A Religious Belief Is Not A Statement About Reality, But A Hint, A Clue About Something That Is A Mystery, Beyond The Grasp Of Human Thought. In Short, A Religious Belief Is Only A Finger Pointing To The Moon. Some Religious People Never Get Beyond The Study Of The Finger. Others Are Engaged In Sucking It. Others Yet Use The Finger To Gouge Their Eyes Out. These Are The Bigots Whom Religion Has Made Blind. Rare Indeed Is The Religionist Who Is Sufficiently Detached From The Finger To See What It Is Indicating - These Are Those Who, Having Gone Beyond Belief, Are Taken For Blasphemers.

-Anthony De Mello

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A Religious Belief Is Not A Statement

Anthony De Mello

A Religious Belief Is Not A Statement About Reality, But A Hint, A Clue About Something That Is A Mystery, Beyond The Grasp Of Human Thought. In Short, A Religious Belief Is Only A Finger Pointing To The Moon. Some Religious People Never Get Beyond The Study Of The Finger. Others Are Engaged In Sucking It. Others Yet Use The Finger To Gouge Their Eyes Out. These Are The Bigots Whom Religion Has Made Blind. Rare Indeed Is The Religionist Who Is Sufficiently Detached From The Finger To See What It Is Indicating - These Are Those Who, Having Gone Beyond Belief, Are Taken For Blasphemers.

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As The Great Confucius Said, "the One Who Would Be In Constant Happiness Must Frequently Change." Flow. But We Keep Looking Back, Don't We? We Cling To Things In The Past And Cling To Things In The Present...do You Want To Enjoy A Symphony? Don't Hold On To A Few Bars Of The Music. Don't Hold On To A Couple Of Notes. Let Them Pass, Let Them Flow. The Whole Enjoyment Of A Symphony Lies In Your Readiness To Allow The Notes To Pass.

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