Posted by Sigismund on December 17, 2007, at 13:30:03
In reply to Lou's reply to Sigismund-dth-sprtul, posted by Lou Pilder on December 16, 2007, at 19:12:28
Somewhere or other I read that the sermon on the Mount was a typical beatitude that had been added later.
I'm a bit conflicted on this.
On the one hand I can see that people who are abjectly suffering sometimes acquire a weird beauty that no doubt comes from their deep authenticity (this is starting to sound terrible, but it's the best I can do, and anyway, it's true).
It's probably the state of abjection rather than the suffering, which reminds me (and therefore I must mention it) of a big street sign in the city I live near, where someone had painted up 'Embrace the Abject', and I thought 'My goodness. Signs of intelligent life.'
In short Lou, what I am trying to say is that I feel the problem is less our carnal natures than our conscious minds.
Whaddya reckon?
How do our carnal natures fit with our conscious minds?
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