But I’d better say: I have no religion. I don’t need any, don’t practice any, I don’t pray, don’t meditate, don’t confess and don’t atone, I am no sinner and no saint, no eremite and no philosopher. I just live, amidst this colorful world, again and again enjoying the experience of the immediate nearness and the deep community with every thing existing, and based on the insight that everything belongs to one all embracing totality which becomes manifest in me like in all other things, and so gives me the security to live in the present, to enjoy day by day whatever they may bring.
–Yun-Men
[via whiskeyriver]
I liked this quotation.
It is very difficult to know what to believe. As a lapsed Catholic, I’m simply amazed at the tolerance by rank-and-file Catholics of the pedophilia scandal in the Church. Imagine! There were more than 1,400 priests nationwide who were actually charged with offenses against children in recent decades, and every six months revised reports appear that increase the numbers. What is amazing is that church attendance remains constant, and contributions do not show any diminution. Do the “faithful” have sandbags for brains?
I guess some people can believe anything and will accept anything. My wife and I can’t make that work.
Increasingly, I struggle to find some spiritual life that is not dependent on alliance to some temporal organization.
Enjoying your recent postings– keep them coming!