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We learn that god is; that he is in me; and that all things are shadows of him.

-Ralph Waldo Emerson

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We Learn That God Is; That He

Ralph Waldo Emerson

We learn that god is; that he is in me; and that all things are shadows of him.

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What the art historians had forgotten is that in chinese, japanese, persian, and indian art, they never painted shadows. why did they paint shadows in european art? shadows are because of optics. optics need shadows and strong light. strong light makes the deepest shadows. it took me a few years to realize fully that the art historians didn't grasp that. there are a lot of interesting new things, ideas, pictures.

Children are people, and they should have to reach to learn about things, to understand things, just as adults have to reach if they want to grow in mental stature. life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows. most things are good, and they are the strongest things; but there are evil things too, and you are not doing a child a favor by trying to shield him from reality. the important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil.

I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days. these shadows look so thick to him and weigh him down so that when he finds they are shadows and that he can see through them, walk through them and be again in the sun, he is enormously delighted. and i am afraid i am just as delighted as he is.

How does life become totally painful by total retreat. total noninspection becomes total pain.but existence is basically composed of a very few truths onto which have hung a great many artificialities and which man has adorned with enormous numbers of lies. and man is prisoner of his own shadows. now one of the things you can do with man is to get him to look up and find out that he can look through the shadows and look at the shadows and find out what they are.

What is sin? it is the glory of god not honored. the holiness of god not reverenced. the greatness of god not admired. the power of god not praised. the truth of god not sought. the wisdom of god not esteemed. the beauty of god not treasured. the goodness of god not savored. the faithfulness of god not trusted. the commandments of god not obeyed. the justice of god not respected. the wrath of god not feared. the grace of god not cherished. the presence of god not prized. the person of god not loved. that is sin.

Then i noticed that my shadow was crying too, shedding clear, sharp shadow tears. have you ever seen the shadows of tears, mr. wind-up bird? they’re nothing like ordinary shadows. nothing at all. they come here from some other, distant world, especially for our hearts. or maybe not. it struck me then that the tears my shadow was shedding might be the real thing, and the tears that i was shedding were just shadows. you don’t get it, i’m sure, mr. wind-up bird. when a naked seventeen-year-old girl is shedding tears in the moonlight, anything can happen. it’s true.

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