system. We tend to be overprotective of our particular religious persuasion not so much out of religious conviction, but because we need to enjoy the security of enjoying God’s special favor and to feel better than other people. This is not religion. It is rather an expression of the false self. It is only through genuine contemplative experience that these naive loyalties are laid to rest so that we can see one another as the beloved child of the Father and as persons for whom Christ has died. The