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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... know how to look . How , therefore , to tell ? One day , I found myself retrieving a walking stick that stood against a wall . It had been with me for years , an old friend , a hickory branch , dappled and gnarled , with a sort of ...
... know how to look . How , therefore , to tell ? One day , I found myself retrieving a walking stick that stood against a wall . It had been with me for years , an old friend , a hickory branch , dappled and gnarled , with a sort of ...
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... know directly , the Sanskrit veda comes from the same soil . We are guided by a vision of the whole- ourselves — and the greater whole - the Self . A stick with two ends poses a challenge to mind : Which to grip ? This is human ...
... know directly , the Sanskrit veda comes from the same soil . We are guided by a vision of the whole- ourselves — and the greater whole - the Self . A stick with two ends poses a challenge to mind : Which to grip ? This is human ...
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... knows better . Many of her tasks require the mixing of oil and water . She is asked to wash the dishes . If the plate is greasy , and grease does not rinse away with water , she tries a little soap . In the simple solution lies a ...
... knows better . Many of her tasks require the mixing of oil and water . She is asked to wash the dishes . If the plate is greasy , and grease does not rinse away with water , she tries a little soap . In the simple solution lies a ...
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... know the con- stricted chest of fear , poverty , and adversity . The gods are not exem- plars of the human condition but an artist's rendering of how to elim- inate its limiting strictures . The spirits who could help 3 Lullaby.
... know the con- stricted chest of fear , poverty , and adversity . The gods are not exem- plars of the human condition but an artist's rendering of how to elim- inate its limiting strictures . The spirits who could help 3 Lullaby.
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... know mine end and the measure of my days , what it is ; that I may know how frail I am " ( Psalm 39.4 ) . Thus sings David to the sleepless Saul . Do we hear a psalm as a lullaby for the wounded spirit ? The psalm soothes . No call for ...
... know mine end and the measure of my days , what it is ; that I may know how frail I am " ( Psalm 39.4 ) . Thus sings David to the sleepless Saul . Do we hear a psalm as a lullaby for the wounded spirit ? The psalm soothes . No call for ...
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action Alcibiades angels Aristotle become blink body bowl breath brings child craft creature dark death Descartes desert desire dream dwelling empty Eumaeus everyday spirits existence eyes fear feel fire forget frontier guard Frost Gawain gives gods grip ground grows guest heart Heraclitus Hermes hidden hiding holds householder householder's human hunter immiscible immortal infant Jack Frost keep knot knowledge knows ladder Lao Tzu laugh laughter leaves light listen lives look lullaby magical Mahakasyapa Maimed King matter means measure memory mind move nature ness never Odysseus one's oneself ourselves philosopher Plato play reality realm reason reticence reveals river rope secret seek shadow Siddhartha sleep Socrates solitude speak stick suffering T. S. Eliot takes tells things thought tion toast true lover's knot truth vision walk wander wash watch wild geese wind wine