For this is how religions usually die out: namely, when the mythical presuppositions of a religion are systematized as a finished sum of historical events under the strict rational eye of dogmatic conviction and when one begins to mount an anxious defence of their credulity, when therefore the feeling for myth dies out and is replaced by religion’s claim to historical foundations.

Frederich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy.

http://santipada.googlepages.com/ambiguity

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/20/magazine/20jung-t.html?_r=2

from Bishop Seraphim
http://seraphimsigrist.livejournal.com/865316.html?view=16336164#t16336164

"Christ takes on the appearance of each of the poor
and assimilates Himself to all of them so that no
one who believes in Him will be arrogant towards
his fellow being.
On the contrary, he will look on his fellow being
and his neighbor as his God, regarding himself as
least of all in comparison just as much with his
neighbour as with his Creator, honouring his
neighbour as if he were his Creator, and exhausting
his all in his service, just as Christ our God poured
out His blood for our salvation."

Philokalia IV p 49:114


Rene Magritte's

You work that you may keep pace with the earth and the soul of the earth

For to be idle is to become a stranger unto the seasons
and to step out of life’s procession.

We must march in majesty and proud submission towards the infinite.

When you work you are a flute through whose heart the whispering of the hours turns to music.

Words By Kahlil Gibran

Virtual Therapy for the Soul

http://www.mayyoubeblessedmovie.com/

Ajita asked: "What is it that smothers the world and makes it so hard to see?
What is it that pollutes the world and seems to threaten it?"
The Buddha answered: "It is ignorance that smothers, and it is carelessness
and greed that make it invisible. The hunger of craving pollutes the world,
and the pain of suffering causes the greatest fear."

Sutta Nipata