“Is the appointment of Chaplains to the two Houses of Congress consistent with the Constitution, and with the pure principle of religious freedom? In strictness the answer on both points must be in the negative. The Constitution of the U. S. forbids everything like an establishment of a national religion. The law appointing Chaplains establishes a religious worship for the national representatives, to be performed by Ministers of religion, elected by a majority of them, and these are to be paid out of the national taxes. Does this not involve the principle of a national establishment ... ?” DoeTwoLawHouseReligiousAnswersPrinciplesPureTaxesWorshipNegativeConstitutionPaidMajorityCongressPositive AtheismSeparationMinistersConsistentEstablishmentRepresentativesSeparation Of Church And StateReligious FreedomAppointmentsChaplains Author:James Madison
“Eliminate mental muddiness and obscurity; keep your mind crystal clear. Allow your pure original insight to emerge. Quiet your emotions and abide in serenity. Don't go crazy with the worship of idols, images, and ideas; this is like putting a new head on top of the head you already have. Remember: if you can cease all restless activity, your integral nature will appear.” IfsMindIdeasRememberNatureEmotionClearCrazyPureActivityQuietWorshipOriginalsInsightCeaseIdolsSerenityRestlessCrystalsObscurity Author:Laozi
“Sun-worship and pure forms of nature-worship were, in their day, noble religions, highly allegorical but full of profound truth and knowledge.” FormSunPureWorshipProfoundNobleProfound TruthTruth And Knowledge Book:Esoteric Christianity Source: Esoteric Christianity
“Although we read with our minds, the seat of artistic delight is between the shoulder blades. That little shiver behind is quite certainly the highest form of emotion that humanity has attained when evolving pure art and pure science. Let us worship the spine and its tingle.” MindLittlesArtFormHumanityEmotionBehindsPureWorshipHighestDelightShouldersArtisticEvolveSeatsBladesSpineShiver Book:Lectures on Literature Source: Lectures on Literature
“I don't think God wants to be worshiped. I think the only pure worship of God is by loving one another, and I think all other forms of worship became a substitute for the love that we should show one another.” ThinkingWantShouldShowsFormPureWorshipSubstitutes Author:Charles M. Schulz
“Being, belief and reason are pure relations, which cannot be dealt with absolutely, and are not things but pure scholastic concepts, signs for understanding, not for worshipping, aids to awaken our attention, not to fetter it.” ReasonBeliefUnderstandingAttentionPureWorshipConceptsRelationAwakeningAidsHivFettersScholastics Author:Johann Georg Hamann
“This is the gist of all worship: to be pure and to do good to others. He who sees Shiva in the poor, in the weak, and in the diseased, really worships Shiva. And if he sees Shiva only in the image, his worship is but preliminary. He who has served and helped one poor man seeing Shiva in him, without thinking of his caste or creed or race or anything, with him Shiva is more pleased than with the man who sees Him only in temples” IfsThinkingMenPoorRaceSeeingHe ManPureWorshipWeakTemplesCreedsPoor ManCastesDiseasedShivaGist Book:Lectures from Colombo to Almora Source: Lectures from Colombo to Almora
“But, in conformity to His wisdom it was right that afterwards the Prophet should be sent back from the vision of pure Unity and that he should return . . . toward the separative vision. For, He created man and jinn only that they should worship Him and know Him - and, if they remained at the degree of pure Unity, there would be none to worship Him. In this separative vision, the Worshipped and the worshipper, the Lord and the servant, the Creator and the creature are again perceived.” IfsKnowsMenShouldWisdomWould BeVisionLordReturnPureCreaturesDegreesWorshipUnityCreatorServantProphetConformityWorshippersJinn Author:Abdelkader El Djezairi
“Mountains are cathedrals: grand and pure, the houses of my religion. I go to them as humans go to worship...From their lofty summits, I view my past, dream of the future, and with unusual acuity I am allowed to experience the present moment. My strength renewed, my vision cleared, in the mountains I celebrate creation. On each journey I am reborn.” HumansMomentsDreamPastHouseViewsVisionJourneyCreationPureMountainWorshipCelebratePresent MomentUnusualSummitLoftyMy PastCathedralsReborn Author:Anatoli Boukreev