Talk:Next Buddha Will Be A Collective

Michel, I would respectfully suggest that you consider changing "Religious and spiritual expression is always embedded in societal structures" to something less absolute and categorical. Secular social structures are possible, in which religion and spirituality are replaced by secular ethics, morality, conscience, respect for the value and dignity of all life, appreciation of the evolutionary kinship and interdependence of everything (ecology), the values of cooperative individualism (community and p2p), human and inter-species bonding, tradition and ritual, exotic states of consciousness, mindfulness, synergy, etc. I challenge anyone to state a religious, spiritual, mystical, or supernatural concept for which I cannot describe a functional equivalent or alternative in secular/natural terms. If p2p spirituality is participatory, should ample space (including head space) not be made for participation in discussion and practice by those who have an atheist, agnostic, secular, or science orientation???--Poor Richard 12:00, 10 September 2011 (UTC)