What is sanctity?

Part of “What is sanctity?”

 

Nowadays, enlightened men and women do not yearn for ‘sanctity’, they seek to be mature and fair, in the fulfilment of duties they perceive as their responsibility, not by delegation of today’s morals and legislation, but as an assignment of their own conscience, which often, [...]

What is sanctity?

 

Part of “What is sanctity?”

 

Not having sex? Obeying social conventions? Renouncing material responsibilities?

These three attitudes are today rightfully interpreted as manifestations of hypocrisy, psychological illness, ignorance or avoidance of one’s duty.

There were, however, those who have lived the classic stereotype of the ‘saint’ and were a truly noble spirits, [...]

Rejected

To demonize someone and place yourself as a victim is the perfect detour route, blocking the process of learning about your own mistakes (which caused the suffered vicissitude) and programming an even more unfortunate line of events than the one that was taken as the cause of the misfortune.

Benjamin Teixeira de Aguiar [...]