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Poetry for People
Who Don't Read Poetry. Spirituality for Me
and Maybe You.
Chris Spark

"[Spark] definitely has something going here: the quick take, unexpected turn-arounds, lots of playfulness... delightful in many instances." —Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate
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Three Short Poems That Somehow Go Together
Spinning gold. This is what artists do. Straw to gold. Shit to flowers. Sorrow seen through.  Being polite? That’s a human thing. God...

Chris Spark
May 291 min read
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Modern Anxiety
Anxiety is resistance to the call of living fully. It is a refusal to stop and breathe. To look around and to look within. Anxiety is...

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May 122 min read
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True Wisdom
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May 71 min read
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Artificial Virtue
It’s important, I think, to distinguish between morality and virtue.  Morality is a set of rules. Rules are abstractions imposed on...

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May 63 min read
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The best reason to be happy
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May 51 min read
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Less Drama, More Excitement
I think it’s helpful to distinguish between drama and excitement. I think the more fundamental human need is excitement. Drama is just...

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May 24 min read
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Sacred Texts
print available upon request Find this on Medium here: https://medium.com/@sparkwrites/sacred-texts-1c270c02f720

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May 11 min read
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Spirituality 8 - How to Ride a Wolf
The wolf isn’t attracted by hard work or struggle or careful planning.

Chris Spark
Aug 12, 20249 min read
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Spirituality 8 - The Firebird
Spirituality, like existentialism and atheism, faces naked reality. The difference is that spirituality faces more of reality.

Chris Spark
Aug 12, 20245 min read
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Spirituality 7 - The Adventure of You
Western culture emphasizes individualism more than most other cultures. But it's still a watered-down version. Call it Individuality Lite.

Chris Spark
Aug 12, 20245 min read
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Spirituality 6 - The Void
Most people don’t consciously register they are doing this difficult work of sorting through swarms of often clashing ideas.

Chris Spark
Aug 12, 20244 min read
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Spirituality 5 - Meditation: Leaving Your Room
We can even allow the thought that we’re failing miserably at meditation.

Chris Spark
Aug 4, 20246 min read
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Spirituality 4: Thoughts - The Little Room We (Almost) Never Leave
In a nutshell, we live in a nutshell.

Chris Spark
Jul 27, 20244 min read
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Spirituality 3: Detachment
To speak about the greatest possible reality, logic itself tells us that we have to sometimes speak nonlogically.

Chris Spark
Jul 27, 20244 min read
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Spirituality 2: Denial
You can’t fight something and see it clearly at the same time.

Chris Spark
Jul 25, 20245 min read
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Spirituality 1: What Is Spirituality?
True spirituality manifests itself powerfully in our tie-our-shoelaces, wipe-our-noses, everyday reality. Otherwise, why should we care?

Chris Spark
Jul 24, 20242 min read
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You Don't Have to Explain Yourself: Language, Logic, & Ultimate Truth
No Western philosopher was a painter.

Chris Spark
Apr 7, 20246 min read
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Alone - A Life-Giving Definition
We are each the sole monarch of a kingdom...

Chris Spark
Mar 7, 20242 min read
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On Being an Artist: A Response to Nick Cave
Someone recently emailed me a post by the musician/songwriter Nick Cave, and I felt compelled to write a response.

Chris Spark
Feb 20, 20243 min read
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Be Unreasonable
We find the essence of who we are in the activities we do for no reason.

Chris Spark
Feb 5, 20241 min read
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