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Because we live in such a mind-dominated culture, most modern art, architecture, music, and literature are devoid of beauty, of inner essence, with very few exceptions. The reason is that the people who create those things cannot — even for
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“[W]e must come into a transformed knowing, an unknowing which comes not from ignorance but from knowledge.”
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“Yet the now of time is infinitesimally small. If you remove the now of time, you are in all places and possess all time.”
― The Kingdom of Heaven Within You, Vol 2: The Teachings of Meister Eckhart
― The Kingdom of Heaven Within You, Vol 2: The Teachings of Meister Eckhart
“My soul is from elsewhere, I'm sure of that, and I intend to end up there.”
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“It is a lie - any talk of God that does not comfort you.”
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“For God does not give us anything in order that we should enjoy its possession and rest content with it, nor has he ever done so. All the gifts which he has ever granted us in heaven or on earth were made solely in order to be able to give us the one gift, which is himself. With all other gifts he simply wants to prepare us for that gift which is himself. And all the works which God has ever performed in heaven or on earth served solely to perform the one work, that is to sanctify himself so that he can sanctify us. And so I tell you that we should learn to see God in all gifts and works, neither resting content with anything nor becoming attached to anything. For us there can be no attachment to a particular manner of behaviour in this life, nor has this ever been right, however successful we may have been.”
― Selected Writings
― Selected Writings
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This club is about traditional Stoicism with the distinct purpose of enabling and promoting discourse on Stoic philosophy as a way of life.
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