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Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.

What is wanted is not the will to believe, but the will to find out, which is the exact opposite.

Archive for June, 2006

Soweto, and hope

Saturday, June 17th, 2006 Posted in Spirituality | 4 Comments »

I'm in Maryland visiting a friend. In Silver Spring, there's a film festival in progress called "Silverdocs," devoted to documentaries. At a large outdoor screen in a park last night, a retrospective on the Soweto uprising in South Africa ...

The Holy Grail: still missing the point

Saturday, June 10th, 2006 Posted in Books, Movies / TV / Stage, Spirituality | 3 Comments »

I'm writing my reflection on The Da Vinci Code. As I write, what strikes me most is that Brown's interpretation of the Grail comes so close in some ways, yet still misses the point completely! The Grail legend is a wonderful ...

Belief vs. Trust (again!)

Friday, June 2nd, 2006 Posted in Mind, Quick Thoughts, Spirituality | 5 Comments »

Beliefs are how the ego insulates itself against the potentially threatening activity of the Spirit: they give it a handle to allow it to believe it is open to God. Trust is how the heart truly opens the soul to the ...