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Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain

by Oliver Sacks

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Oct 28, 2017 04:23AM

“Remember, the opposite of rational is not always irrational, but it can also be transrational or bigger than the rational mind can process; things like love, death, suffering, God, and infinity are transrational experiences. Both myth and mature religion understand this.”
― Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

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“The bottom line of the Gospel is that most of us have to hit some kind of bottom before we even start the real spiritual journey.”
― Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

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“great love is always a discovery, a revelation, a wonderful surprise, a falling into “something” much bigger and deeper that is literally beyond us and larger than us.”
― Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

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“Human maturity is neither offensive nor defensive; it is finally able to accept that reality is what it is.”
― Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

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“Without elders, much of our history has been formed by juniors reacting, overreacting, and protecting their own temporary privilege, with no deep-time vision like the Iroquois Nation, which considered, “What would be good for the next seven generations?” Compare that to the present “Tea Party” movement in America.”
― Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life

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