I found this moving. It’s certainly not what I expected, and it reminds me of the classical mystical experience: when you realize how small you are, how truly beautiful that is, and how you then can access the divine in ways you never thought possible. We could also refer to it as the withdrawal of the ego. To realize how interconnected we are, we must realize how small we are. Those who have this experience are blessed and privileged.
http://www.jta.org/news/article/2011/02/07/2742888/approaching-god-from-the-still-small-self
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DR. LAURENCE H. KANT (LARRY KANT), MYSTIC SCHOLAR: Engaged Mysticism and Scholarship in the Pursuit of Wisdom;
Discovering meaning in every issue and facet of life; Integrating scholarship, spirituality, mysticism, poetry, community, economics, and politics seamlessly.
Historian of Religion: Ph.D., Yale University, 1993 (Department of Religious Studies); Exchange Scholar, Harvard University, Rabbinics, 1983-84; M.A., 1982, Yale, 1982 (Department of Religious Studies); M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School, 1981; B.A., Classics (Greek and Latin), Tufts University, 1978; Wayland High School (Wayland, MA), 1974.
Served on the faculty of Cornell University (Ithaca, NY), York University (Toronto), and Lexington Theological Seminary (Lexington, KY).
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