Monday, October 5, 2026

Christianity

You can substitute in that quote, instead of Christ, "negative space", and it still works well. By negative space, I mean all of Everything that's not you.

Everything actually is you, but in order to feel that, you need to integrate what you've needlessly rejected and separated yourself from. And we can conceive of that as Christ.

I think everyone could potentially get behind that. Even atheists.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I think most people respond to feeling close to someone rather than something, someone who cares about them.

Jim Leff said...

Yes, and the essential takeaway is that the feeling of Closeness is something *we* generate, regardless of intention at the other end.

Children don't need their teddy bears to literally care about them. They understand they're insensate, but it doesn't matter. They've kindled a caring relationship via their own caring, and projected it.

Our sense of being cared for is built on faith, and that's not a cheapening. It's still profound. It's still real.

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