Religion Teaches Us That Our Lives Here

When I Read The Upanishads, Which Are Part Of Vedanta, I Found A Profundity Of Worldview That Made My Christianity Seem Like Third Grade.

Built Into Human Makeup Is A Longing For A 'more' That The World Of Everyday Experience Cannot Requite.

In Nature, The Emphasis Is In What Is Rather Than What Ought To Be.

Water Is Patient; It Can Stagnate And Let Itself Be Coated With Scum If Need Be. It Is As Gentle As The Morning's Dew. It Is Non-confrontational, Even Respectful, In Circumventing The Rocks In A Stream. It Makes Room For Everything That Enters Its Pools. It Accommodates By Assuming The Shape Of Any Vessel It Is Poured Into. And It Is Humble, Seeking Always The Lowest Level. Yet Along With - Or Rather Because Of These Adaptive, Yielding Properties, It Is Ultimately Irresistible; It Carves Canyons Out Of Stone.

First Of All, My Persuasion Is What Really Breeds Violence Is Political Differences. But Because Religion Serves As The Soul Of Community, It Gets Drawn Into The Fracas And Turns Up The Heat.