Only One, True Sangha (Community)

We all want to belong.

We all want to experience

meaning and purpose.

We all want to know love.

Therefore, we join ---

I marry.

I am Christian.

I am Jewish.

I am Buddhist.

I am Muslim.

We can say the same

for culture or politics ---

I am American.

I am French, Chinese, Democrat.

But the real Sangha (community of one mind and heart)

is more basic,

and even as it is so simple a concept,

it is difficult to achieve ---

I am human.

And every practice

born of "religion" (which means to link together, to be of one mind and heart),

or born of culture,

when stripped of its veneer of

language, ritual, dogma

and Teacher ---

is the same.

I am human.

I am soul.

I am Soul.

Therefore,

manage your own journey,

but respect every road

which leads home.

agd