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<table border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width="95%"><TR><td bgcolor="#CC3299"><TABLE BORDER=0 cellpadding=4 border=0 cellspacing=1 WIDTH="100%"><TR bgcolor="#871f78"><TD COLSPAN=2><CENTER>T O P I C     R E V I E W</CENTER></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#FAEBF8"><TD valign=top>Valus</TD><TD> "One's starting point is determined by the kind of person one is; the specific complex of aptitudes, interests, and temperament that constitutes one's individual personality or nature. Actually, this idea of there being different paths to God for different kinds of people is well known among spiritual directors of the West. 'There are directors,' writes Father Surin in his Spiritual Catechism, 'who get an idea and a plan into their heads, which they think much of, and apply to all the souls who come to them, thinking that they will accomplish something great if they bring them into line with it. So they have no other object than of carrying out what they have imagined, like one who should wish all to wear the same clothes.' St. John of the Cross makes the same point in The Living Flame. The aim of spiritual directors should be 'not to guide souls by a way suitable to themselves, but to ascertain, if they can, the way by which God Himself is guiding them.' The unique thing about Hinduism is the amount of attention her seers have given to identifying and marking the major alternative paths.... The result is a general understanding shared by even the average, non-professional Hindu, not only that there are multiple paths to God, but also what these paths are. It is as if Hinduism prescribes Quaker worship for one person and the rich imagery of the Mass for another."~ Huston Smith, "The Religions of Man" </TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#F4D5F0"><TD valign=top>shiichan</TD><TD>A lovely excerpt, thank you!------------------ Aquarius/Pisces/Taurus</TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#FAEBF8"><TD valign=top>Valus</TD><TD> <IMG SRC="http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/biggrin.gif"></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#F4D5F0"><TD valign=top>mermaid26</TD><TD> <IMG SRC="http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/buddha.gif"></TD></TR><TR bgcolor="#FAEBF8"><TD valign=top>charmainec</TD><TD> <IMG SRC="http://www.linda-goodman.com/ubb/thumbsup.gif">------------------ <BLOCKQUOTE>quote:<HR>"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies with in us." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson<HR></BLOCKQUOTE></TD></TR></TABLE></td></tr></table>

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