What I do deny is that you can build any enduring society without some such mystical ethos.
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I'll tell you what: I believe mysticism is a very serious endeavor. One must be equipped for it.
One wonders how far spiritual and political leaders can genuinely lead us without some degree of mystical seeing and action.
Without a moral framework, there is nothing left but immediate self-indulgence by some and the path of least resistance by others. Neither can sustain a free society.
We can no more do without spirituality than we can do without food, shelter, or clothing.
If you didn't have some sense of idealism, then what is there to sustain you?
And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.
The strength people need to proceed along the path of human development can come only from the spiritual worlds.
With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there is nothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.
No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.
If you have a particular faith or religion, that is good. But you can survive without it.
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