The Truth Is In There

15 August 2000

To which magnificat replies,

Dear Rex,

Thank you for your studied response, in which you (perhaps unwittingly) beautifully illustrate one of my two points, namely that priests are a distraction and an irrelevance. You will notice that more than 99 percent of your letter is about priests, and almost nothing is about God. Enough said, I'm sure you'll agree.

Tony's primary question, "Do you believe in God?" was not couched in terms of any recent, fashionable, Mediterranean cult, but was rather about the nature of man, (myself, in this case) and the possiblity of the Almighty. To this, and to this alone, I am ready to speak. Churches, priests, sacraments (what the hell are they?) etc. are simply not an issue here, and we won't spend time discussing them.

Tony then introduced his third and final idea, which was, "People keep saying you've got to have faith. I haven't got any faith." Nor indeed do I. If God exists, and I now believe such a Thing does, then a man has to be able to access (horrible term, but apt) this Being and Its influence directly. There are no "middle-men" - no dogma, no doctrine and no quotations from that irrelevant book.

So what is God? Well, I can tell you. God is the infinite organising power of the Universe, the seed of Creation, and the means by which order (and ourselves) comes out of chaos. God is also the means by which we can even ask the question. The message is the medium.

How do I know this? Well, I can tell you. There are still in existence ancient techniques and practices, quite real, not in the least arcane or metaphysical, by which a man, any man, can not only experience the Divine, but can to some greater or lesser degree become that very Divine itself.

What are these techniques? Well, I can tell you. The practices are called Yoga, which is a Sanskrit term meaning yoke or union with God. By following the teachings and observations of Yoga any man or woman can directly and personally experience the things I've outlined above. No faith is neccessary. No churches, and especially no priests. Be they called Minister, Vicar, Father, Rabbi, Ayatollah or whatever.

My sensors now detect from your writings that you've been a priest yourself. Is this the case? I'm sure our readers would be fascinated. Also, dear Rex, forgive me for not speaking in the Port today, but with all of this running round my mind, chitter chatter would not have been helpful. Even more also, rather than addressing me as either honey or old girl, how about using my name, which is Peter. "You are the rock on which I will build my church" (extreme nonsense, verse lahdidah).
BW Peter