I Have A Body And I Have

As Known Unknowns Become Known; Unknown Unknowns Proliferate; The Larger The Island Of Knowledge, The Longer The Shoreline Of Wonder.

In India There Was A Sense Of Time That Does Not Tick With Modern Clocks, Just As There Is A Knowledge That Is Not Gained Through Science And Empirical Experiments. In The Modern West Knowledge Is Of Objective, Finite Particulars In Historical Time. India Recognizes That Kind Of Useful Information: It Calls It "lower Knowledge." Higher Knowledge (paravidya) Proceeds Differently, Or Rather It Doesn't Proceed At All But Enters History Full-blown On The Morning Of A New Creation.

A Religion Made Up Solely Of Heightened Religious Experiences Would Not Be A Religion At All. ...the Major Religious Traditions Address The Mysteries (with Or Without Entheogens), But They Have Other Business To Do: Widen Understanding, Give Meaning, Provide Solace, Promote Loving-kindness, And Connect Human Being To Human Being.

Walnuts Have A Shell, And They Have A Kernel. Religions Are The Same. They Have An Essence, But Then They Have A Protective Coating. This Is Not The Only Way To Put It. But It's My Way. So The Kernels Are The Same. However, The Shells Are Different.

Religion Teaches Us That Our Lives Here On Earth Are To Be Used For Transformation.