Eat. Pray. Love.

I found this on a bookshelf

in my friend's apartment.

I have been reading for 20 minutes

and am on the 6th chapter.

From here on out,

i will be putting quotes from this book on my blog.

Number 1:

Names for God

The Universe, The Great Void, The Force,

The Supreme Self, The Whole, The Creator, The Light,

The Higher Power.

"I have nothing against any of these terms. I feel they are all equal

because they are all equally adequate and inadequate descriptions

of the indescribable. But we each do need a functional name for this indescribability,

and "God" is the name that feels the most warm to me."

"Most of the Christians i know accept my feelings on this with grace and open-

mindedness. Then again, most of the Christians I know don't speak very strictly."

"Traditionally, I have responded to the transcendent mystics of all religions.

I have always responded with breathless excitement to anyone who has ever said

that God does not live in a dogmatic scripture or in a distant throne in the sky,

but instead abides very close to us indeed-much closer than we can imagine,

breathing right through our own hearts.

I respond with gratitude to anyone who has ever voyaged to the center of that heart,

and who has then returned to the world with a report for the rest of us that God is

an experience of supreme love."