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“Thinking in terms of two realms understands the paired concepts worldy-Christia n, natural-superna tural, profane-sacred, rational-revela tions, as ultimate static opposites...and fails to recognize the original unity of these opposites in the Christ-reality.”

Thinking Two Reality Term Christ Natural Failing Concepts Opposites Ultimate Originals Sacred Unity Rational Realms Static Profane

Author:Dietrich Bonhoeffer

“The changes in the Catholic Church since Vatican II can certainly be scanned in terms of this long retreat from the sacred which has followed the inception of consciousness into the human species.”

Humans Long Term Church Consciousness Catholic Sacred Species Retreat Catholic Church Human Species Inception Vatican Ii

Author:Julian Jaynes

“Sacred scripture wishes simply to declare that the world was created by God, and in order to teach this truth it expressed itself in terms of the cosmology in use at the time of the writer. Any other teaching about the origin and makeup of the universe is so alien to the intentions of the Bible, which does not wish to teach how heaven was made but how one goes to heaven.”

World Doe Made Use Order Universe Heaven Wish Term Teach Teaching Sacred Intention Scripture Aliens Makeup Cosmology Sacred Scripture

Author:Pope John Paul II

“Every day we bear witness to each woman's knowledge of holding the profound power to decide whether or not to allow the life within her to come to term. The sharing of those moments makes abortion work sacred.”

Moments Term Bears Sacred Profound Witness Abortion

Author:Merle Hoffman

“The voting records of virtually every member of Congress reveal that the oath of office is more a ceremonial gesture than a sacred commitment.”

Political Politics Term Records Members Office Commitment Sacred Congress Voting Gestures Oath Term Limits Oath Of Office

Book:Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders

Source: Breach of Trust: How Washington Turns Outsiders Into Insiders

“Materialism is not fundamentally an economic problem, but a cultural one... a spiritual issue. It runs to the depths of our souls, and, for this reason, needs to be understood less in terms of budgets or fiscal cycles and more in terms of where we locate the sacred, of where we search for meaning and transcendence, and of how we think about justice, equality, and the future of our world.”

“In the scriptures the term light-mindedness means making light of sacred things or not taking seriously those eternally significant things that should be treated with reverence (D&C 84:54).”

Should Mean Light Term Sacred Scripture Significant Treated Reverence Sacred Things Significant Things

Author:Brent L. Top

“Hiding behind such sacred terms as human rights and distributive justice, politicians and intellectuals alike have perpetrated a gargantuan ruse on humankind: they have convinced us that mass homogeneity is more essential for the betterment of society than is individual initiative, and they have adorned this dubious assumption with assurances that by leveling all distinctions between human beings, collective peace and unity will result as a matter of course, just as water runs downhill or the cart follows the ox.”

“...I am afraid that education is conceived more in terms of indoctrination by most school officials than in terms of enlightenment. My own belief is that education must be subversive if it is to be meaningful. By this I mean that it must challenge all the things we take for granted, examine all accepted assumptions, tamper with every sacred cow, and instill a desire to question and doubt. Without this the mere instruction to memorise data is empty. The attempt to enforce conventional mediocrity on the young is criminal.”

“Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'”

Men Should Art Soul Artist Names Term Nature Perception Art Is Sacred Mere Senses Perceive Accurate Imitation Veils Reproduction

Book:The Unknown Poe: An Anthology of Fugitive Writings

Source: The Unknown Poe: An Anthology of Fugitive Writings

“Here's an example: someone says, "Master, please hand me the knife," and he hands them the knife, blade first. "Please give me the other end," he says. And the master replies, "What would you do with the other end?" This is answering an everyday matter in terms of the metaphysical. When the question is, "Master, what is the fundamental principle of Buddhism?" Then he replies, "There is enough breeze in this fan to keep me cool." That is answering the metaphysical in terms of the everyday, and that is, more or less, the principle zen works on. The mundane and the sacred are one and the same.”

Giving Firsts Ends Matter Enough Hands Term Principles Fans Example Masters Buddhism Please Give Me Fundamentals Sacred Everyday Knives Metaphysical Breeze Blades Mundane Fundamental Principles

Book:What is Zen?

Source: What is Zen?

“The words I AM are your sacred identification as God- your highest self. Take care how you use this terms because saying anything after I AM that's incongruent with God is really taking the Lord's name in vain!”

Self Use Care Names Term Lord Highest Sacred Take Care Vain Identification

Book:Wishes Fulfilled: Mastering the Art of Manifesting

Source: Wishes Fulfilled: Mastering the Art of Manifesting

“We in Himalaya are facing a crisis of survival due to the suicidal activities being carried out in the name of development… The monstrous Tehri dam is a symbol of this… There is need for a new and long-term policy to protect the dying Himalaya. I do not want to see the death of the most sacred river of the world-the Ganga- for short-term economic gains.”

World Want Needs Long Names Term Economic Dying Policy Development Activity Protect Survival Gains Rivers Crisis Sacred Dues Symbols Long Term Suicidal Short Term Monstrous Dams Himalayas

Author:Sunderlal Bahuguna

“If this word "music" is sacred and reserved for eighteenth and nineteenth century instruments, we can substitute a more meaningful term: organization of sound.”

Ifs Sound Term Music Century Music Is Organization Instruments Sacred Meaningful Piano Substitutes Reserved Nineteenth Century Inspirational Music

Book:Silence: Lectures and Writings, 50th Anniversary Edition

Source: Silence: Lectures and Writings, 50th Anniversary Edition