We All Carry It Within Us: Supreme

I Have A Body And I Have A Soul. And My Body Belongs To The Faith - In Fact, The Church - Into Which It Was Born, The Methodist Church.

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

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

With Mind Distracted, Never Thinking, "death Is Coming," To Slave Away On The Pointless Business Of Mundane Life, And Then To Come Out Empty--it Is A Tragic Error. (116) Trans By Robert Thurman

I Don't Want To Justify Religion In Terms Of Its Benefits To Us. I Believe That, On Balance, It Does A Lot Of Bad Things, Too - A Tremendous Amount. But I Don't Think That The Final Justification Of Religion Is The Good It Does For People. I Think The Final Justification Is That It's True, And Truth Takes Priority Over Consequences. Religion Helps Us Deal With What Is Most Important To The Human Spirit: Values, Meaning, Purpose, And Quality.