Where Lewis says there are no ordinary people (of course there are! -- we're all ordinary people), is that where he says we're all potential angels or demons? I wonder about the head vs. heart (false?) dichotomy. Granted its a commonplace, but what does it really mean? And is it really tenable, as it's usually meant?
Head vs heart means that someone can accept something intellectually while at the same time not "feeling it." Someone may grasp logically how God is able to love 100 billion people, but at the same time may not feel God's love.
But it's really not clear that the 'grasping logically' can, or should, be rightly conceived independently from the 'feeling.' You yourself write about the 'head-knowledge' 'resonating'; i.e., it's precisely the head-work which gives rise to the feelings. Certainly from the perspective of cognitive behavioural therapy (for example!) it seems that saying stuff like "This feels more like a heart issue than a head issue" is misleading/false dichotomizing and dis-enabling. I fear it also feeds the crass anti-reason emotionalism that plagues us: feelings matter, truth is cold and lacks relevance, and all that jazz.
Void, separation—just an illusion. The entire "universe" is connected—everything, all of it. And if we want to get really blasphemous—connected beyond this "universe." (Not really blasphemous though, is it? Heaven has to be somewhere. And Hell.)
JT, the person who sent me the question, had a difficult relationship with his father, too. I love the idea of a Psalm 147 pillow! Very special that Charlie Duke read it during your interview.
Sarah, very helpful and a stimulus to reflection and praise. It will be beneficial as I contemplate teaching roles in our group study of Psalms this coming year.
This is very good, thanks!
Well done young lady!
Well, I'm young in spirit anyway. 😄
Where Lewis says there are no ordinary people (of course there are! -- we're all ordinary people), is that where he says we're all potential angels or demons? I wonder about the head vs. heart (false?) dichotomy. Granted its a commonplace, but what does it really mean? And is it really tenable, as it's usually meant?
Head vs heart means that someone can accept something intellectually while at the same time not "feeling it." Someone may grasp logically how God is able to love 100 billion people, but at the same time may not feel God's love.
But it's really not clear that the 'grasping logically' can, or should, be rightly conceived independently from the 'feeling.' You yourself write about the 'head-knowledge' 'resonating'; i.e., it's precisely the head-work which gives rise to the feelings. Certainly from the perspective of cognitive behavioural therapy (for example!) it seems that saying stuff like "This feels more like a heart issue than a head issue" is misleading/false dichotomizing and dis-enabling. I fear it also feeds the crass anti-reason emotionalism that plagues us: feelings matter, truth is cold and lacks relevance, and all that jazz.
Void, separation—just an illusion. The entire "universe" is connected—everything, all of it. And if we want to get really blasphemous—connected beyond this "universe." (Not really blasphemous though, is it? Heaven has to be somewhere. And Hell.)
I sometimes wonder if Earth is at the boundary between heaven and hell.
Appears that way . . . often.
JT, the person who sent me the question, had a difficult relationship with his father, too. I love the idea of a Psalm 147 pillow! Very special that Charlie Duke read it during your interview.
Sarah, very helpful and a stimulus to reflection and praise. It will be beneficial as I contemplate teaching roles in our group study of Psalms this coming year.