Simone Weil DETACHMENT A simple affliction does not cause a person to detach him or herself from the world. It has to be affliction that goes unattached or untreated. God gave up everything and we should also if we want to know god. If we get ride of all of our worldly passions (attachments) then we can know god. In order to be happy you have to disconnect your self from material things as well …showed first 75 words of 530 total…

…showed last 75 words of 530 total…miser deprives him self of this treasures because he wants it so bad. If he wanted god that bad it would be different. IF the miser got a lot of money it would lose its appeal to him. IT is the same if a person got God all the way. So we cannot get God all the way. IF we love god but thing he dens’ not exist. Then he will eventually prove his existence.