I was asked the question whether I was still a non-theist?
You said, quite rightly I think, that
my understanding is somewhat Taoist. Naming the nameless is to damage
and limit: it is also an arrogance. Being open to the profoundness of
what is - to the naked force of being - and knowing that you cannot know
- that is fundamental. Imagining that we can have a transactional
relationship with the totality of being is delusional: reality is
remorseless. In the preciousness and precariousness of life we find the
divine light. The spark that ignites the transmutation of the inert into
the vital: the promethean fire that burns through us all. Minding,
nurturing and guarding that light, both in ourselves and in others, is
the function of religion.
