tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017408858396269259.post1094046632471668605..comments2019-11-26T00:13:14.800-08:00Comments on OnlyConnect: Generic ReligionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6017408858396269259.post-8788159770052948642009-02-10T10:01:00.000-08:002009-02-10T10:01:00.000-08:00I like Reb Zalman's words too. Like for you, the ...I like Reb Zalman's words too. Like for you, the words jumped out of the page.<BR/><BR/>I see generic religion at the heart of (dare I generalize?) <I>all</I> religious practice. I think the striving for Oneness takes many different forms, the way light shining through a prism breaks into many colors (or light shining through a kaleidoscope fractures into many shifting patterns). It's all light.<BR/><BR/>The problem the mystics pose to organized religion (which definitely does NOT see itself practicing 'generic religion') is the profession that God can be accessed directly, without the Church as intermediary.<BR/><BR/>What a subversive idea.<BR/><BR/>I think the Christians who I feel the most in common are the Christians "practicing generic religion".<BR/><BR/>Great post.excavatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12977971829976807873noreply@blogger.com