I prefer to think of faith, as Coleridge says of poetry, not as the ta…

Sharon Salzberg
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I prefer to think of faith, as Coleridge says of poetry, not as the taking up of belief but as the willing suspension of disbelief. . . a willingness to be open, to explore, to investigate.
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I prefer to think of faith, as Coleridge says of poetry, not as the taking up of belief but as the willing suspension of disbelief. . . a willingness to be open, to explore, to investigate.

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