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“Religions mistakenly consider advise/warnings from books of wisdom to be commandments, there are no commandments, no one has ever been commanded by Creation. However, there is Love. If I saw you walking towards a cliff that you did not know was there, would it be wrong of me, in pure LOVE, to warn you? ALL of the books of wisdom are simply that and are meant for us to take from them what we understand, can use, and leave the rest, they are meant to be revisited many times. If I gave you the gift of a warm blanket during the hot summer months, the pure Joy of the gift could not be realized until the winter came. Wisdom is like that, sometimes it is looked at in the summer and so we only find the summer parts useful, but if we revisit wisdom in the winter, we'll pick up many things that were left behind on our previous visit. Religion is a tool that can help one begin Spiritual discipline. Unfortunately many begin to think of the tool of religion as their God. Like any tool, once it is no longer useful, it must be set down in order to free the hand for picking up the next useful tool. Religion as a tool is useful until it isn't. Religion as a God is a cruel and destructive thing that brings much despair.”

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Author:Raymond D. Longoria Jr.
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“Начинът, по който ме пита дали му вярвам, сякаш моето доверие е най-важното нещо в целия му свят ме карат да се чувствам като най-специалното същество на планетата и не мисля много, преди да му отговоря. - Вярвам ти. И аз също те обичам. Целуваме се. Бавно и страстно, сякаш имаме цялото време на света. Притегля ме по-близо към себе си и аз зарявам пръсти в косата му, изолирайки всичко останало, сякаш всяко нещо извън нас и този момент е изкривена фантазия, а не реалност. После устните му се местят от моите, надолу по шията ми, по раменете ми. Притискам лице във врата му, така че да усетя аромата му и се замислям, че на света няма по-съвършено усещане. Всяка болка, всеки страх и всяка заплаха си струват момента и няма нещо, което да може да ме убеди в обратното.”

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