Here’s what’s HOT this week:

»VIDEO: “False Self to True Self” (on YouTube.com) by Father Thomas Keating and Ken Wilber

In this fantastic video (which is titled “Religious, But Not Spiritual?” on YouTube), Father Thomas Keating and Ken Wilber talk about the transformational journey from false self to true self and the important role of contemplative practices in the journey. I deeply appreciate Father Keating’s inclusiveness, and he does a great job pointing out that all major religions talk about — and try to help facilitate — this transformational journey from false self (or ego) to true self. It seems to be a universal journey or path, though the major religions have their own way of describing it. I think you’ll love this video. Father Keating is precious (and brilliant!).

»ARTICLE: “Why Be Christian?” an interview with Marcus Borg (on Beliefnet)

This is one of the best and most important articles/interviews I’ve read in a long time. Bible scholar Marcus Borg answers questions about the paradigm shift that’s happening in Christianity, the meaning of “salvation” and being “born again,” the afterlife, and more.

Borg notes, “I don’t want to deny the uniqueness of Christianity. I want to speak of the uniqueness of Christianity, as well as Islam, Buddhism, Judaism, and Hinduism. They are all unique in the sense that they are not exactly alike. But what I’m affirming is that beneath their differences is this common path of transformation [of being "born again," of dying to the false self and being born into the true self]. For me, seeing that all the major enduring religions know this path of transformation gives Christianity much more credibility than if it were to claim to know something that no other religion had ever known.”

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