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Clinton Faces Loss Of Security Clearance After State Begins Probing Her Mishandling Of Classified

Intel

The State Department confirmed months of speculation on Tuesday when it leaked to Fox News that

it had opened a formal inquiry into Hillary Clinton�s alleged mishandling of classified

information on her private email server.

Clinton, who has repeatedly blamed the FBI�s handling of the inquiry for her embarrassing

defeat in November, is now facing the possibility of having her top-level security clearance

revoked � a penalty that echoes the investigation of former National Security Adviser Mike Flynn.

President Donald Trump repeatedly promised to investigate the Clinton�s, so the probe

could see the president fulfilling yet another campaign promise.

As Fox reports, �during the FBI�s investigation of Clinton�s use of top-secret and classified

information on her private server, former FBI Director James Comey said there were seven

email chains on Clinton�s computer that were classified at the �Top Secret/Special

Access Program level.�

Another 2,000 emails on her private server were found to have contained information deemed

classified now, though not marked classified when sent.

In addition, the server also contained 22 top-secret emails deemed too damaging to national

security to be released.�

To paraphrase Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, there is plenty of evidence

to suggest that violations of statutes concerning the handling and dissemination of classified

materials occurred.

Judicial Watch�s Chris Farrell said he believes Clinton and her �circle of national security

criminals� should not have access to any classified information for any reason.

�Their conduct has cost them that privileged position of special trust and confidence,�

Farrell said.

Here�s Fox:

�The department�s investigation aims to determine whether Clinton and her closest

aides violated government protocols by using her private server to receive, hold and transmit

classified and top-secret government documents.

The department declined to say when its inquiry began, but it follows the conclusion of the

FBI�s probe into the matter, which did not result in any actions being taken against

Clinton or any of her aides.

Depending on the outcome of the current State Department inquiry, Clinton and her aides

could have their access to sensitive government documents terminated.

Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, confirmed to Fox News the department�s

formal inquiry.

Meanwhile, Grassley�s committee launched its own inquiry into Clinton�s handling

of emails, an inquiry that began in March.

Grassley cited among his concerns the July 5 statement of former FBI Director James Comey

that the agency found Clinton and her staff members were �extremely careless in their

handling of very sensitive, highly classified information.�

A response from a Clinton spokesman suggests that the Clinton camp hasn�t learned from

its mistakes during the campaign.

In the statement, Clinton�s top spokesman, Nick Merrill told Fox that a final judgment

of Clinton has already been reached.

�Nothing's been more thoroughly dissected.

It's over.

Case closed.

Literally,� said Merrill.

Former FBI Director Comey announced that the bureau had closed its investigation in July

2016, before turning around and announcing that it had been reopened following the discovery

of emails from Clinton on a laptop owned by former Congressman Anthony Weiner.

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CHIPPING MY TOOTH AND ORIGINAL YOUTUBE NAME!?!?! 20+ Facts About Me - Duration: 8:52.

Welcome back to my channel so [today]

I'm going to be doing [another] sit down video for you guys, so it's really late at night, and it's around [9] something

But I still wanted to film a video for some reason so I thought why not

Do a fun like [sit-down] type of video

so I thought let's do 20 facts about me and these are going to be random weird box by the way, so

Just trying to put it out there right [now] so um yeah, if you guys enjoyed this video

Please be sure to give it a big thumbs up and subscribe [to] my channel

[also], if you guys are not subscribed to my second channel

Then please be sure to do so the link will be in the description or I'll most likely be in the card section up in

The [I] [bowl] than the no, I so, check it out. Come on. I am 15 years old

I don't look like it, but I am like yogurt because I am not a fan of the texture

I'm like a weird person where the texture of the food will like keep me from actually enjoying it

It'd be like throw-up in my mouth which makes me want to actually throw I have [four] piercings

I have two on each ear

I have my first holes up here

And I have my second hole this one's like a flower and I got my second hole done when I was like 12

13 and I got my first hole when I was a little baby

So I was like a couple months old when I [got] my first

Piercing because it's like a tradition

I guess for all of us to get our

while all my sisters my two sisters to get our ears pierced when we were like very little cuz so when I was like in

