Nick Routledge@nick_routledge
@vividvoid In a mad world, the courage, humility and persistence required to keep returning the world to love is often mistaken for weakness. In practice, part of one’s cruciform role is to be a pacific, patiently enduring locus upon which others make unmitigated assholes of themselves.
Nick Routledge@nick_routledge · 10 Mar 2024
@Explore_Vintage @SophiaCycles That's a good word for it! O'Donohue describes "the persistent courage to be at ease with what is unfinished." The spur of conscious suffering as intrinsic to our acceptance of wholeness. "A steadfast spirit within me." Shantideva: "There is no practice as effective as patience."
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The purpose of apprehending the divine is to maintain the endurance of the one who apprehends with the joy of apprehending. - Abraham Abulafia