Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to…

Abraham Joshua Heschel
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Normal consciousness is a state of stupor, in which the sensibility to the wholly real and responsiveness to the stimuli of the spirit are reduced. The mystics, knowing that man is involved in a hidden history of the cosmos, endeavor to awake from the drowsiness and apathy and to regain the state of wakefulness for their enchanted souls. ✨ Abraham Joshua Heschel (1963). The earth is the Lord's, and The Sabbath
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