Our tolerance for forms of religious expression we disagree with is a precise barometer of our own spiritual security.
Interpretation
The way we handle differing religious beliefs reflects our own spiritual confidence.
This quote suggests that the extent to which we can accept and tolerate religious expressions that differ from our own is an indicator of how secure and confident we feel in our own beliefs. When someone is spiritually secure, they are less likely to feel threatened by opposing views and can appreciate the diversity of thought in religious expression.
In practice
During a panel discussion on interfaith relationships, this quote could be used to highlight the importance of acceptance.
...the goal of all spiritual life is to get your ego out of the way - outwit the sucker; dissolve it; shoot it; kill it. Silence the incessant planning, organizing, running, manipulating, possessing, and processing"... "because these activities preclude awareness of the Divine.
The poetic notion of infinity is far greater than that which is sponsored by any creed.
I'm inclined to reserve all judgement, a habit that has opened up many curious natures to me and made me the victim of not a few veteran bores. The abnormal mind is quick to detect and attach itself to this quality when it appears in a normal person, and so it came about that in college I was unjustly accused of being a politician, because I was privy to the secret griefs of wild, unknown men.
It takes solitude under the stars, for us to be reminded of our eternal origin and our far destiny.
Above all, remember that God looks for solid virtues in us, such as patience, humility, obedience, abnegation of your own will - that is, the good will to serve Him and our neighbor in Him. His providence allows us other devotions only insofar as He sees that they are useful to us.
The most Blessed Virgin Mary, in the first instant of her conception, by a singular grace and privilege granted by almighty God, in view of the merits of Jesus Christ, the savior of the human race, was preserved free from all stain of original sin.
Existence permeates sexuality and vice versa, so that it is impossible to determine, in a given decision or action, the proportion of sexual to other motivations, impossible to label a decision or act ‘sexual’ or ‘non-sexual’ . There is no outstripping of sexuality any more than there is sexuality enclosed within itself. No one is saved and no one is totally lost.
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