Chan-Seung Lee
Joined: 03 Dec 2005
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 Posted: Tue Jun 19, 2012 5:18 pm Post subject: argument |
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| The blockage takes two forms: one cannot see God with the mind�s reason and understanding, nor can he be felt in �the sweetness of your affection.� In other words, God has no presence emotionally or intellectually. The cloud of unknowing is all we have to go on. The only solution, the writer informs us, is perseverance. The inner work must continue. Then a subtle argument is made. The writer informs us that any thought in the mind separates us from God, because thought sheds light on its object. The focus of attention is like �the eye of an archer fixed on the spot he is shooting at.� Even though the cloud of unknowing baffles us, it is actually closer to God than even a thought about God and his marvelous creation. We are advised to go into a �cloud of forgetting� about anything other than the silence of the inner world. |
1. What does 'argument' mean in the quote?
2. What does 'a subtle argument is made' mean?
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