While journeying through India you cannot help but be struck by the reality that is Interfaith. Here it is a daily existence within life. We often times speak of interfaith, yet it is too often in the theoretical. Here we find the existence of this pluralistic interfaith context fascinating and teaching us lessons each day. Fr. Felix Wilfred spoke of the necessity for becoming friends in order to truly dialogue and grow with one another, and throughout the trip this has been evident within day to day routine. Here the Divine cannot be squarely placed into a neat and orderly definition, but rather there is a fluidity to the Divine. Here the Sacred is not in one place or the other, but rather the sacred is present in multiple contexts and locations. God's song is being sung in multiple ways, and being witnessed and accepted in these multiple layers within this culture. In the west people are too willing to close God off, and to define God to this or that. Rather in India there is a definite understanding of the both/and reality with God. As we continue on the final stages of this journey we are truly being extended and pushed to see the Divine within the multiple layers of this culture.
God Bless, D and J
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