Traditions without the dogma

Hello to all!  I've been following (reading/researching/exploring) Integral issues for quite some time.  I won't extoll the virtues, indeed the moment to moment benefits, of Integral Theory.  If you're reading this, you probably agree!

Saw a question posed earlier regarding how can one take the appreciated traditions of one's spiritual practice (assuming this is one of the anchoring churches/denominations/practices) without all the dogma?   Caught my attention.

I often ponder the very same thing regarding the Roman Catholic Church.  I've steadily gravitated toward something else.  Seemingly intangible.  At the worst moments, feared to be unattainable.  I no longer believe that.  I KNOW it can be a reality.   A more contemplative approach that doesn't confuse cultural tradition and the two millenia-old allegories (I think many of us have matured beyond the illustrations provided for children) for the evolving, beautiful reality of the abiding presence, suchness, indeed "I AM-NESS" for us today.  

In the distant past, we didn't have large regional churches.  Services, including the Mass, were held locally, often in homes. Isn't the very idea of opening home and hearth to spiritual searching and celebration seem both exciting and comforting?  A lost vibrancy, resonating throughout. 

Just a thought.    -JW