“ Where men are enlightened with the true light, they renounce all desire and choice, and commit and commend themselves and all things to the eternal Goodness, so that every enlightened man could say ”
William James, The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902). copy citation
| Author | William James |
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| Source | The Varieties of Religious Experience |
| Topic | choice desire |
| Date | 1902 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/621/621-h/621-h.html |
Context
“And thou dost cut off, as far as it is in thy power, when thou art dissatisfied, and in a manner triest to put anything out of the way.”15
Compare now this mood with that of the old Christian author of the Theologia Germanica:—
“Where men are enlightened with the true light, they renounce all desire and choice, and commit and commend themselves and all things to the eternal Goodness, so that every enlightened man could say: ‘I would fain be to the Eternal Goodness what his own hand is to a man.’ Such men are in a state of freedom, because they have lost the fear of pain or hell, and the hope of reward or heaven, and are living in pure submission to the eternal Goodness, in the perfect freedom of fervent love.”
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