…orthodox Christian Conception of the ground as distinct from the modern liberal, as exemplified, say by the theology of Paul Tillich, the Christian and the jew habitually feel slightly uncomfortable in the ground because it's a judging heavenly father, whereas…

…had in mind. And so, for this particular program I want to start out with this experiment by letting you have the words of Paul Tillich in what I think was originally a sermon or a speech entitled the eternal. Now it is our destiny, and the destiny of…

…courage for what is to come. He gives us REST in his eternal presence. I have been reading to you an article by Paul Tillich entitled the eternal. Now, if any of you are interested in reading the text of this article, it's published in a symposium…

…is literally true, you can dismiss him rather easily. Thank you very much. But when some great, subtle theologian, say a Paul Tillich, or say, representing a very different point of view, a Catholic Theologian like Jacques Maritain comes along and says now…

…weaving his own marvelous interpretation back into the text. And what you're getting is not Isaiah or jesus Christ, You're getting Tillich or Maritain, with all the historical experience and wisdom that they have through knowing the course and the history of…

…almighty. That has become implausible. But also for many people it has become implausible that the root of the universe, which the theologian Paul Tillich calls the ground of being that the root of the universe can be in some way a person to whom we can…

…it a thing that you can think about, because if it wasn't there nothing else would be there. It's basic it's what Paul Tillich called the ground of being his decontaminated name for god. So you say: well what difference does it make? If this ground…

…point: if you believe if you have certain propositions that you want to assert about the ultimate reality or what Paul Tillich calls the ultimate ground of being, you're talking nonsense because you can't say something specific about everything you see…

…know, images have an extraordinarily powerful influence on us they are much more powerful than logical ideas you can firmly believe with Paul Tillich that god is simply the ground of being, or with st Thomas Aquinas that he is necessary being, or with f…

…because it's somehow put into us that a proper amount of worrying is showing a good sense of responsibility. You're concerned, and Paul Tillich used this word concern in a special way, and quakers always use the word concern and all people you might say…

…means I have a frown on my Face and I'm worried about you, about the nation, about the war, so on concern. And Tillich said religion is ultimate concern. I am concerned about the universe, and he used this wonderful decontaminated word for god which he…

…doesn't, obviously. And so ultimate concern is to be concerned about the ground of being. Well now I don't think I'm not sure about Tillich. I knew him and he was a very wonderful man. But what I call concern, in the way I would want to interpret it…

…concentration on figures in contrast with backgrounds, and so naturally the total background of everything that's going on this is again what Tillich means by the ground of being escapes attention. It is the very first thing we fail to notice, and so, in…

…for solids, for something upon which I can take my stand, for a firm foundation for the rock of ages, or even poor old Paul Tillich, for the ground of being. But we are not living in that sort of universe we are living in a fluid universe in which…

…that of the heavenly King, but the experience that you yourself are a direct manifestation of the ultimate reality or what Paul Tillich called the ground of being which was his particular I would say decontaminated phrase for the word god, because the word…

…tree brings forth fruit, then the universe itself, the energy which underlies it, what it's all about, the ground of being, as Paul Tillich called it must be intelligent. Now when you come to that conclusion you must be very careful because you may make…