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My latest podcast is entitled: "Don't make this happen when you leave religion!"

The podcast discusses a trap I often see people get stuck in when they are trying to disentangle themselves from religion. It involves being cornered into false choices, which misrepresent the spectrum of possible alternatives for your post-religion.

For example, here are 7 realizations I made in my deconstruction process:

• I don't have to believe in the "God" of religion in order to know and experience the significance, liberation, peace and transformation of ultimate reality.
• I don't have to accept the religious script about Jesus in order to embrace the truth of his life, teaching, spirituality and humanity.
• I don't have to read the Bible through the lens of religion in order to appreciate and apply the universal truths, themes, stories, archetypes, and mythologies in order to deepen my spirituality.
• I don't have to attend a religious organization or group in order to cultivate meaningful, authentic, supporting and mutually beneficial and fulfilling relationships.
• I don't need a religious system of rewards and punishments in order to be a person of integrity, responsibility, goodness, and compassion
• .I don't have to follow a religious teacher or guru in order to discover, know and embrace the truth that sets me free.
• I don't need a systematic belief system to know that love is the highest expression and fulfillment of any true philosophy, religion, and spirituality.