In our present state, slaves as we are to myriad superstitions,
misconceptions, suppositions, prejudices, modes of thinking, etc., and
having had our childlike sense of wonder and fancy beaten out of us
when we were still small and tender; when we encounter holy Texts we
react in one of two ways:

We:

1) Reject out-of-hand that which we have read, believing that we have
comprehended that which we have read.

2) Accept what we read, believing that we have comprehended that which
we have read, embrace what we think the teachings are and go about
living according to our misconceptions. In other words, we worship an
hallucination.

Both of these, seemingly diametrically opposed, reactions have one
thing in common: In both cases we do not realize that filled as we are
with memes, misconceptions, propaganda and all sorts of physical
poisons that reduce our ability to perceive and cognate we haven't
begun to plumb the depths of what those Texts are really saying.

It is for this reason that I call for the development of a way of life
that will release us from our bondage upon bondage.

Unlike most Anarchists; I am not an atheist.

On the contrary; I believe that only in an Anarchist condition will we
be able to commune not only with one another, but with the Holy that
resides within us but which we have been rendered incapable of
accessing, except for fleeting moments and even that only to minimal
intensity.

Only when we have become capable of communing with one another will we
be able to really and truly commune with our Souls and develop healthy
religions.

Doreen Ellen Bell-Dotan, Tzfat, Israel
DoreenDotan@gmail.com
June 20, 2006