Man and Sin by Piet Schoonenberg (1964) 2.3 JC
[So I pray (or think about it).
The interscope becomes an intersection.
The non-contemplative acts.
The contemplative prays.]
[My choice2b can validate the expectations in the report3a.
My friend’s report3a expects to arouse my desire1a.
If I make a choice2b, I validate the thought experiment3a, even if it turns out that there are no good apples at the market.
Then I do2b something foolish.
I purchase undesirable apples at a high price.]
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[A report of apples at the market3a acts as a mirror in which I see I can make applesauce and stock up for the winter2a in the potentials inherent in me1a.
If I focus on the opportunity for making applesauce2a, then I address my desire1a.
If I ask myself, “Is this what I value1b?”, then I question my desire1a.]
[If I am contemplative, I do not seamlessly fold the content-level into the situation-level nested form.
That is sensible thinking.
The contemplative is aware of the dangers of the interscope.]
[Back to the applesauce example, I got to a place where something2a consisted in the actuality of the opportunity to make apple sauce.
‘This something2a’ is virtually situated by ‘my choice2b’, in the following nested form:
I, seat of choice3b( my choice2b( the potential of something2b))
If I am not contemplative, the potential of me1a is subsumed into I choose2b.
No further articulation needed.
I decide to make applesauce.
The interscope remains an interscope.]
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[Opportunity is sandwiched between responsibility and freedom.
Is opportunity sandwiched between words and bondage?
I have a better word: ‘temptation’.
Temptation is sandwiched between words and bondage.
Opportunity and temptation belong to the single actuality that is ‘my heart2’.]
[In the example of a friend who calls and informs me of the fine apples on sale in the farmer’s market, I am aware of something2a:
‘Hey, I can make some applesauce and stock up for the winter’.
This statement is equivalent to something2a.
This may be called an opportunity.]