Everyday SpiritsState University of New York Press, 1993 M07 1 - 195 pages Transformation of being begins exactly where one is. This is, for most of us, at home. We are acted upon by objects familiar to us, influenced in unfelt ways, and moved toward a destiny proper to a responsible being. Dwelling is complemented by journeying. To live in a home is to journey on the path that leads through the home to a world beyond. A householder becomes a traveler. A traveler is a seeker after new impressions, fresh impressions of a reality that beckons. Opening to the commonplace—what stands in front of us on the daily round—we are open to the call to respond to our role as mediator between heaven and earth. Everyday Spirits is a book about self-perception. |
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Page xiv
... find themselves in foreign territory . Fore- knowledge of how to conduct oneself and where to look for help may be invaluable . One may be able to obtain proper nourishment and live like a human being . Danger lies waiting in such a ...
... find themselves in foreign territory . Fore- knowledge of how to conduct oneself and where to look for help may be invaluable . One may be able to obtain proper nourishment and live like a human being . Danger lies waiting in such a ...
Page xv
... find profit in it . Being forewarned , moreover , does not in itself dispel the illusion but may stem the need to act it out . When we see a stick bent in a glass of water , we do not try to straighten it . When we receive a moment of ...
... find profit in it . Being forewarned , moreover , does not in itself dispel the illusion but may stem the need to act it out . When we see a stick bent in a glass of water , we do not try to straighten it . When we receive a moment of ...
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... find sleep as it was intended to be , complete abandon . Near to the sleeping child in a cradle hovers the first of everyday spirits . Hush , it is the lul- laby . Quiet , mindful of need , we find ourselves there . New - fallen snow ...
... find sleep as it was intended to be , complete abandon . Near to the sleeping child in a cradle hovers the first of everyday spirits . Hush , it is the lul- laby . Quiet , mindful of need , we find ourselves there . New - fallen snow ...
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... find sleep nights before Waterloo , knew this truth . To glimpse frailty and to measure by a law of our nature the infinite expanse containing our travels : That is the hope of the psalm . To say , " I am powerless ; let me sleep ...
... find sleep nights before Waterloo , knew this truth . To glimpse frailty and to measure by a law of our nature the infinite expanse containing our travels : That is the hope of the psalm . To say , " I am powerless ; let me sleep ...
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