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Clark K's avatar

Coincidentally, I encountered the word, theosis today. From Richard Rohr: Those who have passed over to healing and sobriety eventually find a much bigger world of endurance, meaning, hope, self-esteem, deeper and true desire, and, most especially, a bottomless pool of love, both within and without. The Eastern fathers of the church called this transformation theosis, or the process of the divinization of the human person. This deep transformation is not achieved by magic, miracles, or priestcraft, but by a “vital spiritual experience” that is available to all human beings. It leads to an emotional sobriety, an immense freedom, a natural compassion, and a sense of divine union that is the deepest and most universal meaning of that much-used word salvation.

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Aarti Talwar's avatar

I was wondering a few days ago, if others think about these things as as I do and then i see this post. That is what reading really does. Brings you close to you, atleast for me.

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