Conversations with Avant-garde Sages - The Wizard LLC

Conversations with Avant-garde Sages
journey was the only journey worth taking. And that the esoteric,
or outside, or external trappings of religion were simply there to
serve the purpose of supporting that journey, but because of
human nature, or the way things tend to develop over the years,
those external trappings became the point themselves, they
became the end themselves, and the inner search and the inner
journey got lost. And I think that's still true of Christianity today
in most circles, is that that inward journey is not supported, it's
not even pointed to, and I think that's what the external structures
of venture or initially did quite well was to support that inward
journey. I don't think it happens that way now.
WIZARD: I've described a lot of your postings on Facebook to
Trip as profoundly affirmative. And my own journey; what I've
been fascinated with is how in affirmation like for you in the form
of Thomas Merton, in many different ways comes of its own
volition when one is ready to hear it. It's just amazing.
RICHARD YOUNG: It is amazing. It is awe inspiring in fact, how
the very book you need to read at a given moment comes into your
hands, and the very person you need to speak to comes into your
presence. It's quite amazing.
TRIP: Well speaking of books, you admire the author Harrison
who told you to make his book the last one you ever read about the
spiritual journey.
RICHARD YOUNG: Good old Stephen, yes, I did.
TRIP: Did you take his advice?
RICHARD YOUNG: Eventually I did. His wasn't the last one I
read, but it was probably one of the last generations of books I
read, that's for sure. I had the privilege and honor of getting to
know him personally, and interview him for a magazine we used to
publish, and he used to chide me a little bit about that. "When are
you going to be done with this, Richard, when are you going to get
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