Swami Ashokananda Was A Brilliant

My Body Was Born Into The - Baptized In The Methodist Church, And It Will Be Buried In The Methodist Church. Meanwhile, I Have A Soul. And My Soul Cannot Be Confined To Any Human Institution.

Only While They Are Conforming Their Actions To The Model Of Some Archetypal Hero Do The Arunta Feel That They Are Truly Alive, For In Those Roles They Are Immortal. The Occasions On Which They Slip From Such Molds Are Quite Meaningless, For Time Immediately Devours Those Occasions And Reduces Them To Nothingness.

The Object Of Pilgrimage Is Not Rest And Recreation – To Get Away From It All. To Set Out On A Pilgrimage Is To Throw Down A Challenge To Everyday Life.

Institutions Are Not Pretty. Show Me A Pretty Government. Healing Is Wonderful, But The American Medical Association? Learning Is Wonderful, But Universities? The Same Is True For Religion... Religion Is Institutionalized Spirituality.

...conversation Can Be As Mutually Incomprehensible As Foreign Languages. We Need The Different And Complementary Perspectives Of The Various Yogas - And Ideally Of All Religions - Not Only To Reach God But To Reach Each Other.