Actually, the Old Testament is a fine timeline representation of the struggle of man on this path. The symbols are extremely powerful and human weakness is surfacing all the time from the sacred writing. What the clergy of the kind (as in the radio show) is doing today, has to do with a man-made created system, not with God. Eventually, it makes me think all the time at the whole supposed 'church' concept. In this aspect, the movie Stigmata makes a point in the end :)
Karen Armstrong, the historian of religion I referred above, has an awesome book: A History of God, dealing with this aspects of religions. There is also a documentary made after it:
Actually, in the long term, the snoring can be damaging to the guy's brain (sleep apnea is known to be linked with dementia). They say there is a wonder mask for that:
Actually, what those guys were doing is the real idolatry: creating a god in one own's image, thing that is opposite to what a true religious/spiritual path should do.
Beautiful! May the spring blossom forever in your heart, Avias. I think that a blooming tree can teach us (the humans) how looks the real worship: its joyful laughter, its candidness, its growing beauty into a delicate yet thriving act of gratitude! When I first saw a blooming tree, my heart blossomed!
“I said to the almond tree, 'Sister, speak to me of God.' And the almond tree blossomed.” Nikos Kazantzakis
True. And that pile in the pic is fictionally small compared to the reality. I think that says a lot about our messed up minds. And self-soothing ego. It makes you connect suddenly the extreme feminism with insecurity. This connecting path crosses a dressing table :)
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