If we don't learn to mythologize our lives, inevitably we will pathologize them.
There is Someone dancing with you, and you are not afraid of making mistakes.
I think most human beings are dualistic thinkers. It gets them through the day. It gives them a sense of superiority and security - that's what the ego wants.
Pain that is not transformed is transmitted.
...religion either produces the very best people or the very worst.
The same powerful Scripture text that brings a loving person to even greater love will be mangled and misused by a fearful or egocentric person. This is surely what Jesus means when he talks about the one who has being given more and those who have not losing what little they have.