So what exactly is secular spirituality, and why should scholars, doctors, businessmen and educators take notice?

''It has to do with the mind-body connection, with some transcendent or higher level of consciousness that has an impact o­n your daily life,'' said Katz, who officially launched the center when the Dalai Lama visited South Florida a year ago.

There is this palpable sea change. There is this deep simmering electrical pulse. There is the return of the divine feminine, the flip of the cosmic coin, what the mystics and the seers call the Great Awakening, happening within the next decade or so (for those who are ready). Or maybe it's just a giant and wise recoil away from bogus notions of a warmongering homophobic paternalistic God. Whatever. Millions are doing it, especially the young.