Contemplative in the Mud

Detachment for Freedom

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Benjamin Embley

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In a word, she should renounce every disturbing influence of mind and conscience that might hamper her inward liberty and recollection.
Saint Jane Frances de Chantal

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Benjamin Embley

With backgrounds in engineering (BSc PhD) and philosophy (MA), Ben has lived and worked in England, France, and Thailand and is now back home as a settler in the unceded traditional territory of the Wabanaki peoples in Canada. He is a Laudato Si’ Animator and currently studying an MTS Peace & Justice in Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples.

3 responses to “Detachment for Freedom”

  1. renatosantis Avatar
    renatosantis

    Even detachment FROM freedom?

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    1. Ben (เบ็น) Avatar
      Ben (เบ็น)

      The “inward liberty and recollection” is the freedom that is in Christ. It isn’t necessary to be detached from that, although our erroneous conceptions of freedom will have to go, of course. =)

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    renatosantis

    Even detachment FROM freedom?

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