditate at home alone thank you very much. …
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When people learn that I've written a book, their first question is always, "What is it about?" I reply, "Eclectic Spirituality," and they inevitably nod, smile and say, "Oh! That's interesting," as if they know what that is. Of course, they don't. Not many people do. After all, Eclectic Spirituality has no founder, leaders, congregations or organization. It …
Eclectic Spirituality 