"Why some people think the self is a prison escapes me. — @GapOfGods
Dawn, May 13, 2017
Ossining, NY
Commenters say Song of Songs 4:12 describes the imprisonment of the divine presence in the material world. "A garden locked is my sister, my bride," it begins. "A rock garden locked, a spring sealed up."
The most famous prison in the Eastern Untied States is called Sing Sing, and Mark McCarthy was serving four consecutive twelve-year sentences there. This is not a coincidence because nothing is ever a coincidence."
This is a serialized story narrated by Matt Arnold with the permission of the author, Scott Alexander. The original text is here:
http://unsongbook.com/chapter-46-to-talk-of-patience-to-the-afflicted/
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Episode 70
Duration: 19:27
