From: Teilhard de Chardin "The PHENOMENON of MAN"Translated by Bernard Wall
"How can we account for that irresistible instinct in our hearts which leads us towards unity whenever and in whatever direction our passions are stirred ?A sense of the universe, a sense of the all, the nostalgia which seizes us when confronted by nature, beauty, music ---these seem to be an expectation and awareness of a Great Presence. The ' mystics ' and their commentators apart, how has psychology been able so consistently to ignore this fundamental vibration whose ring can be heard by every practised ear at the basis, or rather at the summit, of every great emotion ? Resonance to the All ---the keynote of pure poetry and pure religion ; ...the severed particle which trembles at the approach of ' the rest ' ...
p. 267 A universal love is not only psychologically possible ; it is the only complete and final way in which we are able to love."
So perfect for Christmas, the month of making, music, poetry and prayer.
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