We Are Born In Mystery, We Live

The Heart Of Religion Is Not Altered States But Altered Traits Of Character. For Me, Then, The Test Of A Substance's Religious Worth Or Validity Is Not What Kind Of Far-out Experience It Can Produce, But Is The Life Improved By Its Use? That's The Test. Now, On That Score, If You Remove The "religious Cocoon," The Experiences Don't Seem To Have Much In The Way Of Discernible, Traceable Effects.

At The Center Of The Religious Life Is A Peculiar Kind Of Joy, The Prospect Of A Happy Ending That Blossoms From Necessarily Painful Ordeals, The Promise Of Human Difficulties Embraced And Overcome.

Science Can Prove Nothing About God, Because God Lies Outside Its Province.

Sex Is The Divine In Its Most Available Epiphany.

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.