The act of tattooing one's skin was a tranformative declaration of power, an announcment to the world: I am in control of my own flesh.
Dan BrownStichwörter: art flesh control tattoo dan-brown the-lost-symbol
Meltwater (from the book Blue Bridge)
Up here. A face
Loses its lines
I look to see
The colour of your eyes …
They have turned
To water.
I lean forward
To catch
The scent of your hair –
All I smell is heather.
I touch your hand
And all I feel is earth and stones.
There is nothing left
But the hillside’s breast
Your flesh and bones
Have vanished.
Stichwörter: water flesh rocks bones blue-bridge
The flesh,' as Saint Paul used the term, refers, ironically, not to our bodies but to fallen human nature. The 'carnal' spirit is the one that devours things for itself and refuses to make them an oblation to God. The carnal spirit is cruel, egocentric, avaricious, gluttonous, and lecherous, and as such us fevered, restless, and divided. The spiritual man, on the other hand, is alone the man who both knows what flesh is for and can enter into its amplitude. The lecher, for example, supposes that he knows more about love than the virgin or the continent man. He knows nothing. Only the virgin and the faithful spouse knows what love is about. The glutton supposes that he knows the pleasures of food, but the true knowledge of food is unavailable to his dribbling and surfeited jowls. The difference between the carnal man and the spiritual man is not physical. They may look alike and weigh the same. The different lies, rather, between one's being divided, snatching and grabbing at things, even nonphysical things like fame and power, or being whole and receiving all things as Adam was meant to receive them, in order to offer them as an oblation to their Giver.
Thomas HowardStichwörter: human-nature flesh sin spiritual-life
The devil can get you through your flesh. He knows the button to press on your flesh and have a way into your mind. The flesh becomes a transport medium for evil things if not killed for God. If Christ makes a home in your mind, satan can't get there.
Israelmore AyivorStichwörter: devil evil soul mind flesh thought sin temptation jesus satan sermon food-for-thought jesus-christ thoughts christ satanic press evangelism preaching pastor sinner bishop worldliness evil-thoughts israelmore-ayivor the-word-of-god arcbishop temp temptor
The ego hates losing – even to God.
Richard RohrStichwörter: flesh selfishness surrender
It's not what you have on the outside that glitters in light, it's what you have on the inside that shines in the dark.
Anthony LiccioneStichwörter: money happiness glitter contentment spiritual flesh jewelry materialism shine modest bling appearence darkness-and-light flashy poor-and-humble rich-and-pride silver-and-gold
I am a beast until I love as God doth love.
George MacDonaldStichwörter: love flesh selfishness
The struggle between God and man breaks out in everyone, together with the longing for reconciliation. Most often this struggle is unconscious and short-lived. A weak soul does not have the endurance to resist the flesh for very long. It grows heavy, becomes flesh itself, and the contest ends. But among responsible men, men who keep their eyes riveted day and night upon the Supreme Duty, the conflict between flesh and spirit breaks out mercilessly and may last until death.
Nikos KazantzakisStichwörter: soul flesh struggle
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