This is what I got out of Wisdom School this week. I think I'd like the Quakers.
“Keep within. And when they say, ‘Lo[ok] here or lo[ok] there is Christ,’ go not forth, for Christ is within you. And those who try to draw your minds away from the teaching inside you, are opposed to Christ. For the measure’s within, and the light of God is within, and the pearl is within you, though hidden.” —George Fox, 1652, Epistle, #19, Works 7:27
Thinking about Quakers made me think of "Simple Gifts" at President Obama's inauguration (which, yes, Shaker not Quaker, but I love this in any case and...hang in there, America).
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