ThE pROpoSiTIoNs

• To be human is to be religious.
• To be religious is to be mindful.
• To be mindful is to pay attention.
• To pay attention is to sanctify existence.

• Rituals are one way in which attention is paid.
• Rituals arise from the stages and ages of life.
• Rituals transform the ordinary into the holy.

• Rituals may be public, private, or secret.
• Rituals may be spontaneous or arranged.
• Rituals are in constant evolution and reformation.

• Rituals create sacred time.
• Sacred time is the dwelling place of the Eternal.
• Haste and ambition are the adversaries of sacred time.

Is this so?

(from From Beginning To End: The Rituals Of Our Lives by Robert Fulghum)