Religion and Religiousness

God will come not

to those who pretend

to be close to her.

It is in the authenticity of each act -

in body, mind, and soul -

...the divine shall grace.

It is in the action not the acting;

it it in the act not the actor.

Transformation comes to the attentive.

Attention to what is secondary,

though empathy is not:

empathy also for one's self.