by cutsinger | Feb 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
As it happens I reviewed this book—The Innate Capacity: Mysticism, Psychology, and Philosophy (Oxford, 1998)—shortly after it came out. I think you’re right that the idea of “pure consciousness” is an important one when it comes to...
by cutsinger | Feb 14, 2008 | Uncategorized
No, the Crucifixion is not an event in time, or at least not solely so, whatever those who like to insist on the “scandal of particularity” may think. On the contrary, “the Lamb [i.e., Christ] was “slain from the foundation of the world”...
by cutsinger | Feb 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
There is some dispute on this issue among the Orthodox, but my own position, which has the support of several prominent authorities, is that the guilt of “original sin” is not inherited: every newborn is innocent. I would cite, for example, The Orthodox...
by cutsinger | Feb 7, 2008 | Uncategorized
Feeling Greek is considerably less important than being truly human, and in any case no one who reflects deeply on the nature of things feels “at home” or “in synch” with any earthly environment, whether ethnic, geographical, or otherwise. Are...
by cutsinger | Feb 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’m happy to know your retreat was a good one. I recommend making another soon. You said you cut the last one short owing to feeling tense and distracted. If the cycle of attachment is to be broken, however, it’s very important for you to stay the course...
by cutsinger | Jan 30, 2008 | Uncategorized
“Bulverism”, as C. S. Lewis called it—that is, reductionism, of whatever kind—is indeed the bane of education these days, and at every level: from elementary school through graduate school. I recently had occasion to interview a number of...
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