Then a overflowing desire comes to me, absurd, of a sort of satanism before Satan, in that one day [...] an escape out of God can be found and the deepest of us stops, I don't know how, to be a part of being or not being.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker expresses a desire to escape God and existence itself, suggesting a wish to cease being.
- In plain terms
- Wanting to escape existence is absurd.
- What can you take from it?
- Existence can feel like a burden.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What stops you from giving up?
- Do you fear non-being?
Another view
Many find purpose in believing in something greater.
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