Rpsh Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary
of this earth and yet not of this earth
Yet, at the last, the fool does find the treasure, for the wafting
feather has led him to more and more canny insights and opportunities.
The feather has magical powers that guide the heretofore
hapless hero to live more soulfully, and in full spirit and
compassion. Thus he finds a way of being that is "of this earth
and yet not of this earth." There is a "great price" to be paid to
live in such an attitude of wholeness, for it means one must
abandon the old unconscious way of life, including, for the fool,
some of one's former self-indulgent foolishnesses.
At the same time, however, the ability to live while being "of
this earth and yet not of this earth" is "priceless," for such a
stance brings contentment and strength of the finest kinds to the
heart, spirit, and soul. Thusly, having found this truer way of
life to be "of high cost and yet priceless," the former fool lives
free and claims his father's reward.
Could you tell me what this sentence means? I think it concerns about the sentence "of high cost and yet priceless", but I still haven't come home to it.
feather has led him to more and more canny insights and opportunities.
The feather has magical powers that guide the heretofore
hapless hero to live more soulfully, and in full spirit and
compassion. Thus he finds a way of being that is "of this earth
and yet not of this earth." There is a "great price" to be paid to
live in such an attitude of wholeness, for it means one must
abandon the old unconscious way of life, including, for the fool,
some of one's former self-indulgent foolishnesses.
At the same time, however, the ability to live while being "of
this earth and yet not of this earth" is "priceless," for such a
stance brings contentment and strength of the finest kinds to the
heart, spirit, and soul. Thusly, having found this truer way of
life to be "of high cost and yet priceless," the former fool lives
free and claims his father's reward.
Could you tell me what this sentence means? I think it concerns about the sentence "of high cost and yet priceless", but I still haven't come home to it.
Top answer
rpsh of this earth and yet not of this earth A mortal human yet an immortal spirit
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rpshof this earth and yet not of this earthA mortal human yet an immortal spirit
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"of this earth" means physically existing in the real world; "not of this earth" means spiritual or supernatural. Thus, the author is talking about combining these two qualities, in a way that a very spiritual person might try to achieve, for example.
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GPY"of this earth" means physically existing in the real world; "not of this earth" means spiritual or supernatural. Thus, the author is talking about combining these two qualities, in a way that a very spiritual person might try to achieve, for example.I get it. Thank you.
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