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The test of maturity, for nations as well as individuals, is not the increase of power, but in the increase of self-understanding, self-control, self-direction, and self-transcendence. For in a mature society, man himself and not his machines or his organizations is the chief work of art.
Lewis Mumford (1895-1990)
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Originally posted by Yaffa:Shalom! For all who wish to post a thought for us to chew on... here's the first one:
Desires must be purified and idealized, not exterminated.
-Rav Eliyahu of Vilna (The Vilma Gaon)Not purified, not idealized, not exterminated but fulfilled.
Proverbs 13:12
NASB: Hope deferred makes the heart sick, But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
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Originally posted by Yaffa:Hmm, I think desires should definitely be purified and not all desires should be fulfilled...
but the word "purified" by itself is meaningless... we all know what "fulfilled" is... but it cannot always be "fulfilled" (willingly or otherwise) due to one reason or another... and so... But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.
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Originally posted by AndrewPKYap:
but the word "purified" by itself is meaningless... we all know what "fulfilled" is... but it cannot always be "fulfilled" (willingly or otherwise) due to one reason or another... and so... [b]But desire fulfilled is a tree of life.[/b]why do you say that to have ones desires purified is meaningless?
The right desire fulfilled is a tree of life the wrong one fulfilled is the pathway to death, hence all our deisres must be purified because of our evil inclinations...
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