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
... reveal themselves . Their indirect action is manifested as a gap or schism in the ordinary . One can speak of their presence best through a trace they leave — the dissolution of perplexity . My friend's experience is a case in point ...
... reveal themselves . Their indirect action is manifested as a gap or schism in the ordinary . One can speak of their presence best through a trace they leave — the dissolution of perplexity . My friend's experience is a case in point ...
Page xv
... reveals the guides ' qualifications and identities . Oil and water remain immiscible due to different solubilities . In us , heaven and earth fail to blend because of emotional , spatial , or temporal distance . Guidance is needed to ...
... reveals the guides ' qualifications and identities . Oil and water remain immiscible due to different solubilities . In us , heaven and earth fail to blend because of emotional , spatial , or temporal distance . Guidance is needed to ...
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... reveals , by its negation of all possible action , how fragile our designs are . " Lord , make me to 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 ...
... reveals , by its negation of all possible action , how fragile our designs are . " Lord , make me to 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 ...
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