Second grade I chipped my tooth [in] dance class

I remember [we] were doing like some sort of like tap dance and one girl. She like pulled me down

So hard we were doing like a kick line, and she pulled me [down] so hard like her arms really gripping me

And I fell face-first and the this tooth

I believe I can't really tell because my [breaks] are on now

But I used to be able to tell very easily which tooth but it literally like cracked like I didn't crack

But like it chipped like I had to get [like] a procedure done to get like a fake

piece of tooth

Connected back on [so] and it looks so good like the people who fixed it did such a great job because you can't even really

Tell that it's like half-baked

I forget that it's half-baked sometimes because it's like it's a normal tooth, but yeah

so that happened in second grade

and I had to go to

School like [that] actually everybody made me like cars and everything because like they felt back that I look like [a] shark

That I look like a shark

So when I was a baby I used to fall off the bed a lot

So what my parents would do when like whenever I slept over somebody's house like a relative?

They would like put a pillow next to me like my grandfather

He always put a pillow

Next to my body because I would always fall off the bed like they always told me that when they would come back after

Leaving me in the room by myself that I would end up on the floor

But the thing is I didn't cry or I didn't like wine or anything like when I fell off the bed

I just like like so my favorite season is spring and summer

[I] can't really decide between the two, but those are definitely my favorite seasons

My least favorite season is winter because I'm not a fan [of] the cold and like

It's very hard to dress because you have to dress warm, but then again. It's really hard to dress like

Q at the same time your holiday is Christmas?

Because it's not always about presents

But it's great to kind of get the family together and winter break is just so fun

It's so relaxing and it just it's like one of the very few times that my family

We're just we just get along [and] eat, so I could be born in any other like

Generation or time period I would definitely want to be born in the 90s

It was lit in the 90 so I like 90s music. I always sing it all the time even though

I wasn't born the era. So a netflix series. I'm currently watching that I currently started watching is called Riverdale

[I]

Just start the first episode it seems pretty interesting comment down below if you guys have watched Riverdale or if you plan [to] launch it

Let me know or any other

Netflix suggestions that you guys have for me because I need some new Netflix series for watch over the summer time so please

Tell me please my original you too. Name is not a what's up. See it was actually called

Carter's Diy Light

And I had this really weird like logo like I changed my logo like three times the first time it was like this [lake]

Polka dot background, and it had carter's diy life on it, and then the second time [I] changed it

It was like galaxies, and it said, what's up see and then now. It's actually my face on there

So why I changed my name from Carter's Diy life to what tipsy was because it made more sense

And it was like cooler and more like I don't know but I always say what's up guys in my videos

Like in the beginning. I always say what's up guys welcome back to my channel, so I always say that so I was like

You know I always say

What's up to you guys so I thought it would be cool if you guys like it's in the perspective of like my subscribers

So when I say, what's up guys and it's like

What's up?

See cuz my first thing was [I] say like it's I'm making it more complicated than it has to be but I say what's up

All the time my name starts with [a] C. So it just made sense. [oh] the book that I'm [currently] reading is called

Taking flight by Michaela de Prince and know this video is not sponsored. I just really like this book

I just started reading it so I mean I can't really say too much [about] it, but if you look it's Gonna be awesome

She's a ballerina. I love ballerinas. I am a ballerina

Which is like a fact that I I'm going to get to later

but yes um so, that's the book I'm currently I can do a pretty decent British accent because

Well first of all the British if you're british or you're from England the uk. I love you

I love you

They're so classy and so proper, and I just I just love it so much their accent is just huh?

But sometimes when I'm like practicing like the script of my videos, I mean I don't write out a script

But sometimes when I'm like getting ready to film a video sometimes I'll say well. I'm going to say in my british accent

Just because if I can say what I need to say the British accent. [I] should be able to say it in my accent

It's like kind of preparing yourself

I don't really know it's just like my

Mechanism like I always do it and like I just start slipping into my british accent all the time like I just start saying things

with my accent

I'm gonna do it for you guys [-] please don't judge me in the comments section hey guys

So my name is what's up see so I have a Youtube channel, and I really love my Youtube channel

I'm 15 years old

And I love the uk and I'm just so in love with everything everything

I mister don't offend any of you guys

I'm not trying to offend anyone he was from the uk like I said if you guys are from the uk I love you

