Man is neither a puppet of the gods, nor is he entirely the captain of his own destiny; he's a little of both.
Man is neither a puppet of the gods, nor is he entirely the captain of his own destiny; he's a little of both.
Oh my God, baby, you are in so much trouble.
The gods are fond of the cryptic and dislike the evident.
Traditionally, I have responded to the transcendent mystics of all religions. I have always responded with breathless excitement to anyone who has ever said that God does not live in a dogmatic scripture or in a distant throne in the sky, but instead abides very close to us indeed- much closer than we can imagine, breathing right through our own hearts.
But doesn't that make sense? That the infinite would be, indeed... infinite? That even the most holy amongst us would only be able to see scattered pictures of the eternal picture at any given time? And that maybe if we could collect those pieces and compare them, a story about God would begin to emerge that resembles and includes everyone?
God is an experience of supreme love.
God isn't interested in watching you enact some performance of personality in order to comply with some crackpot notion you have about how a spiritual person looks or behaves. We all seem to get this idea that, in order to be sacred, we have to make some massive, dramatic change of character, that we have to renounce our individuality.
I guess what I want to learn is how to live in this world and enjoy its delights but also devote myself to God.
I knew then that this is how God loves us all and receives us all, and that there is no such thing in this universe as hell, except maybe in our own terrified minds. Because if even one broken and limited human being could experience even one such episode of absolute forgiveness and acceptance of her own self, then imagine-just imagine!-what God, in all His eternal compassion, can forgive and accept.
Look for God. Look for God like a man with his head on fire looks for water.
Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true.
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