"This is the sum or substance of our religion; to wit, to feel and discern the two seeds:...and to feel the judgments of God administered to the one of these, till it be brought into bondage and death; and the other raised up in the love and mercy of the Lord to live in us, and our souls gathered into it, to live to God in it." --Isaac Penington, The Sum or Substance of Our Religion Who Are Called Quakers, Works, Volume II p. 441
Love remains unaffected by the twistings and definings and constrictings of humankind...
so, can that be my religion then?
"Plan A", yes?
Plan B- this is 'religion', no?
is Plan B a birthright? a curse? a happenstance of evolution?
why do I design my meeting with you? why do I feel this need to measure what transpires when the two or many of us are together, and then publish those measurements in some sort of ordained journal and call that "meaningful"?
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Love is un-designed,
Love remains unaffected by the twistings and definings and constrictings of humankind...
so,
can that be my religion then?
"Plan A", yes?
Plan B- this is 'religion', no?
is Plan B a birthright? a curse? a happenstance of evolution?
why do I design my meeting with you? why do I feel this need to measure what transpires when the two or many of us are together, and then publish those measurements in some sort of ordained journal and call that "meaningful"?
Love goes un-designed...
can I just BE, with this?
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