What Does the Action of God Look Like?

"But there is a moment of uncovering, which happens very fast and you seem to be losing track of something. It is almost as if you hear a key turn in the lock."

-Anne Carson

"Thou hast not half that power to do me harm as I have to be hurt."

-Shakespeare (Othello, V.ii.)

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Just after his enlightenment, a person saw the Buddha go by and the fellow was struck by the countenance of this extraordinary person. The Buddha seemed to radiate peace. The man stopped the Buddha and asked, “My friend, what are you? Are you a celestial being, or a god?”

“No,” said Buddha.

“Well, then, are you some kind of magician or wizard?”

Again the Buddha answered, “No.”

“Are you a man?”

“No.”

“Well, my friend, what then are you?”

The Buddha replied, “I am awake.”

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"It is true that the unknown is the largest need of the intellect, though for it, no one thinks to thank God."

-Emily Dickinson