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 xii
... nature . " Its exercise , moreover , wholeheartedly embraces our dual origin and the contradictions it breeds . God and nature , heaven and earth , divine and mortal , absolute and relative , immutable and mutable : Being human , we ...
... nature . " Its exercise , moreover , wholeheartedly embraces our dual origin and the contradictions it breeds . God and nature , heaven and earth , divine and mortal , absolute and relative , immutable and mutable : Being human , we ...
Page xiv
... nature . Perplex- ity lies in its being clogged and cluttered . The approach is commendable , but what if one concentrated on the guides themselves the third - party agents that gently ( or not so gently ) urge relation , the ( so to ...
... nature . Perplex- ity lies in its being clogged and cluttered . The approach is commendable , but what if one concentrated on the guides themselves the third - party agents that gently ( or not so gently ) urge relation , the ( so to ...
Page xv
... nature . Its action upon us must prompt a reciprocal action upon the realm above ours . Plato's image of their " flying upward with our worship and our prayers " conveys the need of the higher for the denser , darker , and more gravid ...
... nature . Its action upon us must prompt a reciprocal action upon the realm above ours . Plato's image of their " flying upward with our worship and our prayers " conveys the need of the higher for the denser , darker , and more gravid ...
Page xvi
... nature . They are preeminently conscious forces , able to rec- oncile the opposing elements of ourselves . They impart an ability , enlarging and empowering us to stretch beyond a small compass . With their help , we experience ...
... nature . They are preeminently conscious forces , able to rec- oncile the opposing elements of ourselves . They impart an ability , enlarging and empowering us to stretch beyond a small compass . With their help , we experience ...
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... nature the infinite expanse containing our travels : That is the hope of the psalm . To say , " I am powerless ; let me sleep , " frees one to be breathed in , sustained , and refreshed by the opaque power . The lullaby is always simple ...
... nature the infinite expanse containing our travels : That is the hope of the psalm . To say , " I am powerless ; let me sleep , " frees one to be breathed in , sustained , and refreshed by the opaque power . The lullaby is always simple ...
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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