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Lincoln
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since 2007-12-03
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0 posted 2008-06-07 03:32 PM


I don't know who wrote this, and I take no creddit for it, but it has inspired me alot.

"Someone once told me to think of religion and spirituality like seeing someone pointing at the moon--the pointer being religion and the moon, spirit. Instead of looking where the hand is pointing--the moon--we become enamored with the pointer. We can become bogged down and enamored with the "rules and regs" and forget what those point toward--spirit. Instead of a path, it becomes the end result to many."

"Be thou the rainbow in the storms of life. The evening beam that smiles the clouds away, and tints tomorrow with prophetic ray." -- Lord Byron

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FastForward
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since 2008-06-29
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1 posted 2008-07-09 04:00 PM


Happy to have read this.  The pointers in my world are Catholic and Baptist.  But they do look toward the same moon.  
Danny Cobb
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since 2008-07-09
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2 posted 2008-07-13 08:49 PM


thanks for sharing this observation.  Many do confuse Religion & spirituality, but if I read James 1:26-27 right Pure religion is beingSpiritual, but being religious, especial on a part-time basis, is far from
True Spirituality.

Thanks for the thoughts,

   danny cobb

Angel4aKing
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since 2006-09-27
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3 posted 2008-07-15 01:33 PM


That makes sense to me. I see it all of the time. We are so absorbed with the person that is pointing 'the way' that we fail to see the path or the destination. I have actually been there myself.

~~~kingsangel~~~

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