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Niharika
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To say that the world is not worth anything, that this life is of no value and to give evil as the proof is absurd, for if these things are worthless what does evil take from us?
What does suf f ering take from him who is without joy?
And if we conceive the fullness of joy, suf f ering is still to joy what hunger is to food.
— Jul 25, 2022 10:32AM
What does suf f ering take from him who is without joy?
And if we conceive the fullness of joy, suf f ering is still to joy what hunger is to food.
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Niharika
is on page 176 of 224
Today we thirst for and are nauseated by totalitarian-ism, and nearly everyone loves one totalitarianism and hates another.
— Jul 25, 2022 08:55PM
Niharika
is on page 137 of 224
But it is said that in Europe the blemishes existed in spite of the perfection of Christianity and that in the other civilizations they existed because of the imperfection of religion.
An outstanding example, to be carefully pondered, of the technique of error—setting aside. In estimating the value of India or Greece, we compare the good with the evil. In estimating the value of Christianity, we set the evil aside.
— Jul 25, 2022 08:46PM
An outstanding example, to be carefully pondered, of the technique of error—setting aside. In estimating the value of India or Greece, we compare the good with the evil. In estimating the value of Christianity, we set the evil aside.
Niharika
is on page 117 of 224
It is only ef f ort without desire (not attached to an object) which infallibly contains a reward.
— Jul 25, 2022 08:33PM
Niharika
is on page 116 of 224
The most commonplace truth when it fl oods the whole soul, is like a revelation.
We have to try to cure our faults by attention and not by will.
— Jul 25, 2022 08:31PM
We have to try to cure our faults by attention and not by will.
Niharika
is on page 98 of 224
All true good carries with it conditions which are contradictory and as a consequence is impossible. He who keeps his attention really fi xed on this impossibility and acts will do what is good.In the same way all truth contains a contradiction.
Contradiction is the point of the pyramid.
— Jul 25, 2022 10:44AM
Contradiction is the point of the pyramid.
Niharika
is on page 98 of 224
The contradictions the mind comes up against—these are the only realities: they are the criterion of the real. There is no con-tradiction in what is imaginary. Contradiction is the test of necessity.
Contradiction experienced to the very depths of the being tears us heart and soul: it is the cross.
— Jul 25, 2022 10:43AM
Contradiction experienced to the very depths of the being tears us heart and soul: it is the cross.
Niharika
is on page 84 of 224
And if we conceive the fullness of joy, suf f ering is still to joy what hunger is to food.
— Jul 25, 2022 10:32AM
Niharika
is on page 69 of 224
Creation: good broken up into pieces and scattered throughout evil.
— Jul 25, 2022 10:26AM
Niharika
is on page 63 of 224
Love on the part of someone who is happy is the wish to share the suf f ering of the beloved who is unhappy.
Love on the part of someone who is unhappy is to be f i lled with joy by the mere knowledge that his beloved is happy without sharing in this happiness or even wishing to do so.
— Jul 25, 2022 10:22AM
Love on the part of someone who is unhappy is to be f i lled with joy by the mere knowledge that his beloved is happy without sharing in this happiness or even wishing to do so.
Niharika
is on page 60 of 224
Idolatry comes from the fact that, while thirsting for absolute good, we do not possess the power of supernatural attention and we have not the patience to allow it to develop.
— Jul 25, 2022 10:17AM
