Finding the Divine
Like Duolingo, but for Finding the Divine. Tomo turns the whole topic into a game you play five minutes a day, until it actually sticks.
For the part of you with thirty open tabs that never became anything.
Free during early access · No credit card · iPhone & Android
Key ideas in Finding the Divine
- Sacred spaces act as intentional boundaries that signal a shift in focus from daily tasks to the divine
- The distinction helps people mentally and emotionally 'leave behind' the distractions of ordinary life
- The purpose of designating specific spaces as 'sacred'
- The divine is often experienced when the ego or routine is interrupted
- Different activities like art or service can trigger the same sense of holiness as prayer
- Identifying common triggers for experiencing the holy in different contexts
- Thin places are moments or locations where the routine of life feels transparent to something deeper
- The 'break' in routine is what allows the sacred to be noticed
- The numinous involves a mix of overwhelming mystery and a 'trembling' sense of awe
- Physical signals often include a 'shrinking' of the ego or self-importance
- Diminishing the self-concept reduces focus on individual needs
- Feeling part of a larger whole increases collective concern and connection
- The physical and emotional markers of the numinous experience
- The prosocial effect of feeling 'small' in the face of the infinite
- Awe begins with a stimulus that exceeds our current mental models
- The 'small self' is the bridge between experiencing the infinite and feeling connected to the group
You've tried the other tabs
Thirty open tabs. Four facts you actually kept.
You watched. You nodded. By Sunday it was gone.
One answer, then back to scrolling.
Eight weeks. You meant to finish. You didn't.
Tomo gives Finding the Divine the Duolingo treatment: levels, streaks, and quick quizzes that test what you just learned. That game loop is what the tabs above never had, so it's the one you actually finish.
Here's what playing it feels like
A real question from this course. Take your best guess.
What is a primary psychological benefit of separating 'sacred' spaces from 'ordinary' ones?
Get it right to open this lesson and 25 more in the app.
Where Finding the Divine takes you
Explore how humans have pictured the divine throughout history. This course looks at the different ways people connect with a higher power and how those ideas shape our world today.
- 1
Spotting the Divine in Daily Life
- Where do people look for God?
- The feeling of something bigger
- How we talk to the sky
- Signs and wonders in nature
- 2
The Many Faces of the Sacred
- One God or many?
- Gods that look like us
- The Great Spirit and the Earth
- God as a force, not a person
- When God has no name
- Why different cultures see different things
- 3
Big Questions and Ancient Answers
- Why does God allow bad things?
- The debate between faith and logic
- How the idea of God changed history
3 sections · 13 units · 26 levels. Built to play, not to enroll.
You pick the voice
Finding the Divine is taught in the The Bestie style: your friend who just gets it. Want a different feel? In the app you can spin up the same topic in any of Tomo's teaching styles. Same facts, totally different vibe.
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