Centering prayer is a training in letting go.

Just by the very nature of our birth, we are on the spiritual journey.

One of the great purposes of religion itself is being hindered by an exclusive-ism that doesn't take into account the common elements and values that we actually share.

We're obviously at the edge of something quite new in humanity's experience. That is this globalization process which isn't just economic or social, but involves the interpenetration of cultures, people moving to different places several times in their lifetime, traveling for business or pleasure, and marrying people of very different cultural backgrounds, all of which was almost impossible a hundred years ago.

The wisdom of all religions has to be respected. The discoveries of science are also essential for our time and the future.

All religions proclaim the advantages of peace, loving one another, and "doing to others what we would like them to do to us."

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.