This be my pilgrimage and goal Daily to march and find The secret phrases of the soul, The evangels of the mind.
Interpretation
The quote reflects a journey of self-discovery and understanding the deeper truths of life.
In this quote, John Drinkwater expresses a personal mission to explore and uncover the hidden meanings and truths that resonate with the human spirit. It emphasizes the importance of ongoing introspection and the pursuit of knowledge, suggesting that each day presents an opportunity to connect with the profound aspects of oneβs inner self and to understand the complexities of the mind.
In practice
During a motivational speech about personal development.
Crucially we haven't been figuring out how to live in oneness, with the Earth & every other living thing; we have just been insanely trying to figure out how to live with each other, billions of each other, only we're not living with each other our crazy selves are living with each other, and perpetuating an epidemic of disconnection.
The most appropriate type of daily life for me was a day-by-day world destruction; peace was the most difficult and abnormal state to live in.
For a man's counsel cannot have equal weight or worth, when he alone has no children to risk in the general danger.
Our judgment ripens; our imagination decays. We cannot at once enjoy the flowers of the Spring of life and the fruits of its Autumn.
When God issues a call to us, it is always a holy call. The vocation of dying is a sacred vocation. To understand that is one of the most important lessons a Christian can ever learn. When the summons comes, we can respond in many ways. We can become angry, bitter or terrified. But if we see it as a call from God and not a threat from Satan, we are far more prepared to cope with its difficulties.
I'm writing this book because we're all going to die.
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