“It is of paramount importance that our spirituality be validated or confirmed by fidelity to our personal experience. A spiritual tradition that is only received from history or from family makes no real difference in a person’s life, for he or she is living by conditioned reflexive response. Only what is experientially true is worthy of a mature spirituality.” SpiritualityFamilyTraditionPersonal ExperienceConditioned ResponseMature Spirituality Book:Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up Source: Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life: How to Finally, Really Grow Up