Quakers and spirituality

Madeleine Kay considers the nature of direct spiritual experience

'…be compassionate towards every aspect of what we find within ourselves' | Photo: BobHteU / flickr CC.

Direct spiritual experience, I believe, is found in having a deep, embodied sense of connection both with other people and with aspects of the world that cognition alone cannot understand and, therefore, cannot connect with.

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