If there is devotion,Then if we mispronounceGod’s Name,He does not mind.
If there is no devotion,Then no matter how correctlyAnd how perfectlyWe pronounce God’s Name,He is not satisfied.
— Sri Chinmoy
Sufi mystic Irina Tweedie was fond of saying that people have two basic instincts: the will to survive and the will to worship. Most modern Americans would accept the idea that the will to survive is basic. This idea fits right in with the secularist, “survival of the fittest” philosophy ...
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