the dance

Every child has known God, Not the God of names, Not the God of don’ts, Not the God who ever does anything weird, But the God who knows only four words. And keeps repeating them, saying: “Come Dance with Me, come dance.” ~Hafiz

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god(ess)

I love Buddha’s simple reply when asked if he were god or prophet or saint. His answer? “I am awake.” The last few years have turned many of my notions about the world and God on its head. No Jewel Tree enlightenment for me, alas. Rather, I seem to be waking up again and again. [...]

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rethinking religion

“To be nobody but yourself  in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.”  e.e. cummings I think I’m beginning the process of remembering the good from the almost 20 years I [...]

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on fundamentalism

“The only truly prominent community that fundamentalists have so far established in any world, real or imaginary, is hell.” ~ Mark Twain I want to begin my thoughts by pointing out that every fundamentalist in every country believes there is just one Holy Book, whether it be the Christian Bible, The Torah, the Koran or [...]

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