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Reserved As He [confucius] Was About The Supernatural, He Was Not Without It; Somewhere In The Universe There Was A Power That Was On The Side Of Right.

Every Society And Religion Has Rules, For Both Have Moral Laws. And The Essence Of Morality Consists, As In Art, Of Drawing The Line Somewhere.

A Religion Made Up Solely Of Heightened Religious Experiences Would Not Be A Religion At All. ...the Major Religious Traditions Address The Mysteries (with Or Without Entheogens), But They Have Other Business To Do: Widen Understanding, Give Meaning, Provide Solace, Promote Loving-kindness, And Connect Human Being To Human Being.

The Notion That Western Religions Are More Rigid Than Those Of Asia Is Overdrawn. Ours Is The Most Permissive Society History Has Ever Known - Almost The Only Thing That Is Forbidden Now Is To Forbid - And Asian Teachers And Their Progeny Play Up To This Propensity By Soft-pedaling Hinduism's, Buddhism's, Sufism's Rules.

Religion Is The Call To Confront Reality; To Master The Self.