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What is particularly intriguing, in fact, is that whereas many peoples tend to locate this experience (of the sacred) in certain unusual, if not 'supernatural' moments and circumstances... the Oriental focus is upon mystery in the most obvious, ordinary, mundane-the most natural-situations of life.

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Children have a remarkable talent for not taking the adult world with the kind of respect we are so confident it ought to be given. To the irritation of authority figures of all sorts, children expend considerable energy in "clowning around." They refuse to appreciate the gravity of our monumental concerns, while we forget that if we were to become more like children our concerns might not be so monumental.

Conrad Hyers

Conrad Hyers

Conrad Hyers

Born: July 31, 1933

Died: March 23, 2013 (aged 79)

Bio: Merritt Conrad Hyers was an American writer, lecturer, and ordained Presbyterian minister. He received his Ph.D. in Theology and Philosophy of Religion from Princeton Theological Seminary. Before retiring he was a Professor of Religion at Gustavus Adolphus College in St.

Known for:

The Laughing Buddha (1973)
The Spirituality of Comedy (1996)
Once-Born, Twice-Born Zen (1989)

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