The Globalization of Spirituality

(New-age spiritualism has made fantastic inroads into our mind-spaces in the last few years. So, what is spiritualism doing in the midst of the most intense materialism human history has ever witnessed?)

What was the point ?

Very confused article. Are you against philanthropy or against pop-spirituality? If it`s the latter, then I have to agree with you- in this day and age, giving credence to the astrologers, tarot-card readers, feng shui consultants and what-have-you is plain stupid. It panders to the scared superstitious child in us, and that`s just not healthy.

But if you think Warren Buffet giving away 31 billion of his hard-earned dollars or Bill Gates trying to change lives through his foundation is to be tarred by the same brush, you`ve lost me. Completely. However cute your sardonic references are, it makes no sense to me. If someone is doing good, any good, that`s better than not doing it. simple as that.

And frankly, analysing Maslow`s theory is first-year B-school stuff. It`s almost embarrassing to see it posturing as an opinion piece.