I Had Made Myself The Center Of

This Was The Very Purpose Of Creation That Each Unique, Individual Being Should Participate In Its Own Way In The Divine Being, Should Realize Its Eternal 'idea' In God, Should 'become' God By Participation, God Expressing Himself Through That Unique Being.

Obedience Is Detachment From The Self. This Is The Most Radical Detachment Of All. But What Is The Self? The Self Is The Principle Of Reason And Responsibility In Us. It Is The Root Of Freedom, It Is What Makes Us Men.

Atheism And Agnosticism Signify The Rejection Of Certain Images And Concepts Of God Or Of Truth, Which Are Historically Conditioned And Therefore Inadequate. Atheism Is A Challenge To Religion To Purifiy Its Images And Concepts And Come Nearer To The Truth Of Divine Mystery.

I Had Made Myself The Center Of My Own Existence And Had My Back Turned To God.

The One Thing Which You Have To Abandon Unconditionally Is Your Self.