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To: sinkspur

Good to hear that the Vatican is open to this move. I'm sort of a Christian Hindu.....the Hindu rituals include incense, chants in Sanscrit not entirely different from the Gregorian in Latin, supplied my need for such things when the Church gave them up. Much more to this, of course, but just the externals were enough to get me into the door.

In fact, having quit the Church after college, and having NEVER believed that Jesus ever actually lived in spite of K-college Catholic schools, the only thing that reawakened my interest in Christianity was a meeting with a Hindu guru a friend dragged me to kicking and screaming.

He was such a spiritual powerhouse, the first words that came into my mind when I met him were: "If he's this good, maybe there was a Jesus."

Have you read any of Bede Griffiths books? A Brit Catholic monk who spent decades in India. I saw a video of him and was quite impressed with his holiness. I'm ordering some of his books from Amazon


13 posted on 10/27/2005 12:12:13 PM PDT by Veto! (Opinions freely dispensed as advice)
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To: Veto!
I've never read Bede Griffiths, though I have heard of him. I'll check out a couple of his books.

God speaks to us where we are and leads us to Him from where we are--usually unbeknownst to us. So continue on your journey.

19 posted on 10/27/2005 12:46:43 PM PDT by sinkspur (Trust, but vilify.)
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