Spirituality

Spirituality holds a very special place in Potentialism. It is also notoriously hard to define.

/ˌspiriCHooˈalədē/

noun

the quality of being concerned with the human spirit or soul as opposed to material or physical things.

This begs the question: What is the human spirit? In simplest terms, it is the non-physical part of us. So, spirituality is our ability to grasp that we have a spirit and to consider its place in the universe.

In Potentialism, this is essential and what makes us such special, unique creatures in the universe. We can understand we are more than what we physically see in the mirror. We can grasp that some part of us exists beyond that.

Birnbaum explains that this sense of spirit is our ability to sense our interconnectedness with the SuperFormula itself. Much like our intellect allows us to understand the physical nature of the cosmos and how it works, our spirituality allows us to

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understand the metaphysics of the cosmos and how that works as well. In so doing, we are perhaps unique in the universe for being able to understand our part in the Quest for Potential.

Not only does this make us rare and wondrous creatures, but it also gives us a decisive advantage to anything else living that we know of. For we alone know the rules of the universe. As we’ll discuss later, actually knowing the rules gives us a crucial advantage that nothing else has. We can play the game of life intelligently to succeed. By understanding the SuperFormula and how it affects the world around us, we can “move with the flow” of the cosmic order. Knowledge is power and our knowledge matters.

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