joe.. .i went to the church with the lady across the road..and her 2 boys. .then i went on my own...i won prizes for bible study. .. i did the correspondence classes by post ..i was a latch key kid..so i arrived home first so i got the mail..this is before i was 12... parents had no idea... i have never been to a catholic church.. mass in latin as it was in those days to me was stupid..as was their ideas about sex and birth control... thomas merton is a catholic..this is where it is at
to accept the "bullshit"...which most folk do cos they feel safe and secure is poverty of understanding one must think for oneself..test test test all "gurus" say do it yourself.."seek and yea shall find".".i am the way.".. otherwise you are one of the herd following following and following with an empty straw head, the hollow men as in poem by t.s. elliot merle Merle, No, no pictures, pul-ease. No paintings, either. (but, pls. show me some, later?). Anyone who comes to Religion, or religious practice, or Zen practice, or original Buddhism, at any time, is not to be faulted for not being born into a religious family; nor, I think is to be faulted for not investigating religious temples on street corners in our town before we could drive a car or buy a pint. That sort of stuff is as scary to any kid as going to a Bank, or to the Dentist. You can't just go on your own. Why would you? You know, folks would not receive you well. And, they'd ask "WHERE are your PARENTS?" They would not trust you as a free agent. My Church was the Night Sky, even though I was born a Catholic and never missed Mass with my whole family. By the time I was 10, I was a Naturalist, a Scientist, a Philosopher, an Atheist, and very, very deeply religious. A Mystic, one who trusts direct personal experience, and seeks ways to give it a push. I did not find help for this in Church nor in Catechism, nor from Clergy. I thank my lucky Stars! --Joe-the-Astronomer > Merle Lester <merlewiitpom@...> wrote: > > Â jesus christ mike..now we get the picture. > > ..you never in your wildest dreams thought to examine religion when you were > a kiddy?
