Erotic Spirituality - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism
Erotic Spirituality - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism
Erotic Spirituality - Universalist Radha-Krishnaism
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I also believe that we need to articulate a distinct<br />
spirituality that involves guidance but not<br />
intrusive authority; discipleship and the<br />
willingness to learn from anyone but not mindless<br />
submission to a master; self-discipline but not<br />
excessive self-mortification; self-knowledge but<br />
not obsessive self-watching; and constancy but not<br />
dogmatic adherence to principles or practices.<br />
Above all, the new spirituality should overcome<br />
the dualistic opposition between heart and brain,<br />
body and mind, Heaven and Earth, God and<br />
creature, and one person and another. It should<br />
appreciate that life is a palette splashed with<br />
colors: Reality, or the numinous, irrevocably<br />
inheres in and is all things. (212-13)<br />
I call this new spirituality <strong>Universalist</strong> <strong>Radha</strong>-<br />
<strong>Krishnaism</strong> or natural devotion.