Normally I’ve been unimpressed with the proliferation of gifs – those little mini-animations – on websites, but I’ll make an exception to this one, where the gif strikes me as a perfect medium for what is a very simple story: sometimes a mud puddle needs an extra trip. And the dog is very patient.
A religious belief… is not a statement about Reality, but a hint, a clue about something that is a mystery, beyond the grasp of human thought. In short, a religious belief is only a finger pointing to the moon. Some religious people never get beyond the study of the finger. Others are engaged in sucking it. Others yet use the finger to gouge their eyes out. These are the bigots whom religion has made blind. Rare indeed is the religionist who is sufficiently detached from the finger to see what it is indicating — these are those who, having gone beyond belief, are taken for blasphemers.
– Anthony de Mello
[daily log (10 pm): walking, 1 km]
That statement sounds a lot more like something Hindu or Buddhist. Wiki sez:
“Anthony ‘Tony’ de Mello (4 September 1931, Bombay, British India – 2 June 1987, New York City) was a Jesuit priest…..”
It all fits; he is of Indian origin; despite being a “Jesuit”. Wiki also mentions that Cardinal Ratzinger did a soft excommunication on him, or something.
I keep coming back to this post. I love the gif! 😀
And I want to say something about the post about religious people. I can’t come up with the right words. Truth is important. Truth in religion is important too. Thoughts?