I was in the fourth grade. I actually played the flu

I wasn't that good at it either, but I don't blame myself completely I did practice

I just had a really bad teacher my middle school years

[seventh] and eighth grade I actually played percussion

Instruments like the exile of bones and stuff I actually played those and I was actually really good at those so

One weird thing [about] me. Is that I hate wet socks like what socks are so

Disgusting and I am a ballerina

I've been dancing for almost nine years

So I've been dancing since I was like seven I believe and I'm pretty good at it. I

Think so and um I really love dancing and I actually had [belly] rehearsal today

Which was like five [hours] long, so oh oh my God, so those were all [of] the facts guys. They were random

They were weird

And how about you guys got you get to know me a little bit better

This video may be a little bit on the long side

but if you stay to the very end then comment down below a

pineapple Emoji comment down below a pineapple

Emoji if you stayed till the very end and if you do, I'll give you like a shout out or something

I don't know, [but] please do it if you did states on the end

I love you guys so [much]

please be sure to subscribe to my [channel] if you haven't already subscribed to my second channel follow my

Instagram save the world and world hunger go to bed on time. I don't know this do it all and

Um like I said, I'll see you guys

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How to print Magic T-Shirts in 1 minute - Duration: 7:28.

Hello everyone Today we will see how we can stamp

shirts or shirts so even notebooks using a new technique that

you'll love.

I also say it has a lot of magic

hope at the end of the video to see good to do so we will make

a series decorated the clothes We are for you want an iron

Also of course plastic kitchen and I will tell you that is the

plastic used to wrap the food and baking paper as I said

we need a napkin company I buy these SMEs thinking

spiderman came in and was going to cut and put the shirt and bone

I do not say that I did not do well let's get serious long

We saw a video in which we were shirts with another tail napkins

of information if you want to see but that's a different thing is a

different technique we going to do is grab a napkin that has a

He was drawing a picture like this flowers can not be our favorite character

napkins that sell for birthday parties welcome

among flowers and now what we do is were cut motive and

we cut a lot because it happens is everything white around my the

it will be white when you put that put the white shirt does not pass

nothing but if I put on a cowboy josé blanco and what is going to serve me

the last layer off the other layers Napkin because only needed

over and cut this and other reasons the same napkin it is something that

we need to do is wrap our plastic kitchen reason

what I do is cover it and cut it 20 But leftovers side against the other

and he reported what we really are others like when classified with

plasticizing machine cut because It is going to be everything I know also

plastic left over but could not cut to the end because I need

calla pieces to plan one with the other

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Shirt eta now only have to pass the

iron over carefully and watching If you are already pegao not if I see that is not

Football stuck all going to spend griddle

Once he passed stopped employing sybase to detach looks great

I love what's fears that sometimes is not entirely

perfect and breaks a pick plastic little good because the ideal is put

another plastic as above chile plastic double and now it is now

as it is for all possible autoritas that can be looks great

is set ourselves is that it freezes White shirt not noticed anything and

If propaganda is Wonder just lift a lot to see how this

video because the end of the video is It happens when you get wet but we will

see what happens now quickly if we put in cowboy did not want

fight to see how it is white outside and also see if it looks good not

It is too transparent good for fijaros looks good now

I put another plastic above for sure and board again

result is very good

As I say that the signal has a surprise that is contrary to the end but

before the end and see what happens if I wash our surprise we will

do to see how we do with our

what famous singers characters we want on our behalf

good for what we do is print on napkins for that with a napkin

bland diet of course I put in a sun I have to be careful because if

napkin touches the bottom of the background when rollers

printer will embrace this role assess whether they will crumple

then for that what I do is cut and putting it around the

napkin so put hair never oestrus or napkin is

playing end of the sheet as Cousin Now record for all of

inside and zeal and I have no napkins personalized short I want to put

in my shirt does not want me and I do get cut as before

baking paper and ironed and again the result is great

see is that looks great'll see if it I can only see it but it is

I love great I think a great idea now for summer

You costumes look like if he were to factory like we bought

Like this one thing beautiful in other place and date give good results

tabloids will not see for example for a notebook and as in this case

which has no green background you can do is color it green white

so when you sticking parents will not notice as white

you will see greener because I do the same Grilled passed me, too

It operates a very quick idea decorate to see us as the name

both ideal for a neighbor final what happens

if their best not wet my when you have two layers of plastic

then nothing happens if you look at such wet which he removed it and I see it as identical

