“The world is not imperfect or slowly evolving along a path to perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment, every sin already carries grace in it.”
― Hermann Hesse
So many of the writers who have meant a lot to me have a myriad of fantastic quotes to explore and choosing between them can be difficult. Hermann Hesse and his books inspired me and helped me get through my high school and young adult years and his words still speak to me. Perhaps I should go back and reread Demian and see whether it still resonates as strongly. But then I may have to read Narcissus and Goldmund and The Glass Bead Game as well. That’s how my reading list grows so long.
Somewhere beyond our concepts of space and time is the universe already complete and perfect all layers and all dimensions? If that is so and these days i lean towards that in my thinking than everything that is to happen has already done so (or is doing so now in a very dynamic way). Everything has balanced out and is complete. Which means that everything we do, every way we react in moments or in lifetimes is part of that completion. We sin (my definition of that these days is that we go against our true being) and through that sin we expose who we really are or who we will become. Each sin we have been involved in is but a snapshot of a moment in our soul’s becoming. If nothing else, it teaches us compassion and forgiveness for the sins of others.
Blessings, G
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Heart Centred by G A Rosenberg
Serpentine by G A Rosenberg
This is a post of infinite hope! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I really drew from the bit about the ‘snapshot of a moment in our soul’s becoming’ which applies to many painful memories and mistakes.
Beautiful images. Your words are very comforting to me today. And this: It Is Perfect At Every Moment, Every Sin Already Carries Grace In It.”
As your honesty in your recounting has inspired me. What we’re all here for I guess.
I just recounted one of the most painful events in my life to a friend and it was your comment above that helped me remember to find the grace in it. Thank you 🙂
Awwwww. This comment is like a deep breath. Thank you 🙂