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Transformation and Transcendence
The Seer
True religion, by its very nature, is and always has been a matter of the transcendence of conditional existence. Without this as a motive, conventional religiosity degenerates into a form of bigotry as the result of a kind of dismemberment of the psyche into a good and worthless portion. Bigotry is always dangerous. It is invariably the excuse for the inexcusable, man's inhumanity to man (and women).
Transcendence can come from withdrawing from conditions, or from feeling beyond them. But before there can be a real beginning of transcendence, there must be some awareness of the unconditional. This happens when we achieve a realistic understanding of conditional existence and a respond to the transcendent (some would say divine). Understanding is the gift of grace.
Full passage at: The Seer
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