We enter the sanctuary of truth through the vestibule of not knowing.
Tag Archives: subtraction
Love’s first subtraction
In order for ego to function vigorously, conflict is necessary. This, of course, requires enemies. (Super-inflated egos curate actual lists of enemies.) When Jesus said, “Forgive your enemies,” he meant, Have no enemies.
More amore
Doctors cited organ failure but the real COD was an excess of pleasure.
Divesting
Accretion is an unconscious process whereby we add more and more layers to ourselves. It can happen that an encounter with subtraction wakes us up. Then, finally, we begin to divest. To give.
The new man
Jesus said it was a disaster-in-the-making to put new wine into old wineskins. Wine in the New Testament is a metaphor for life. By co-mingling new and old, we produce a negative result. The new man is an old man relinquished, not an old man added to.
