Religion is reverence. It has been brought by Abraham, by Jesus, and by Muhammad. We can find it in the Word and penetrate to its essence. Perhaps we shouldn't be too concerned with the forms if we haven't practiced the essentials. We can begin with humility, honesty, generosity, patience, kindness, and goodwill. All the religious rituals and esoteric sciences exist to serve these fundamental virtues and not as an end in themselves. If we use these rituals and sciences to support our self-importance, we are hurting ourselves. If we remember humility, honesty, generosity, patience, kindness, and goodwill, we will be serving the Beneficent Reality and the true religion of Oneness. We will be the rose garden.
— Kabir Helminski, Living Presence