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Very helpful, Bill. Thanks,
Jann McGuire
 
In a message dated 11/21/2009 7:54:40 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  
pvida at whc.net writes:

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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