As Known Unknowns Become Known;

I've Spent The Last 50 Years Or So Steeping Myself In The World's Religions, And I've Done My Homework. I've Gone To Each Of The World's Eight Great Religions And Sought Out The Most Profound Scholars I Could Find, And I've Apprenticed Myself To Them And Actually Practiced Each Faith.

Historically, Religion Has Given People Another World To Live In, A World More Adaptive To The Human Spirit. As A Student Of World Religions, I See Religion As The Winnower Of The Wisdom Of The Human Race. Of Course, Not Everything About These Religions Is Wise. Their Social Patterns, For Example - Master-slave, Caste, And Gender Relations - Have Been Adopted From The Mores Of Their Time. But In Their View Of The Nature Of Reality, There Is Nothing In Either Modernity Or Postmodernity That Rivals Them.

The Proper Response To A Great Work Of Art Is To Enter It As Though There Were Nothing Else In The World.

I Am Profoundly Moved And Persuaded By The Near-death Experience.

Swallow Your Pride And Admit That We All Need Help At Times.