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“We can love only what cannot be fully recognized, what cannot yield its mysteries to thought”

Book:Breakfast at the Victory: The Mysticism of Ordinary Experience

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Breakfast at the Victory: The Mysticism of Ordinary Experience

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James P. Carse

James P. Carse is an American author known for his works in game theory, religious philosophy, and systems theory. His writings delve into the relationships between games, faith, and reality, profoundly influencing contemporary philosophical and religious thought. more

“The Fathers speak of prayer as consisting of a single thought (monologistos euche). Strictly speaking it is not even a thought, but rather an awareness of being totally absorbed in the reality of God. One can, nevertheless, call this conscious experience ‘thought’, because it is not simply a state of confused feeling or the sensation of being lost in the ocean of inarticulate reality, but it is awareness of encounter with the personal infinity of God who loves us. It is the mind’s confirmation of the reality. I do not lose myself in this infinity, because it is the infinity of a personal God and of his love to which I respond with my love. For the heart is truly the place where one experiences the love of the other, and where one responds to the other. I do not lose myself, because it is the infinity of a personal God whose love is my delight; I depend on his love as I depend on his mercy, for face to face with him I still feel infinitely small, and a sinner.”

God Awareness Conscious Thought Fathers Personal Infinity

Book:Prayer and Holiness: The Icon of Man Renewed in God

Source: Prayer and Holiness: The Icon of Man Renewed in God

“Few things are as antithetical to sex as thought. Sex is instinctive, unreflexive and spontaneous, while thought is careful, uninvolved, and judgemental. To think during sex is to violate a fundamental law of intercourse.”

Sex Thought

Book:On Love

Source: On Love

“Sometimes I trick myself when writing in my notebook; sometimes I end up working on the novel after all, in those pages. And that is the best reason to return to it, that it brings me closer to something I haven't otherwise been able to get to, or that can't get to me. I want to go further into my writing, into my thinking. 'And do I?”

Thinking Writing Thought Writing Process Novels Taking Notes

Book:A Horse at Night: On Writing

Source: A Horse at Night: On Writing