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The sin of self-negation

I will write about this at some point later, i just wanted to post it so I didnt forget. It comes from the book 'Original Blessing' by Matthew Fox.

The Sin of self-negation: " This sin consists of the refusal to love oneself well, the refusal to celebrate both one's dignity and one's responsibility. When people sin in this way they become suckers for hero-worship, for projecting onto others thier own dinity as images of God. Whether these others at matinee idols or religious ones, whether alive or dead, makes no difference. The sin of refusal to acknowledge one's own dignity remains the same...This sin has everything to do with the triumph of death over life...in it the microcosm of the human person refuses to ripen and to live. With it all light and life are snuffed out and the wonderful ways of the Via Positiva, the great delight that that creation is meant to give to the Creator God, is forgotten."

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