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Mans̓ First Love: The Great Commandment

This book delves into the complexities of human emotions, particularly love, and its intersection with a major ethical principle. It examines how love can influence one's adherence to a significant commandment, offering a nuanced perspective on personal relationships and moral choices. more

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Ralph Washington Sockman
Ralph Washington Sockman

Ralph Washington Sockman was an American writer born on October 1, 1889, and passed away on August 29, 1970. Known for his works on religious and moral themes, his writings were highly appreciated by readers. more

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“There is more in a human life than our theories of it allow. Sooner or later something seems to call us onto a particular path. You may remember this "something" as a signal moment in childhood when an urge out of nowhere, a fascination, a peculiar turn of events struck like an annunciation: This is what I must do, this is what I've got to have. This is who I am.”

“One day some people came to the master and asked: How can you be happy in a world of such impermanence, where you cannot protect your loved ones from harm, illness or death? The master held up a glass and said: Someone gave me this glass; It holds my water admirably and it glistens in the sunlight. I touch it and it rings! One day the wind may blow it off the shelf, or my elbow may knock it from the table. I know this glass is already broken, so I enjoy it - incredibly.”

“Just as man's physical existence was liberated when he grasped that 'nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed', so his consciousness will be liberated when grasps that nature, to be apprehended, must be obeyed - that the rules of cognition must be derived from the nature of existence and the nature, the identity, of his cognitive faculty.”