It was before Now what happens if wet and also

but comes or not machine wash improved now but let's see what

would happen if I did that Well in that case I'll do

again I will return to wet and I'll face more so get a little

remojón and what I do is the protocol I had a stain

then the pair Apparently not It's okay to see we will bring more

especially strong because the moment Web

Here begins the magic magic falls we put the patch falls off the

Payment stand but if we catch now we again in this shirt

We ironed and is perfect as the ie first time we found

a way tampa shirts so

provisional as we recorded it will but we can re-operate

fijaros what about I have done at home

it does have more crime because This happens spoils starts

It is also true that discolor it I had not put plastic over

she had a hole or causes a sense that although it is not

clear what the problem is that caesar I started jogging happens like

before water contact classic clothes lift it off but

This fear is nothing happens because the west is cleaned and cleaned or

pill can not be reattached say with shopping and but you're not

good by Costa we have done nothing I do not like huge if you liked

and see you in the next tutorial

there are

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World's Top Religious Leaders Unite to Issue an Urgent Message to Humanity - Duration: 6:35.

World�s Top Religious Leaders Unite to Issue an Urgent Message to Humanity

by Carey Wedler

Amid continuously mounting tensions and division throughout the world, religious leaders of

various faiths recently came together to issue a plea to their followers: make friends with

those who hold beliefs different from your own.

�Our advice is to make friends to followers of all religions,� said Ayatollah Sayyid

Fadhel Al-Milani, a senior Shia Muslim cleric in the U.K., in a video recently posted to

Youtube.

It is accessible in 16 languages.

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The Make Friends channel seeks to foster global community and tolerance by signaling to adherents

of different faiths that it�s okay, if not vital, to build connections with others.

�We are called, as we like to say, to look into one another�s eyes in order to see

more deeply and in order to recognize the beauty of God in every living human being,�

said Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of the Eastern Orthodox Church.

�Friendship and getting to know one another are the antidotes to negativity and divisions

in society, enhancing understanding and unity,� reads the caption accompanying the three-minute

video, which was released at a press conference in London last week.

The video is a compilation of individual religious leaders � from Buddhism to Islam to Judaism

and Christianity � promoting this message.

Those individual interviews are also available on Make Friends Youtube channel.

�Personal contact is believed to counter misperceptions, prejudices and distrust,�

says a press release issued with the premiere of the video and announcement of the campaign,

which is sponsored by the Elijah Interfaith Institute.

That release summarized the sentiments of various leaders:

�Pope Francis and Rabbi Abraham Skorka demonstrate how their religious experiences have been

enriched by their interfaith friendship.

Grand Mufti of Egypt Shawki Allam stresses not to focus on differences between religious

groups.

The Dalai Lama calls for a deepening of spiritual friendship.

Rabbi Jonathan Sacks says �One of the wonderful things about spending time with people completely

unlike you is that you discover how much you have in common.

The same fears, hopes and concerns.�

�Archbishop of the Church of Sweden Antje Jackel�n stresses the importance for society:

�This should start a process that will take prejudices away and where new insights and

hope is born.� The Archbishop of Canterbury adds that �It�s not complicated, start

with sharing what we all share, which is the pleasure of conversation.��

The full list of leaders is as follows:

�Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew I � Grand Mufti Shawki Allam � Pope Francis � H.H.

the Dalai Lama � Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks � Ayatollah Sayyid Fadhel Al-Milani � Bhai

Sahib Mohinder Singh � Mata Amritanandamayi (Amma)

� Archbishop Justin Welby � Sri Sri Ravi Shankar � Archbishop Antje Jackel�n � Ayatollah

Sayyid Hassan Al-Qazwini �Rabbi Abraham Skorka � Ven.

