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a hyperliteral reading of the rabbinic dictum that the wicked are called “dead” even in their lives, whereas the righteous are called “living” even in their deaths.
Elliot R. Wolfson • Open Secret: Postmessianic Messianism and the Mystical Revision of Menaḥem Mendel Schneerson
You're walking in the forest. You find a semi-abandoned hut and sit down at the table. After drinking a glass of water and quickly meditating, you open up your notebook. The page is empty.
Thomas Merton, you tell your notebook.
Thomas Merton was a Trappist Monk, it responds - You may have already read his famous book "The Seven Storey Mountain" which
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Derart gespurt erleben wir uns freilich selten als lebendig. Im Nebel des Normalen verlangsamt sich der Schritt, ermüden allmählich alle Sinne. Eine Philosophie der Passion hätte wahrscheinlich nur diesen einen Hauptsatz: Um uns zu retten, müssen wir uns verlieren.