tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652940417109665141.post6878731396831354443..comments2024-03-27T11:42:13.364+10:00Comments on JungleWatch: OUR RENEWAL: RESCUING HUMILITY FROM SHAME (PART 2)Frenchiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05189311368021711422noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652940417109665141.post-82366249071907179402016-08-02T21:44:24.568+10:002016-08-02T21:44:24.568+10:00Dear Glaucon,
As you point out "magnanimous&...Dear Glaucon,<br /><br />As you point out "magnanimous" means "great-souled." The significance of being great- souled or large-hearted is brought to light when we contrast it with the small-souled person.<br />When you are small of soul, there is not much room in that soul for anyone other than yourself. A single-roomed soul, so to speak. And you occupy the whole room.<br /><br />A great-souled person, on the other hand, has a soul large enough to include others in it, both human and divine. It is a multi-room complex where you "dwell" with others, being considerate of them, loving them, forgiving them, praying for them, and in the case of God, praying to Him. Their presence keeps your room full, and you have more to think about or deal with than just yourself (or just your self-loathing). In this respect, a small-souled person is selfish, really consisting solely of self, or nearly so.<br /><br />Large-souledness and small-souledness may be considered statically, but in my own experience with myself, I find I oscillate between being large of soul and small of soul. There is a kind of earthly, non-heavenly gravity pulling us ever so slightly--when we are quite unaware--in the direction of being small-souled, so we become occupied with self in most if not all things. It takes God's grace to pull us back in the direction of being large-souled. (I am borrowing here a little from Simone Weil, a French 20th century philosopher and Christ-oriented mystic.)<br /><br />A former Jesuit seminarian once shared a story with me of how seminarians are pulled away from just thinking about themselves, of being small of soul. On a weekly basis, the seminarians would gather, some 15 or so, in a room. One of the seminarians would sit on a chair encircled by the other 14 seminarians. Each one of the encircling seminarians would then criticize, from his own perspective, the seminarian sitting on a chair in the midst of the gathering. After each criticism, the seminarian on the hot seat was permitted one response and only one response: "I have nothing more to add." No defense, no self-justification, just allowing the Lord to open up that small soul, expanding it with the perspective of others, resulting in a de-construction of the small soul and re-construction to an other-oriented, larger soul.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16437625683522270930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652940417109665141.post-5262310213098765262016-08-02T21:36:22.013+10:002016-08-02T21:36:22.013+10:00Kikos theology was born out of communism. Seriousl...Kikos theology was born out of communism. Seriously.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5652940417109665141.post-25119718478271579172016-08-02T16:12:57.160+10:002016-08-02T16:12:57.160+10:00Thank you Jr. The twisted theology of Kiko was bor...Thank you Jr. The twisted theology of Kiko was born out of Marxist leanings from his mentors. Mind control and subjugation. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08388836416719754008noreply@blogger.com