Khandro Rinpoche�

According to Prof. Gregory M. Reichberg of the Norwegian Peace Research Institute Oslo

(PRIO), who attended the press conference in London, said misunderstanding and hating

other religions �sets us up for a bad dynamic and tends to produce what we fear.�

�That misunderstanding stems from the lack of contact between religious people of different

faiths, fueling prejudices and social tension,� says the press release.

It�s admittedly undeniable that the institutions many of these leaders represent are responsible

for grave injustices, both currently and throughout human history.

Yet as Rabbi Dr. Alon Goshen-Gottstein, director of the Elijah Interfaith Institute and the

chief organizer of the joint statement, said during the press conference:

�We cannot deny that in the books of many religions you can find texts that are

not very open, even hostile, to people of other faiths.

Therefore, when the world�s most important leaders call for friendship, they are in fact

affirming a particular way of practicing religion and rejecting another.�

However, whatever one�s feelings on religious institutions� past transgressions and the

value of religion in general, the power of religion is impossible to dismiss.

A 2010 Pew Research survey found roughly 84% of the world�s population � or 5.8 billion

people out of 6.9 billion � adheres to some form of religious belief.

Martijn Lampert, head researcher at Glocalities, which contributed research to Motivaction,

a data analysis firm located in the Netherlands, said at the press conference that �a message

promoting friendship across religions is likely to resonate with the majority of religious

people around the world.�

He based his statement on a recent survey he conducted that �found that people of

all faiths are generally open to people with other beliefs.�

See video from the link below in our description.

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Marzia, I'm sorry.

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YouTube - Snapchat Kilgus Diaries Ep1 - Duration: 1:16.

Hey, this is Carlos from First Contact, so let me tell you a story..

So Mary Kilgus, a local attorney has hired us to do the media and run her political campaign

for County Judge here in Lycoming County..

BUT, she has also allowed us unprecedented access to film the inner workings of the campaign--wow!..

Unprecedented because I don't think I've ever seen anyone film or document a political race and then posted it online in real time..

You can find out more about Mary if you screenshot the series of Snaps at the end of this Snaptrail..

The most interesting part about this race though is the context that was created by

her political opponent..

I'm hoping this context is a teaching moment about marketing and branding, but I'll tell you about that more ---tomorrow....

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Learn the Animals with Kinder surprises 7 Part Educational cartoons for children - Duration: 3:58.

Child development channel "Theleb" is!

Hi hi hi!

We have a different Kinder interesting animals,

let us begin to open surprises and meet

animals closer.

Here are the first jumps Kinder!

Let's open it!

Wow!

This Toucan!

Toucans are very interesting birds.

They have a very big beak.

But they are very curious, trusting and clever

birds.

So they are easy to tame.

But the new Kinder Surprise, This Kinder Surprise

He is hiding all this it Anteater Anteaters interesting and

amazing animals.

They feed on ants and termites, but they have no

teeth.

But there is a very long nose, which he puts

in the home of termites and ants, and sticky, long tongue,

to which all adhere.

What kind of animal is waiting us in this Kinder

A Taam!

Battleship!

In armadillo on his back It has a protective shell,

like a turtle, when Battleship frightened, he curls

in a ball becomes closed this armor, they have a very

poor eyesight but a very good ear to hear

and scent, to a great distance sniff out the enemy or his

kinsman.

Here are the next egg to us jumping, and it

Opossum!

Opossums resemble fluffy rats, they have a long

tail, where possums can be hung for a long time,

sleeping these animals for 19 hours per day, and at night looking for food.

Despite the fact that they grow up to the size of

cats they are very hungry and can eat almost anything

that will fall under his paw: leaves, fruits, lizards and

etc.

And we continue to open surprises.

Open up!

And I am sitting in the egg ....

Sloth.

Sloths, considered the most slow animals in

world.

Therefore, from the called sloths, but they are very nice

and harmless animals.

They like to hang upside down on the trees.

They feed on leaves and are excellent swimmers,

despite my laziness and clumsiness on the ground.

Well, that's the last Kinder surprise rushes us to

we saw what animal it was hidden

A Tamm!

Wow!

A hen!

Chicken, poultry, having wings that are not

can fly as usual birds, only a few

meters in height.

Hen lay each day eggs and for this they

You do not need to have their nest, like other birds.

