p. 73
Look at the night sky. You are not seeing only the light of
the stars. You are also seeing the journey of the light of the stars toward
you. Admire space and admire time. In this way, immensity conducts you to
history.
p. 75
Abjection, I mean genuine abjection, is not a disorder, or
any sort of soul-storm; and there is nothing morbid or glamorous about it.
Abjection is just an inference from experience, a conclusion calmly drawn from
the commonplace observation that there is a difference in scale between
yourself and the universe.
Too bad the guy is so windy. Lots of nuggets like these in his book, which I gave up on. I'll buy it though, and dip into in now and again.
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