domain | anopenground.com |
summary | **Summary:**
The passage expresses unwavering faith in God despite hardships (like famine, loss of livestock), stating: - Even if there's no food or prosperity (no figs, olive produce, fields' yield, livestock), "Yet I will rejoice in the Lord; I will exult in the God of my salvation."
It then expands this idea to societal level: - We collectively face not only our personal fears ("ghosts we outstare") but also those of our community. - Even in silence and solitude (like the monks of Mount Athos), we encounter shared traumas. - These "shadows" are caused by our current age of fear and division.
The final phrase emphasizes that these shared struggles constantly threaten civilization: - "Dark skirts of chaos and cruelty... continually brush against our civilisation." |
title | An Open Ground | Secular contemplative spirituality and practice |
description | Secular contemplative spirituality and practice |
keywords | hope, practice, have, there, life, being, awareness, self, more, contemplative, will, experience, listening, ground, prayer, death, open |
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nslookup | A 192.0.78.25, A 192.0.78.24 |
created | 2025-05-03 |
updated | 2025-05-07 |
summarized | 2025-05-07 |
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