*“The '''religion''' of the '''spirit''' means effort, struggle, conflict, faith, determination, love, loyalty, and progress. The '''religion''' of the '''mind''' -- the theology of '''authority''' -- requires little or none of these exertions from its formal believers. '''Tradition''' is a safe refuge and an easy path for those fearful and halfhearted souls who instinctively shun the '''spirit''' struggles and '''mental''' uncertainties associated with those faith voyages of daring adventure out upon the high seas of unexplored '''truth''' in search for the farther shores of '''spiritual''' realities as they may be discovered by the progressive human '''mind''' and experienced by the evolving human '''soul'''.” | *“The '''religion''' of the '''spirit''' means effort, struggle, conflict, faith, determination, love, loyalty, and progress. The '''religion''' of the '''mind''' -- the theology of '''authority''' -- requires little or none of these exertions from its formal believers. '''Tradition''' is a safe refuge and an easy path for those fearful and halfhearted souls who instinctively shun the '''spirit''' struggles and '''mental''' uncertainties associated with those faith voyages of daring adventure out upon the high seas of unexplored '''truth''' in search for the farther shores of '''spiritual''' realities as they may be discovered by the progressive human '''mind''' and experienced by the evolving human '''soul'''.” |