[Oe List ...] The project

[Bill Schlesinger]

In 'Purity of Heart is to Will One Thing,' SK sub-titled the book
"Preparations for Confession."  He uses the text about having a 'single
eye.' He is seeking to explore the places where we miss the mark.  The mark
- to will the good - is the central focus.  A pure heart - which, btw none
of us have - is to only will the good.  So 'double-mindedness' is to will
the good AND to will something else at the same time.  One can 'will the
good' AND will to succeed, etc. - and so not purely will the good.  A subtle
form of double-mindedness is therefore to will the good, and that the good
happen through me.  This focuses on me being the 'hero figure' - and
focusing on how it is that I am the one responsible for a good thing having
happened, vs. solely focused on the good itself.  It manifests itself in an
unwillingness to delight in the good done by someone else, in having to
point out to self and others how integral I was to achieving the good, and
eventually denying the good if I can't be the one to do it.  As an
institutional body, we see how we need to take 'credit' for the good by
Hilary Clinton having (maybe) taken RS-1, how our methods are the main route
to (purely secular) salvation - 'wholeness.'  To will the good alone is to
focus on what needs to happen vs. who gets the credit for it.

 

FWIW

 

Bill Schlesinger
Project Vida
3607 Rivera Ave
El Paso, TX 79905
(915) 533-7057 x 207
(915) 490-6148 mobile
(915) 533-7158 fax
bschlesinger.pv at tachc.org
www.projectvidaelpaso.org

 

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From: oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net [mailto:oe-bounces at wedgeblade.net] On Behalf
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Sent: Friday, November 20, 2009 12:10 PM
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In a message dated 11/20/2009 9:26:40 AM Mountain Standard Time,
pvida at whc.net writes:





"To will the good, and that the good be done through you, is
double-mindedness" - Kierkegaard



Please say some more about this Kierkegaard quote.  I don't understand it.

Thanks, Karen Bueno

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