Mark Vernon
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What is your spiritual path? Ways of affirmation and negation

21 February 2026. From the archive of Mark's older writing; new posts are on Substack.

One thing is necessary on any spiritual path, many traditions say. Or rather, that one thing is found in two ways which, at root, join together. The approaches are affirmation and negation – also called fullness and emptiness, praise and silence, knowledge and love, activity and contemplation.

But which way is yours?

New essay at my Substack, A Golden String. Cont’d here.