Exploring Beyond the Horizon

"Hiraeth (n). - homesickness for a home to which you cannot return, a home which maybe never was; the nostalgia, the yearning, the grief for the lost places of your past." Current reading queue: Mindfulness in Plain English (Gunaratana), Radical Honesty (Blanton), The World Wisdom Bible: A New Testament for a Global Spirituality (Shapiro) It's now been six months since I stopped attending the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints  and I've been reflecting recently on how these last six months have gone and where I think the next six months will go. Some have pointed out that my blog posts posted on Facebook and much of my personal focus does not seem to be on LDS faith.  This has been deliberate as 1) I have no desire to harm anyone's faith and 2) I still have some very raw feelings toward the Church that surface from time to time that would probably offend people and damage relationships if I were completely forthright about how I feel about certain th...

Just as a disclaimer, this post may be more honest and blunt about my current feelings as someone who no longer believes in Mormonism.  While my intent is not to offend anyone, if anything I say is triggering to you, feel free to close out and mute me on Facebook for a month - I respect that decision and would not hold it against you. Recently, I've done a few public blog posts on learning about other faiths - reading the Bhagavad Gita , visiting a Buddhist Zendo or meditation hall , touring the Sri Ganesha Hindu temple in Utah .  These experiences have been transformative in my recent spiritual journey, and I love having the opportunity to share some of what I have learned. While the responses I've received have been overwhelmingly positive (I welcome constructive conversations or criticism, but I assume those opposed mostly don't respond, which I also respect), one well-meaning distant relative was quick to point out on one of my posts that her "biggest wish is tha...