The Sacred and the Profane | Audiobook Chapter | The Middle Pillar: Science and the Sacred

Описание: Audiobook Chapter | The Middle Pillar: Science and the Sacred
By Daniel Tanguay
A The Middle Pillar Society production

What if our addictions, distractions, and compulsions aren’t moral failures—but misdirected attempts to reach something sacred?

In “The Sacred and the Profane,” Daniel Tanguay explores the timeless tension between shallow pleasure and profound joy, drawing on neuroscience, ancient wisdom, and lived experience to illuminate a deeper truth:
we are not broken—we are starving for meaning.

Inspired by C.S. Lewis’s famous “mud pies” metaphor, this chapter examines how modern culture conditions us to settle for fleeting relief while something vast, intelligent, and nourishing waits just beneath the surface of awareness.

Through a careful blend of science and spirituality, this chapter explores:

• The difference between intoxication that numbs and experiences that awaken
• Why humanity has always sought altered states—and why that longing is not a flaw
• The role of the brain’s Default Mode Network (DMN) in ego, addiction, and identity
• How sacred mushrooms were revered as teachers, not substances
• Why preparation, discernment, and reverence matter
• Addiction as “spiritual amnesia,” not weakness
• Journaling as sacred recall—how insight is preserved, not lost
• The return of joy as rebellion against a culture of distraction

This chapter does not promote recklessness or escapism.
It is a map for inner navigation—designed to help listeners understand what they are seeking before they seek it in the wrong places.

🎵 Featured Song: “Beyond Mudpies.”
The chapter concludes with an original musical transmission created to carry the lesson beyond words and into felt understanding.

Read along with the chapter here:
https://middlepillarsociety.org/the-s...