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the relationship with the primary text means
we cannot predict where the path will lead us
where the path leads us is not our business
the content of the path not primary
to walk it is our business, daily, moment-by-moment
Grace is to be invited into all life
all the nooks and crannies
dissolving the illusion of "spiritual" and "secular"
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what is most primary in relationship with this primary text
will be viewed diversely among us
and may change many times for any one of us ~
go with the change, even if it conflicts with
what you were instructed in as to the primary text
indeed, one may find by serving the primary text
he or she will be led from or invited from
the spiritual or religious communion that
had nurtured his or her faith experience prior
a Christian may, for example, find
Jesus comes to look much the same, much different
from how he first appeared
while more human, more real
Buddha for a Buddhist
may become a less well-defined Buddha
while more intriguing and intimate
while, the path leads from intimacy to intimacy
with no confusion between secondary means and primary text
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"You shall have no other gods before you"
speaks to the final claim on our lives
by the primary text
only "God"
is "God"
leads to "God"
only "Truth"
expresses "Truth"
to enjoy "Love"
one loves "Love"
one cannot enjoy conjugal union with a beloved
sitting on the bed reading about techniques of love-making
one cannot speak of the taste of the Beloved's Wine
studying the history of wine-making
if you keep playing with sand on the shore
how will you know the power of the Ocean tides?
how shall you ever give a sweet kiss to the Sun
if you don't stop staring at the moon?
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