Evil intent, slander, false witness,…these are what defile a person; but to eat with unwashed hands does not defile." (Matthew 15)
What do I try to sacralize that should be left as (simply) human, secular?
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In my zeal to divinize the mundane world, do I keep the old dualisms alive?
Why not simply sink into the world and wash my hands in its warm black soil?
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Is it important to distinguish sacred from profane? Or are these false categories? …categories that remain alive only as long as I am not fully on (one) side, rather split in two by both.
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Why not be earthed and alive in the buzzing and blooming of this wondrous world? Why not burst into flame?
I can, and do, come closer to God through attentively eating dandelions and drinking spring water, or smoking a cigar and drinking red wine than through pious praying.
Jesus desacralized the world. And in doing so, exposed our dis-ease as the result of a disordered, shrivelled, acquisitive desire.
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A spiritual life after all, is simply a secular life fully lived.
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