If they'd just make that humble realization, we could have such healthier religion.
The only language religion is capable of is metaphor. If they'd just make that humble realization, we could have such healthier religion.
You've got to start [with fundamentalism], though. You've also got to react against it. First, you construct yourself. Then you must deconstruct. Conservatives get trapped at the first stage, constant construction of their ego-identity. Liberals get trapped at the second stage, constantly deconstructing everything and thinking that makes them smart.
The mystic goes through the necessary deconstruction. They are not naive. They've faced evil, they've faced the rational and seen its limitations, and they go into reconstruction. That would be the level that I want to teach from. It includes both construction and deconstruction.
You Made It Weird #253: Richard Rohr [ Nerdist ]











