Small wonder our national spirit is husk empty. We have more information but less knowledge. More communication but less community. More goods but less goodwill. More of virtually everything save that which the human spirit requires. So distracted have we become sating this new need or that material appetite, we hardly noticed the departure of happiness
Interpretation
The quote reflects on the disparity between material abundance and genuine happiness in society.
Randall Robinson's quote critiques modern society's obsession with information, communication, and material possessions, suggesting that despite these advancements, we have become increasingly disconnected from what truly nourishes the human spirit, such as community, goodwill, and happiness. It serves as a reminder that the accumulation of external goods does not equate to internal fulfillment, and highlights the importance of nurturing our emotional and social well-being.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech about the importance of community engagement in today's digital age.
With your ego you cannot know. Only in an egolessness, in a deep abyss, in the absence of the ego, does the perception happen - then you become a mirror. With the ego you will always interpret, you cannot know the truth. With the ego you will always be there interpreting in subtle ways, and your interpretation is not the truth. You are the medium of all falsification. Through you everything becomes false. When you are not there, the true reflects.
More than ever I find myself in the hands of God. This (illness) is what I have wanted all my life from my youth. But now there is a difference; the initiative is entirely with God. It is indeed a profound spiritual experience to know and feel myself so totally in God’s hands.
I have concluded the evident existence of God, and that my existence depends entirely on God in all the moments of my life, that I do not think that the human spirit may know anything with greater evidence and certitude.
Since you cannot do good to all, you are to pay special attention to those who, by the accidents of time, or place, or circumstances, are brought into closer connection with you.
Most modern calendars mar the sweet simplicity of our lives by reminding us that each day that passes is the anniversary of some perfectly uninteresting event.
For this is the journey that men and women make, to find themselves. If they fail in this, it doesn't matter much else what they find.
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