The Sufis Say There Are Three Ways

...but With My Clamoring Ego Solidly In Place, I Considered The Title, 'memories Of A Failed Nobody'.

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.

Reserved As He [confucius] Was About The Supernatural, He Was Not Without It; Somewhere In The Universe There Was A Power That Was On The Side Of Right.

The Faith I Was Born Into Formed Me.

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