5 Ways to Find Your Faith
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Why do many people feel a sudden pull toward faith in their late 40s and early 50s?
Why is it in your late 40s and early 50s, maybe before, that you find a pull to religion when you didn't have one before? Uh, that might seem weird because we're talking about faith here, which is a belief in things unseen. The faith in things unseen that you had from a kid, they don't grow as you get older. You don't, like, you know, at 49 years old, you're like, you know, I do believe in Santa Claus. I think they're making a good case for the tooth fairy, said no 49-year-old. Ever who's of sound mind. I myself was raised in the evangelical Christian tradition. I converted to Catholicism as a teenager, probably as an act of adolescent rebellion. My parents didn't like it at first, but they finally conceded that was probably better than drugs.
So there you go. This idea of religious exploration, this kind of pull that people often have toward faith or spirituality, maybe even to change. what they thought of as faith. What's behind that? What's the psychology and even the neuroscience behind these urges and and what can you do about it? That's today's episode.
Hi everybody, welcome to Office Hours. I'm Arthur Brooks. This is a show about love and happiness, how you can get more of it in your life and bring more of it to the lives of other people, and that's my mission. Professionally and personally, to lift people up in bonds of happiness and love using science and ideas. I'm really honored that you're with me and grateful to you for that. Thank you for sticking with the show. If you're a longtime Viewer, listener, and and and thank you for joining us for the first time. If this is indeed your first time, I hope you enjoy it. This is today a a show about uh a question that I often get. And as the show goes on over the months, we're getting more and more and more questions.
And when I see questions kind of piling up around a certain topic, well, that's when we'll schedule an episode around that particular question. And this is a question that I get from a lot of people who are not super young. They're proceeding in years. Not as old as me, but you know, people in the thirties and forties often say, you know, I I've never been religious, but I'm feeling like I'm more open to it than I've been in the past. And I don't understand this. People who are on kind of a religious quest, this is related to a common question I do get from very young adults as well, which is, you know, I was raised in a faith, but I kind of wandered away and I'd like to make my way back. This idea of religious exploration, this kind of pull that people often have toward faith or spirituality.
maybe even to change what they thought of as faith. What's behind that? What's the psychology and even the neuroscience behind these urges and And what can you do about it? How can you live better as a result of it? Should you deny it? Should you lean into it? How do you do that? Um, how can you navigate a change of faith or a surge of faith in your life? That's today's episode. Now, as always, uh, please do feedback as much as you possibly can and are comfortable doing. Write to us at office hours at arthorks.com. That's the email address for the program. You can also leave a comment. We read all the comments, uh, even the negative. Uh so thank you for giving us your thoughts. And do us a favor here. One of the things that we've noticed is that a lot of people listen to the show.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
Why do many people feel a sudden pull toward faith in their late 40s and early 50s?
0:00–6:48
2
What does modern science say about why our priorities shift as we age?
6:48–17:04
3
What are the Hindu Ashramas and how do they map onto the four quarters of life?
17:04–22:56
4
How does the Vanaprastha stage explain the mid‑life spiritual awakening?
22:56–28:35
5
How can loosening old religious commitments help start a new spiritual path?
28:35–31:26
6
Why treat your spiritual practice like an entrepreneurial project?
31:26–33:51
7
How does finding a buddy or partner improve your spiritual apprenticeship?
33:51–36:39
8
What should I look for in a teacher or mentor for my spiritual journey?
36:39–50:49