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| [[Religion|Σ]] p329 "In practical terms, this means that good and evil are no longer so self-evident. We have to realise that each represents a //judgement//. In view of the fallibility of all human judgement, we can not believe that we will always judge rightly." | [[:Religion|Σ]] p329 "In practical terms, this means that good and evil are no longer so self-evident. We have to realise that each represents a //judgement//. In view of the fallibility of all human judgement, we can not believe that we will always judge rightly." |
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| [[Religion|Σ]] pp338 <fc green>God and man</fc>\\ "In the experience of the **//self//** it is no longer the opposites "God" and "man" that are reconciled, as it was before, but rather the opposites within the God-image itself. That is the meaning of divine service, of the service which man can render to God, that light may emerge from the darkness, that the Creator may become conscious of His creation, and man conscious of himself." <fc green>(Emphasis mine)</fc> "That is the goal, or one goal, which fits man meaningfully into the scheme of creation, and at the same time confers meaning upon it. It is an explanatory myth which has slowly taken shape within me in the course of the decades. It is a goal I can acknowledge and esteem, and which therefore satisfies me."\\ | [[:Religion|Σ]] pp338 <fc green>God and man</fc>\\ "In the experience of the **//self//** it is no longer the opposites "God" and "man" that are reconciled, as it was before, but rather the opposites within the God-image itself. That is the meaning of divine service, of the service which man can render to God, that light may emerge from the darkness, that the Creator may become conscious of His creation, and man conscious of himself." <fc green>(Emphasis mine)</fc> "That is the goal, or one goal, which fits man meaningfully into the scheme of creation, and at the same time confers meaning upon it. It is an explanatory myth which has slowly taken shape within me in the course of the decades. It is a goal I can acknowledge and esteem, and which therefore satisfies me." "... Through consciousness he <fc green>(man)</fc> takes possession of nature by recognising the existence of the world and thus, as it were, confirming the Creator. The world becomes the phenomenal world, for without conscious reflection it would not be. If the Creator were conscious of Himself, He would not need conscious creatures; ..." |
| "... Through consciousness he <fc green>(man)</fc> takes possession of nature by recognising the existence of the world and thus, as it were, confirming the Creator. The world becomes the phenomenal world, for without conscious reflection it would not be. If the Creator were conscious of Himself, He would not need conscious creatures; ..." | |
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| p339 "... But the history of the mind offers a different picture. Here the miracle of reflecting consciousness intervenes - **the second cosmogony**." <fc green>(Emphasis mine)</fc> | p339 "... But the history of the mind offers a different picture. Here the miracle of reflecting consciousness intervenes - **the second cosmogony**." <fc green>(Emphasis mine)</fc> |