Re: [Zen] Newbie - hello & question

[ED]

Hi Mike,

Yes.  However, 'spiritual' is a concept that has a private personal
meaning that is nearly impossible to communicate; or it is a private
personal experience that is nearly impossible to communicate.

--ED



--- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote:
>

Hi ED,
>Which religion has a spiritual core, and what is it?

That's up to the seeker to find out. The unfortunate thing is that the
message of a particular religion's founder becomes obscured by the
institutionalisation of the message (rituals, heiracrchies etc) and thus
leads to (my new pet word).. churchism.

Mike



Hi Mike,

Which religion has a spiritual core, and what is it?

--ED


> Hi Mayka,
>
> The expression I like which seperates the spiritual core of a religion
and the institutions that spring up around it is churchism.
>
> Mike