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"Only contemplative prayer touches the deep unconscious, where all of
our real hurts, motivations, and deepest visions lie.
Without it, we have what is even worse—religious egoic consciousness,
which is even more defensive and offensive than usual!
Now it has God on its side and is surely what Jesus means by the
unforgivable “sin against the Holy Spirit.”
It cannot be forgiven because this small self would never imagine it
needs forgiveness. It is smug and self-satisfied."
Richard Rohr
"Only contemplative prayer touches the deep unconscious, where all of
our real hurts, motivations, and deepest visions lie.
Without it, we have what is even worse—religious egoic consciousness,
which is even more defensive and offensive than usual!
Now it has God on its side and is surely what Jesus means by the
unforgivable “sin against the Holy Spirit.”
It cannot be forgiven because this small self would never imagine it
needs forgiveness. It is smug and self-satisfied."
Richard Rohr
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