Spirituality and Phenomenology

[Mihajlo Toviovic]

How does spirituality relate to phenomenology? To me, it seems that phenomenological methods developed by Husserl, Heidegger or Ponty are somewhat similiar to the practice of self-inquiry, noticing, observation present in spiritual practices. What do you think?

[mandyjw]

I had not heard of phenomenology but after looking up it up just now I'd say the both explore the same thing. There are no real borders between the categories or spirituality, science, medicine, art, literature, etc.

Rupert Spira's book "The Nature of Consciousness" explores subjectivity, objectivity and how it relates to science really well. "The Transparency of Things" is another really good one too. 

[Mihajlo Toviovic]

@mandyjw I know there are ''no real borders between the categories or spirituality, science, medicine, art, literature, etc.'', but in a relative sense doing physics will not expand your consciousness as will probably diving into realms of phenomenology. I've heard from spiritual masters  some comments on empirism,  subjectivity, holism, pragmatis and so on, but not on phenomenology.