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The Modern Idea of Sanity is No Longer Adequate

5/15/2016

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"We can no longer assume that because man is 'sane' he is therefore in his 'right mind.' The whole concept of sanity in a society where spiritual values have lost their meaning is itself meaningless. And so I ask myself: what is the meaning of a concept of sanity that excludes love, considers it irrelevant, and destroys our capacity to love other human beings, to respond to their needs and their sufferings, to recognize them as persons, to apprehend their pain as one's own? Evidently this is not necessary for 'sanity' at all."

Thomas Merton

Photo: Rocky Mountain National Park, CO, May 12, 2016
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    Stephen Hatch, M.A. is a spiritual teacher and photographer from Fort Collins, Colorado.  His approach is contemplative, inter-spiritual, and Earth-based.

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