So we have opened six Kinder surprises with interesting

animals and met with them!

Cartoon coming to an end, but you can see

and other cartoons about Kinder surprises with amazing

animals.

And so as not to miss our new educational cartoons,

Subscribe to our channel evaluate and write in the comments,

who among these wonderful animals like you more!

Till!

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Care Of The Soul The Spiritual Imagination - Duration: 6:33.

Care Of The Soul: The Spiritual Imagination

What is the role of imagination in matters of ultimate concern?

This is one of the top issues in the spiritual life and certainly in religion: many religious

and even spiritual people are suspicious of the imagination.

They are afraid that speaking of metaphor, story, poetics, and image takes something

important away from the essential focus of their lives.

They believe that fact is more important than insight, values, or understanding.

They want to know where Noah�s Ark landed, not what it represents.

And yet, the religious traditions are mainly stories.

The Gospels tell story after story about Jesus� activities, and then relate story after story

that he himself tells.

At one point he says plainly: �I speak in parables.� That is to say that Jesus is

the most ardent champion of the imagination.

Zen Buddhism, like Buddhism in general, is also full of stories.

The Sufis tell hundreds of stories about their favorite foolish character, Nasrudin.

And these stories take you to a place of spiritual discovery.

In 18th-century England, when the industrial revolution was under way, the poet William

Blake tried in his poetry to counter the trend toward dehumanization and literalism and referred

to Jesus as the imagination itself.

Later, William Morris, social reformer, poet, and artisan, countered the prevailing soulless

society by making strong, colorful, and vibrant wallpaper.

Imagination in ordinary life.

Today we have our own version of the thick-headed, fact-obsessed culture that Blake and Morris

fought.

We have it in almost every field, where quantification and materialistic interpretations cast a spell�the

lure of modern materialism.

The imagination is weakened as never before, even in religion, where literalism and preoccupation

with facts chase away any chance of glimpsing the mystery that lies at the heart of all

spiritual adventures.

Once, I was giving a lecture in England and mentioned Blake as the champion of imagination.

A man stood up and shouted at me: �Blake was a madman.

You have no business bringing him up here.� Today, too, you almost have to be a mad person

to speak on behalf of imagination taken seriously.

People don�t mind the idea of cleverness and ingenuity.

But that isn�t the kind of imagination Blake and Morris were trying to revive.

When I first moved to New England in the mid-�80s, I created an institute, a bona fide nonprofit

organization, that I called the Institute for the Study of Imagination.

I meant it seriously, of course, but most people, when they heard of it, laughed.

I understand that it may seem strange to devote your attention to the imagination, but I wondered

whether the laughter represented our society�s dismissal of something so important.

Blake and Morris would not have laughed.

Here is how I see the imagination playing a central role in the spiritual life.

Human beings have a natural pull deep into actual life with all its complexity and challenges.

It�s wonderful�I call it soul.

But we also have an instinct to explore and taste the mystery of it all and the highest,

most ideal and sublime values.

That is the spirit.

But that mystery can�t be defined or placed in a test tube.

We approach it through images that bring us close and give us good hints about the elusive

element we�re searching for.

The imagination�all those stories and parables and rituals�serves the spirit and gives

image to the unnamable.

To worship the image or confuse it with facts is to miss the very point of spiritual expression.

To benefit from the spiritual insights of millennia, we need two powers: one, the capacity

to make effective and powerful images, and two, the ability to grasp the thrust of those

images and be transformed by them, to feel the presence of the unknown that they conjure

up.

Again, if you confuse the image with what you are seeking, you will not be in the realm

of spirit at all.

If you translate it into concepts or moral demands, you will have lost the necessary

image.

Working with imagination is a delicate business.

Some people want nothing to do with religious and spiritual images.

Others make too much of them by treating them as facts.

Religious images are a means, not an end.

They allow us to be in the presence of the great mystery of life�but to benefit from

such powerful images, you have to take care not to make them into idols, interpret them

too far, or get stuck on only one set of images.

There is a great deal to learn about the imagination, and the best way to begin might be to read

one of the sacred stories, as story, and open yourself to the mysterious state of mind in

which the story places you.

Steep in it, live with it, talk about it, make

it one of your own.