The Sufis Say There Are Three Ways

I Come From A Missionary Family - I Grew Up In China - And In My Case, My Religious Upbringing Was Positive. Of Course, Not Everyone Has This Experience. I Know Many Of My Students Are What I Have Come To Think Of As Wounded Christians Or Wounded Jews. What Came Through To Them Was Dogmatism And Moralism, And It Rubbed Them The Wrong Way.

We All Carry It Within Us: Supreme Strength, The Fullness Of Wisdom, Unquenchable Joy. It Is Never Thwarted, And Cannot Be Destroyed.

Swami Ashokananda Was A Brilliant And Accomplished Spiritual Teacher In The West.

A Nation Can Assume That The Addition Of The Words "under God" To Its Pledge Of Allegiance Gives Evidence That Its Citizens Actually Believe In God Whereas All It Really Proves Is That They Believe In "believing" In God

Only While They Are Conforming Their Actions To The Model Of Some Archetypal Hero Do The Arunta Feel That They Are Truly Alive, For In Those Roles They Are Immortal. The Occasions On Which They Slip From Such Molds Are Quite Meaningless, For Time Immediately Devours Those Occasions And Reduces Them To Nothingness.