| On reading Susan Cato's Time Magazine
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| | majesty of truth. It has nothing to do
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| Canada piece titled, "In Search of the
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| | with believing or not believing, and
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| Spiritual," I became increasingly annoyed
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| | everything to do with knowing and
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| at the realization that many people keep
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| | experiencing for oneself.
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| making the erroneous split between
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| | One can question and seek all they want,
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| religion and spirituality, when they are
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| | and along the way some of their questions
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| one and the same.
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| | will be answered, but ultimately one must
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| For example, in the Time Canada piece,
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| | take the great leap of faith in order to
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| Rabbi Leigh Lerner, who leads the Temple
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| | experience transformation, because there
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| Emanu-El-Beth Sholom, a Reform
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| | will always be more questions than
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| congregation in Montreal, states,
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| | answers.
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| "Religiosity may not be increasing, but
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| | I feel the confusion between religion and
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| spirituality is," confirming the notion
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| | spirituality is causing a backlash
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| that 'spirituality is separate and
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| | against both the new agey mumbo jumbo of
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| preferable to religion.'
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| | pop spirituality or 'spirituality lite'
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| I would have to disagree with this
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| | and the rules, rituals, and restrictions
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| notion. Why do people keep insisting that
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| | found within traditional institutions
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| the ritual and setting of worship is
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| | that claim to house religion and a move
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| religion? It clearly is not.
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| | towards a more authentic, plain, honest,
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| Religion comes from the Latin root
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| | and sometimes blunt way of communicating
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| re-ligare which means to re-connect.
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| | religion and spirituality.
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| Re-connect with what? To re-connect with
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| | I recently took a screen writing course
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| the inner Hero, the Divine, the Sacred.
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| | with the legendary Robert Mckee who was
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| It is the ultimate Grail Quest, the
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| | talking about searching for the truth by
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| hero's journey, the spiritual journey,
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| | exploring both the light and the
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| that we are all on: the Quest for Truth.
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| | darkness, the dual nature in all things
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| Ask any Christian with a true
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| | (what I call the psychology of the hero
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| understanding of the teachings of Christ
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| | and the psychology of the villain in my
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| about 'going to church' and they will
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| | book).
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| tell you that the church, the physical
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| | He was talking about what seems pretty
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| church where people go to sing hymns and
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| | also usually has an ugly side and
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| listen to sermons, is NOT the real
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| | mentioned that the lovely bird songs we
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| Church. The real Church is the spiritual
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| | hear are about some bird staking out its
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| body of Christ where people fellowship in
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| | territory and letting all the other birds
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| love.
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| | in the vicinity know not to dare invade
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| And where ritual is concerned, it clearly
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| | his 'turf.' And all the other birds are
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| states in the Bible, "For in Christ Jesus
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| | just waiting to hear his song weaken and
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| neither circumcision nor uncircumcision
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| | falter with age so they can "peck the
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| means anything, but faith working through
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| | [bird] to death." To me, that was a
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| love" (Galatians 5:4, NASB).
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| | spiritual statement, because it was the
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| Religion is a window unto the unseen and
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| | truth.
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| is based on the years of spiritual
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| | There is going to be a move away from the
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| experience of great teachers, prophets,
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| | crystals, séances, incarnations,
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| and seers. It's not some ancient relic,
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| | mantras, affirmations, and also a move
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| like an old fashion or fad, to be thrown
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| | away from church hymns and sermons
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| away under the guise of a new word like
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| | towards a quest for truth that involves a
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| spirituality. It is a metaphor for life
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| | very authentic, plain, and direct way of
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| based on eternal principles.
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| | communicating which will not tolerate any
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| Along a similar vein, I completely
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| | BS. We can see this already with the
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| disagree with Cato's last statement in
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| | popularity, especially among youth, of
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| her article that "In a skeptical age,
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| | Michael Moore's "Bowling for Columbine,"
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| religion can't be taken on faith." I
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| | and "Farenheit 911" the 'religion' of
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| would argue the exact opposite: religion
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| | today's generation.
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| can ONLY be taken on faith.
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| | A blunt and darker expression of truth is
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| Faith is the cornerstone, the foundation,
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| | underway as people learn not to shun the
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| of all religion and spirituality. Faith
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| | shit behind the sunshine. Enter a new
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| is the ability to see the unseen; a
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| | era: a journey into the heart of
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| complete and total surrendering to the
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| | darkness.
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