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From the Intro to Benedicts Rule

Monks: “Refusing to be the slave of the material universe, he becomes its master. As a result, he moved in serenity. A leisure of spirit marked all he did with the sign of freedom and peace.”

20th century man: “He is swept from the security of a firm place in an ordered universe to the chill dark of an isolated, meaningless existence.”

So I kinda think this prognosis of “modern man” isn’t grounded firmly in reality. Admittedly I end up feeling like his description after I read something by Herman Hesse, or Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and in fact this merciless emptiness, elicited by these kind of romantic individualist books, has a certain appeal. Yet, I’m slowly realizing we aren’t in the 20th century any more, the paradigms of existence have changed. There is talk of a post-secular world, talk of renewed progressivism (which might be a really bad thing if history be the judge), etc.
So my question to the Gnostic community in Exile is this; what kind of quote would you add to the title 21st century person?
Peace,
Chris