There are two-toed sloths and there are three-toed sloths, the case being determined by the forepaws of the animals, since all sloths have three claws on their hind paws. I chose the sloth because its demeanour - calm, quiet and introspective - did something to soothe my shattered self. My zoology thesis was a functional analysis of the thyroid gland of the three-toed sloth. My fourth-year thesis for religious studies concerned certain aspects of the cosmogony theory of Isaac Luria, the great sixteenth-century Kabbalist from Safed. My majors were religious studies and zoology. After one year of high school, I attended the University of Toronto and took a double-major Bachelor’s degree. I have remained a faithful Hindu, Christian and Muslim. Academic study and the steady, mindful practice of religion slowly brought me back to life.
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