All -isms End Up In Schisms.

I Come From A Missionary Family - I Grew Up In China - And In My Case, My Religious Upbringing Was Positive. Of Course, Not Everyone Has This Experience. I Know Many Of My Students Are What I Have Come To Think Of As Wounded Christians Or Wounded Jews. What Came Through To Them Was Dogmatism And Moralism, And It Rubbed Them The Wrong Way.

Swami Ashokananda Was A Brilliant And Accomplished Spiritual Teacher In The West.

The Goal Of Spiritual Life Is Not Altered States, But Altered Traits

God Is Defined By Jesus But Not Confined To Jesus.

I Have A Body And I Have A Soul. And My Body Belongs To The Faith - In Fact, The Church - Into Which It Was Born, The Methodist Church.