
[Unedited] John O'Donohue with Krista Tippett
On Being with Krista Tippett
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Are You Just Talking Thoughts?
i think that there is a way in which the outer presence, even through memory or imagination, can be brought inward as a sustaining thing. I mean, i heard bryan swimm say at one time that we ere one of the first generations that have successfully managed to forget that we actually live in a universe. And somewheye, i love pascal's phrase, you know, that you should always keep something beautiful in your mind. But i've often, likeind times when it's been really difficult for me, if you can keep some kind of little con tort that you can glimpse sideways it now and again, you can endure great bleakness.
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