Profound and incommensurable is the worth of this flowing world: God clings to it and ascends, God feeds upon it and increases.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The world has immense value because the divine actively interacts with and grows through it.
- In plain terms
- The world is very valuable because God uses it to grow.
- What can you take from it?
- Value the world as the place where the divine grows.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What gives the world value?
- How do you see growth?
Another view
It implies growth depends on the world which might be metaphysical.
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