I thought that The Cloud of Unknowing reading was really
interesting. Kind of weird and probably more applicable in theory than in
reality but definitely interesting. The idea of loving God solely for who He is
I can absolutely get on board with, but I don’t know if it’s possible for me to
truly get out of my own experience or environment to get to that point that the
author is talking about. I don’t know if anyone can truly get to this place
where personal experience and relationship with Christ isn’t intertwined. And
this whole idea of ridding the self of everything that is known in order to know
anything is so strange, was kind of cool. It reminded me a little bit of
Socrates’ concept of wisdom. Socrates said
that by admitting he knows nothing he is actually wiser than the men who think
they know everything, or think that they are wise. It’s essentially the same
idea that in surrendering everything we know we can reach a place of understanding
with God. But with this I still don’t think it’s very realistic either.
Commented on Emily's "really knowing"
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