[January 2003 journal entry]
Virtually all who strive to live life deeply/genuinely respectful of others (esp., those who live in life’s darkest shadows) are eventually ‘leaven’ – i.e., they are hardly noticed influences on temporal realities and on history. The number of individuals who know about their leavening and the radius within which notice occurs are both limited. The ‘religious’ T/O paradigm offers divine notice and ultimate/eternal reward, thus anticipating an eventual separating of the ‘leaven’ from ‘the bread’. A ‘non-religious’ approach to spirituality and ethics is content with the incognito of ‘leaven’ and does not yearn for an eventual separating of the ‘leaven’ from ‘the bread’.