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The Goal Of Spiritual Life Is Not Altered States, But Altered Traits

I Am Very Orthodox In Thinking That Jesus Acted In His Life The Way God Would Have Acted If God Had Assumed Human Form.

The Heart Of Religion Is Not Altered States But Altered Traits Of Character. For Me, Then, The Test Of A Substance's Religious Worth Or Validity Is Not What Kind Of Far-out Experience It Can Produce, But Is The Life Improved By Its Use? That's The Test. Now, On That Score, If You Remove The "religious Cocoon," The Experiences Don't Seem To Have Much In The Way Of Discernible, Traceable Effects.

I'm Not A Chauvinist. I'm A Universalist. I Think That God Imploded, Like A Spiritual Big Bang, To Launch The Eight Civilizations That Make Up Recorded History And The Religions In Those Civilizations.

If We Take The World’s Enduring Religions At Their Best, We Discover The Distilled Wisdom Of The Human Race.