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A Spirituality Worth Having
“The history we were taught could not have produced the present we are living in.”
— Eric Foner
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“ What I had left was beautiful, artistic and fascinating in every way; what I saw here was machined, rough and unattractive. A burly policeman was twirling his stick which looked to me as big as a log. I approached him politely with the request to direct me. “Six blocks down, then to the left,” he said, with murder in his eyes. “Is this America?” I ask myself in painful surprise. “It is a century behind European, in civilization.”
– Nikola Tesla
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“It is the seeker, who understands there is more than what meets the eye, who is not afraid and makes the choice to go into the unknown.”
— Alan Watts
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“what you seek is seeking you,”
— Rumi
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It is easier to serve the hate-gods because they thrive on the worship of collective fanaticism. To serve the hate-gods, one has only to be blinded by collective passion. To serve the God of Love one must be free, one must face the terrible responsibility of the decision to love in spite of all the unworthiness whether in oneself or in one’s neighbor.
