Spiritual Readiness

Life is not easy for anyone, including those who do not believe in God or other divinities. Non-believers may, in addition to grappling with the usual challenges in life, often have to deal with trials and persecutions related to their non-belief. Non-believers trust in their own abilities and in what they can see, feel, and touch. Non-believers rely on their own resources and the resources of their family and community to cope with life and make sense of it. Their focus is on the public good, the search for truth through science, this life (since that is all there is), ethics, and justice. This book focuses on how the non-believer can become spiritually ready in order to survive and thrive during the current confusing and often chaotic age we live in. The core of that spiritual readiness involves (1) developing a pattern of moral and ethical choices to live by and (2) establishing the right priorities to hold fast to (family, physical health, work, community activism). Although this pathway is a narrow one that requires great effort and self-discipline, there is no better way for a non-believer to flourish in a life characterized by peace, purpose, and hope.