Finding out what particular insights mean to people in other traditions enables us not only to respect but to love the wisdom of other religions.

Finding out what particular insights mean to people in other traditions enables us not only to respect but to love the wisdom of other religions.

While doing centering prayer, the practice is to let go of any thought or perception. The priority is to be as silent as possible and when that is not possible to let the noise of the thoughts be the sacred symbol for a while, without analyzing them.

In human relationships, as mutual love deepens, there comes a time when two friends convey their exchanges without words. They can sit in silence sharing an experience or simply enjoying each other's presence without saying anything.

Becoming fully rational is not enough anymore; evidently it can lead to distortions of all the great human possibilities.

Religions have a special responsibility to encourage and inspire people to love planet earth, which as far as we know, is the only place in the cosmos that works in such a harmonious way that it can support intelligent life.

Your relationship with God, others, yourself, and all creation keeps changing for the better. Most of the world's religions have developed maps to describe this process.