Nathan Smith
1 min readMay 25, 2021

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Hello, Clare!

Thank you for your kind words, and thank you especially for sharing your story. I've not had the pleasure of reading your book, but I think I've come across the title before. I think I'll have to hunt down a copy now!

I love that Krishnamurti quote, I think it captures much of what I'm saying here: a pathless path. In a way, I think I could probably describe this as a path that contains all paths. Of course, that's not to say all paths are good for all people; like diets, certain paths seem to suit some better than others (some paths are even outright toxic for others!). I made my first forays into a vague universalism in order to "defang" the exclusivism I experienced in Mormonism; the stranger realization (at least for me) was something closer to the quote you shared though.

Thanks again for your comment!

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Nathan Smith
Nathan Smith

Written by Nathan Smith

Writer, therapy student, queer; interested in psychology, philosophy, literature, religion/spirituality. YouTube.com/@MindMakesThisWorld @NateSmithSNF

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