Saturday, 30 August 2014

One of my anti-scupulosity tools

I have my good friend Paul Walker to thank for the following exerpt from The Chronicles Of Narnia.
Having been forced to see The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe as a young teenager on a school trip, I have avoided ever reading the books - something I may have to put right one day. Anyway Paul sent this to me and it has worked wonders for me when my scrupulosity is bad:

"Then I fell at his feet and thought, Surely this is the hour of death, for the lion (who is worthy of all honour) will know that I have served Tash all my days and not him. Never the less, it is better to see the Lion and die than to be Tisorc of the world and live and not to have seen him. But the Glorious One bent down his golden head and touched my forehead with hi tongue and said, Son, thou art welcome.But I said, Alas Lord, I am no son of thine but the servant of Tash. He answered, Child, all the service thou hast done to Tash, I account as service done to me. Then by reasons of my great desire for wisdom and understanding, I overcame my fear and questioned the Glorious One and said, Lord, is it then true, as the Ape said, that thou and Tash are one? The Lion growled so that the earth shook (but his wrath was not against me) and said, It is false. Not because he and I are one, but because we are opposites, I take to me the services which thou hast done to him. For I and he are of such different kinds that no service which is vile can be done to me, and  none which is not vile can be done to him. Therefore if any man swear by Tash and keeps his oath for the oath's sake, it is me that he has truly sworn, though he know it not, and it is I who reward him. And if any man do a cruelty in my name, then, though he says the name Aslan, it is Tash whom he serves and by Tash his deed is accepted. Dost thou understand child? I said, Lord, thou knowest how much I understand. But I said also (for the truth constrained me), Yet I have been seeking Tash all my days. Beloved, said the Glorious One, unless thy desired had been for me thou wouldst not have sought so long and so truly. For all find what they truly seek."
by CS LEWIS from "The Chronicles of Narnia"

I think it's clear why this helps.
I'll write more about it in the future I think.

I also have another, older antiscruplosity tool that I will talk about in a future post.

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