A quote from The Sabbath
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A quote from The Sabbath
History matters, but how it matters makes all the difference. Historical proximity is not the same as an encounter with the God who arrives in history.
James K. A. Smith • How to Inhabit Time: Understanding the Past, Facing the Future, Living Faithfully Now
Because our maps of reality are determined by our present circumstances, we tend to lose awareness of the larger patterns of time and space. Only by gaining access to the Transcendent Other can those patterns of time and space and our role in them be glimpsed.
Terence McKenna • Food of the Gods
Space-Time Relationship: Space is portrayed as the congealed form of time. As time flows and reaches a point of congealment, it creates space. This interplay between space and time is crucial for the creation and maintenance of the cosmos, with each influencing the properties of the other
Just a moment...
The seventh day, Heschel teaches, is an eruption of eternity into time.
Nehemia Polen • Stop, Look, Listen: Celebrating Shabbos through a Spiritual Lens
Religious time is time out. Time out from personal striving or suffering, time out from the chaos of history. In the sacred place set apart, in the sacred ritual changeless and timeless, in the sacred communion with a higher order, we step out of ordinary time and thereby make life meaningful, or at least bearable.