The Wisdom Letter #123
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The Wisdom Letter #123
Our generation knows a cold hell, solitary confinement in this life, without a God to damn or save it. Until man figures out the trap and hunts âŚÂ âthe Ultimate Ground of Being,â he has no reason at all for his existence. Empty, finite, he knows only that he will soon die. Since this life has no meaning, and he sees no future life, he is not really
... See moreâFreedomâ in this sense, has a terrifying implication: it means that beneath us there is no groundânothing, a void, an abyss. A key existential dynamic, then, is the clash between our confrontation with groundlessness and our wish for ground and structure.