here's the passage "and there is man, the living paradox, the flesh-spirit, in divided union".. what's does this mean?
2007-01-17 22:41:14 · 8 answers · asked by acque 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
yes this is all in the passage and thanks for helping me understand this passage..
2007-01-17 23:57:52 · update #1
The paradox is man is made of flesh and blood but has a living spirit within him. Divided union is he is on his own but but is alive due to the spirit within him, given by God. He was created and given life by God and must have God in his life to live, but they are not fully united while living.
2007-01-17 22:46:59 · answer #1 · answered by Mawm 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, it means that we find it hard to be "spiritual beings" because we have to eat and poo and screw and such (gosh, that sounds crude, doesn't it?).
"In divided union" means that the soul and body are inextricably bound, with rather different priorities, but must find an accord. See the writings of St. Augustine (the old lecher) or watch Robin William's performance as "King of the Moon" in the Adventures of Baron Munchausen.
As for "paradox," there isn't one. There is conflict, and struggle, and sometimes temprorary ascendancy between the halves of the human motivation, but there is no paradox, unless you believe that man was made in the image (literally) of the divine. Which is absurd. Can you imagine God taking a dump? Or pulling His Divine Meat? Neither can I.
Man is man, and the apparent paradox is a product of the poetic ramblings of centuries dead primitives trying to formulate a philosphy from shepherd tales.
God, if there is a God, is something else.
Gosh, sounds like a Pepsi commercial ... "Try God, He's something Else!"
2007-01-18 06:53:15 · answer #2 · answered by Grendle 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The enigma, the puzzle that every human is! The paradox, the bundle of conflicts, the confusion, and, then the wisdom that makes the passage you quote here! The divided union is the feminine and masculine in God, or, the Power that guides us! (All religions seem to discuss this, by and large, more or less!)
2007-01-18 06:57:46 · answer #3 · answered by swanjarvi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The rest of the context would help to come closer to the meaning. However, in a philosophical sense, it hints about the man caught up in sensory level of perception, where he experiences himself as just a body, with just the sense organs to receive inputs, and hence divided from his own true nature !
And yet , it is the 'self' that is in Union with the body, to create such an illusion.
When a person evolves beyond the sensory level of perception, this division of self will dissolve in a big way.
2007-01-18 07:52:54 · answer #4 · answered by Spiritualseeker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Here are my thoughts when reading this passage:
a man....is someone human
the flesh and spirit......the man is made of two parts skin..is his flesh..and spirit is his mind...what comes from his heart..how he thinks and believes
the paradox....are these two things..that are very hard to explain..like a puzzle....something hard to figure out...in this passage it's the spirit of the man and the body the flesh of the man mixed together to make ONE PERSON...
I hope this helps you....that is what I get from reading your question...
Hugs from Mama Jazzy Geri
2007-01-18 06:50:19 · answer #5 · answered by Mama Jazzy Geri 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The contradicting nature of man.
The weakness of the flesh and the willingness of the spirit.
All battling inside of us...
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2007-01-18 07:16:56 · answer #6 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Have you ever wanted to do something and then the voice inside of you tells you not to do it? Man is always in conflict with his self, yet you are one person.
2007-01-18 06:49:18 · answer #7 · answered by El P 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
are you sure this is all in that passage
amazing
2007-01-18 06:47:04 · answer #8 · answered by Naina 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