Grace?

[David Morris]

No. Gottfried isn't in the state of Grace.  Or maybe he is if he lives in
Blicero's realm.

"Seeing things how they are" is a very Zen thing.  A meditative goal.
Peaking behind the veil of illusion.  Getting there is considered a
function of Grace, despite all discipline in its pursuit.

David Morris

On Sat, Aug 5, 2017 at 11:23 AM Krafft, John M. <krafftjm at miamioh.edu>
wrote:

> If observing/perceiving/understanding things to be exactly as they are
> is grace in AD, compare this passage from the end of GR. Surely
> Gottfried isn't flying toward grace, is he?
>
>         This ascent will be betrayed to Gravity. But the Rocket engine, the
> deep cry of combustion that jars the soul, promises escape. The
> victim, in bondage to falling, rises on a promise, a prophecy, of
> Escape....
>         Moving now toward the kind of light where at last the apple is
> apple-colored. The knife cuts through the apple like a knife cutting
> an apple. Everything is where it is, no clearer than usual, but
> certainly more present.
>
>
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> Miami University
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