Why Are We So Busy?


	Why Are We So Busy?

BGAllen

11-3-2009 9:51 AM

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BGAllen says:

Great blog post on "Between Two Worlds".

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/b40f6d7a-c5ba-4490-a553-a6eaf1aa8f7e/2EEE168F-1A30-4062-BBBB-C598DB7A1EC1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2009/11/03/why-are-we-so-busy/" href="http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2009/11/03/why-are-we-so-busy/" style="font-size: 11px;">thegospelcoalition.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2009/11/03/why-are-we-so-busy/"><H2>Why Are We So Busy?</H2></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2009/11/03/why-are-we-so-busy/"><P>Pascal, to my mind, has written the most profound reflections on God, man, and “diversion.” I’d recommend getting Peter Kreeft’s edition, <A href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0898704529/bettwowor-20"><EM>Christianity for Modern Pagans, Pascal’s </EM>Pensees<EM> Edited, Outlined, and Explained</EM></A>, where the relevant thoughts are all gathered in one section (pp. 167-187). Kreeft writes that when he teaches this material, his “students are always stunned and shamed to silence as Pascal shows them in these <EM>pensees</EM> their own lives in all their shallowness, cowardice and dishonesty.”</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2009/11/03/why-are-we-so-busy/"><P>Here is one line from Pascal (from #136) that it worthy of a lot of meditation, especially in The Age of Internet:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2009/11/03/why-are-we-so-busy/"><P><STRONG>I have often said that the soul cause of man’s unhappiness is that </STRONG></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2009/11/03/why-are-we-so-busy/"><STRONG>he does not know how to stay quietly in his room.</STRONG></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2EEE168F-1A30-4062-BBBB-C598DB7A1EC1/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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