Work and Pray/West and East?

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"The ancient saying "ora et labora" (pray and work) constitutes the only

answer that I have been able to find. _Worship_ and _work_ constitute

the only curative as well as prophylactic remedy that I know against

megalomaniacal illusions. It is necessary to worship what is above us

and it is necessary to participate in Human effort in the domain of

objective facts in order to be able to hold in check the illusions

concerning _what one is_ and _what one is capable of_.

 

For whoever is aware of raising his prayer and meditation to the level

of pure worship will always be conscious of the _distance_ which

separate (and at the same time unites) the whorshipper and the

worshipped. Therefor he will not be tempted to worship himself, which is

in the last analysis the cause of megolomania. He will always have in

sight the difference between himself and the worshipeped. He will not

confuse _what he is_ with _what the worshipped being is_ (even if it is

a cow .

 

On the other hand, he who _works_, i.e. who takes part in the human

effort, with a view to objective and verifiable results, will not

easilly fall prey to illusion with respect to _what he is capable of_.

Thus for example, a praticing doctor inclined to overestimate his power

of healing will soon learn to know the real limits throught experience

of failures."

>From The Chariot, in Meditation on the Tarot.

 

Antoine