/lit/ - Literature

>English translation of the Tao Te Ching
>Uses feminine pronouns when referring to a shèngrén (sage/saint/master)

>The central theme of Eckhart's German sermons is the presence of God in the individual soul, and the dignity of the soul of the just man. Although he elaborated on this theme, he rarely departed from it. In one sermon, Eckhart gives the following summary of his message

>When I preach, I usually speak of detachment and say that a man should be empty of self and all things; and secondly, that he should be reconstructed in the simple good that God is; and thirdly, that he should consider the great aristocracy which God has set up in the soul, such that by means of it man may wonderfully attain to God; and fourthly, of the purity of the divine nature

>He was accused of heresy and brought up before the local Franciscan-led Inquisition, and tried as a heretic by Pope John XXII

>>17021112
>The bad thing is that I now feel like an alien among humans knowing the things I have seen during the trip,

>excited to finally read a study bible because i want to learn more and understand at a deeper level
>reading psalms
>The Lord is my shepherd*
>this should be fascinating i think to myself
>*Here, the Lord is compared to a shepherd.

>>12282461
>sorry, can't say, reasons

>video about "book people"
>mandatory classical music starts playing

don't normies feel any shame and have absolutely no sense of how ridiculous they are ?

>people who are reading books in the subway with earbuds on

so can we agree that they are posers no exceptions ? I mean how would you even focus on the book with music screaming right in your brain ?

>Why don't you ever have gf ? You're not a bad looking fella. I want you to have a nice gf and be happy.

I swear moms are the worst