...She could have flown to safety but had refused to abandon her babies. Then the blaze had arrived and the heat had scorched her small body, the mother had remained steadfast ...because she had been willing to die, so those under the cover of her wings would live.   more »

A clear distinction has to be made between the suprarational and rational domains of knowledge. Human urge to understand things is perfectly understandable, but it has to also develop appropriate instruments and tools if it desires to acquire that which belongs to the domains of the spirit. Our hurry in this matter, of imposing one over the other, can be injurious. Any non-recognition of the fundamental difference between the two can in fact land us into irreconcilable contradictions...   more »