Spirit Knowing Itself

Tom left this quote from Hegel in the comments box of my last post. I thought it was too good to be hidden away.

"Everything that from eternity has happened in heaven and earth, the life of
God and all the deeds of time simply are the struggles for Spirit to know
itself, to make itself objective to itself, to find itself, be for itself,
and finally unite itself to itself, it is alienated and divided, but only
so as to be able thus to find itself and return to itself. Only in this
manner does Spirit attain its freedom, for that is free which is not
connected with or dependent on another."

Comments

[Tom]

Thanks, Mahala. It is a nice Hegel quote, isn't it? We are each just waves on the ocean of consciousness, waving at each other -- vaguely recognizing each other until, one day, the light comes out from behind the clouds, we flap foamy spray at each other and say, "Hey! I know you!"

[me]

Haven't heard from you in a long while. Hope all is well with you.

me.

[Robert]

Yoo hoo! Hope you are OK.

-robert