I asked Tony
whether it was absolutely necessary that I enter a church to communicate with
God. I asked him why it was necessary to spend so much money on structures when
there were millions around the world who had no food or shelter.
His answer:
Once upon a
time there was a forest where the birds sang by day and the insects by night.
Trees flourished, flowers bloomed and all manner of creatures roamed about in
freedom.
And all who
entered there were led to Solitude which is the home of God who dwells in
Nature’s silence and Nature’s beauty.
But then the
Age of Unconsciousness arrived when it became possible for people to construct
buildings a thousand feet high and to destroy rivers and forests and mountains
in a month. So houses of worship were built from the wood of the forest trees
and from the stone under the forest soil. Pinnacle, spire and minaret pointed
towards the sky; the air was filled with the sound of bells, with prayer and
chant and exhortation.
And God was
suddenly without a home.
God hides things by putting them before our eyes!
Anthony deMello-Prayer of
the Frog Volume I.
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