One should be religious in everything, have God, whatever God might be, present in everything.
Build then the ship of death, for you must take the longest journey, to oblivion.
If it doesn't absorb you, if it isn't any fun, don't do it.
Oh the innocent girl in her maiden teens knows perfectly well what everything means.
Plant consciousness, insect consciousness, fish consciousness, all are related by one permanent element, which we may call the religious element inherent in all life, even in a flea: the sense of wonder. That is our sixth sense, and it is the natural religious sense.
Only the desert has a fascination--to ride alone--in the sun in the forever unpossessed country--away from man. That is a great temptation.