I don't know, I don't claim don't to know, only God knows?
But sample the simplicity, clarity, and the insightful of prophetic witness he has has for the God of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, Israel, and Jesus, FIRE, Not of the God of philosophers. Pascal's direct words.
562. There are only two kind of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous.
563. Heretics. EZEKIEL. All the heathens spoke ill of Israel , and so did the prophet. And the Israelites were far from justified in TELLING him "You talk the Heathen," because his greatest strength came from that the the heathen talked like him.
Ezekiel ate dung in a skull cap to show his humility and obedience to YHWH. Queen Esther spread dung on her face to repent for the sins of Israel, and therefore save Israel from doom.
564. The true and only virtue is there to to in strict oberservance to God to humble ourselves (as if were it to anagogically "hate ourselves and deny ourselves") for our concupiscence (or unfetterred desires which defiles the soul and spirit) make us hateful. But we cannot love what is outside of us, we must love a being who is within us, but it is not our own self. And this is true for every single person. Now only the universal being isof this kind: the kingdom of God is within us, universal good is withus , and is both ours andd not ourselves.
Great Zen Master Seung Sahn: "there is neither an inside nor an outside." Then the Great Zen then it is one flipside of a coin of a Indic-meta-logical question he Master he is asking a question then: what is space, time and matter? WITTGENSTEIN: IN MY DISSERTATION, I STATE AND INFER THE MEANING OF WHAT W IS POINTING AS ZEN MASTERS HAVE TAUGHT THOUGHT WHEN YOU POINT AT THE SUN, IT IS AT THE SUN YOU ARE POINTING, OR AS THE MASTERS HAVE CAUGHT ONE FINGER FROM THEIR NOVICES IF THEY BELIEVE IT IS MASTER'S FINGER THAT IS THE REFERENCE POINT AND NOT THE SUN.
IN CHRISTIANITY IT IS CRIST'S FOUR EXTREME LIMBS THAT ARE NAILED TO THE CROSS TO TEACH US THE WAY OF THE CROSS.
AS BUDDHA SAID IN ONE OF HIS LAST SERMONS HE ASKED HIS DISCIPLES: "WHAT IS THE OPPOSITE OF KNOWLEDGE, FREEDOM"
ONE OF THE GREATEST PHILOSPHERS OF THE CENTURY, RABBI AND PHILOSOPHER-SIDNEY MORGENBESSER WROTE A BOOK ON FREE-WILL AND AGENCY.
AS CONFUCIUS DISCIPLE WAS SUCCUMBING TO GREAT MENTAL DISTURBANCE, HIS DISCIPLE SAID, "I CANT PACIFY MY MIND." CONFUCIUS REPLIED: "SHOW ME YOUR MIND."
AS FR. RAIMON PANNIKAR (R.I.P.), SAID IN HIS VERY FORMATIVE CONCEPTION OF BRAHMANIC-BUDDHIST-CATHOLIC THEOLOGY-IN BOTH HIS WORK CHRISTOPHANY, AND THE SILENCE OF GOD: ANSWER OF THE BUDDHA.
ST. PAUL: "ALL OF ISRAEL WILL BE SAVED."
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