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If Rumi Is The Most-read Poet In America Today, Coleman Barks Is In Good Part Responsible. His Ear For The Truly Divine Madness In Rumi’s Poetry Is Really Remarkable.

The Notion That Western Religions Are More Rigid Than Those Of Asia Is Overdrawn. Ours Is The Most Permissive Society History Has Ever Known - Almost The Only Thing That Is Forbidden Now Is To Forbid - And Asian Teachers And Their Progeny Play Up To This Propensity By Soft-pedaling Hinduism's, Buddhism's, Sufism's Rules.

Walnuts Have A Shell, And They Have A Kernel. Religions Are The Same. They Have An Essence, But Then They Have A Protective Coating. This Is Not The Only Way To Put It. But It's My Way. So The Kernels Are The Same. However, The Shells Are Different.

It Has Been Estimated That One Third Of Our Western Civilization Bears The Mark Of Its Jewish Ancestry.

Entheogens Are Not To Be Lightly Trifled With... However, If Taken With The Right Attitude And In The Proper Setting, Psychoactive Drugs May Produce Religious Experiences. ...it Is Far Less Clear That They Can Produce Religious Lives.