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I didn't intend to do that-- I HATE it when people sneak up on me with evangelical intent! I merely opened my heart to hear a poem, and God bubbled to the surface. No, not that God, the one claimed by the Christian right: (who want you to believe that Jesus is a Republican--) I mean the God you knew as a kid. Of course there's a God! It's so obvious when you look, wide-eyed and innocent, at the miracle of existence-- how cool it is just to be alive! But then, growing up, you found out that there are Religions that each have all this STUFF about who God is. They make it seem so complicated! But really it's very simple: Just love. Everyone. Always. Devotedly, passionately. And-- forgive EVERYone. That's all. No, it's NOT easy, but it is simple. It works in every heart It works in every culture It works-- with or without religion. Religion might help you find your heart's door handle-- reading about the loving kindness of a saint, an avatar, a rabbi, a mystic, a Sufi, a Master. But it could be that God is always singing a love song to you through a flower, that rainbow, a sunset, the voice of a friend, or even, my beloved, this little poem. Are you listening?
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Dec 4, 2013
Dec 4, 2013 at 9:42 AM UTC
Love Song
I didn't intend to do that-- I HATE it when people sneak up on me with evangelical intent! I merely opened my heart to hear a poem, and God bubbled to the surface. No, not that God, the one claimed by the Christian right: (who want you to believe that Jesus is a Republican--) I mean the God you knew as a kid. Of course there's a God! It's so obvious when you look, wide-eyed and innocent, at the miracle of existence-- how cool it is just to be alive! But then, growing up, you found out that there are Religions that each have all this STUFF about who God is. They make it seem so complicated! But really it's very simple: Just love. Everyone. Always. Devotedly, passionately. And-- forgive EVERYone. That's all. No, it's NOT easy, but it is simple. It works in every heart It works in every culture It works-- with or without religion. Religion might help you find your heart's door handle-- reading about the loving kindness of a saint, an avatar, a rabbi, a mystic, a Sufi, a Master. But it could be that God is always singing a love song to you through a flower, that rainbow, a sunset, the voice of a friend, or even, my beloved, this little poem. Are you listening?
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Dec 4, 2013
Dec 4, 2013 at 9:42 AM UTC
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