Contemplative in the Mud

What is the Battle for Detachment Against?

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Benjamin Embley

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The mind of the one who loves God does not engage in battle against things nor against their representations [in the mind], but against the passions joined to those representations.
Saint Maximus the Confessor

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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.

2 responses to “What is the Battle for Detachment Against?”

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    João Henrique Garcia Dias

    Thanks!
    Could you tell me where is this quote from?

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    1. Ben (เบ็น) Avatar
      Ben (เบ็น)

      Chapters on Love, #340.

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