Dan,
The thread's been kind of quiet lately. I think I will post some quotes for the benefit of everyone's contemplation :-)
The difference between religion and spirituality:
In reality, religion and spirituality are the same. Spirituality is at the core of all religions. However, all religions have forgotten this core and fiction seems to have replaced fact. Religion has come to mean 'blind organized faith' and has become dogmatic and fundamentalistic in its views. Spirituality is an one-on-one communication with the Divine, without the influence of any organization or a
set of dogmatic views. It is based more on personal experiences rather than the experiences of others.
What is Truth?
The Truth IS, nobody can say it. You've got to BE it! You've got to live it. That's Sufism, that's Theosophy, that's Christianity, that's Vedanta, Zen, Buddhism. Whatever name you want to put on it, you have to feel the at-one-ment with the reality. Your surrender is signing off from personality and ego standpoint, then living from the One.
You may now flame away :-)
Mark |
