“Once we awaken to the Beauty which is God,
there is a great sense of homecoming.”
—John O’Donohue
there is a great sense of homecoming.”
—John O’Donohue
My religion is Beauty. This may sound iconoclastic, but I don’t mean it that way. As an ordained minister and former pastor of two lovely, progressive congregations, I do believe in organized religion! But not all expressions of my own faith, Christianity, can be called beautiful. In fact, those which lean toward fundamentalism, or which seek political power and control, are, I believe, injurious to the soul and to the world at large—and even to the planet.
The Dalai Lama is Buddhist, and yet what is his religion? He famously says, “My religion is kindness.” Maybe it is time to think of religion in terms of these deeper human values such as kindness or compassion or love or appreciation of diversity or the planting of trees; maybe we should measure our particular faith communities by these points of light—like stars guiding us through the darkness as we seek our spiritual home. . . to read the entire post, click here 🙂
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Patricia Adams Farmer 
“My religion is kindness.” — Ah, if the people of the world would embrace that concept, we would all benefit…. It’s always good to get a dose of your positive thinking!
So good to hear from you, Lisa! Your blog brings kindness and beauty to all your fans around the world–so I do appreciate you taking the time to comment here. 🙂