Soren Kierkegaard -- Martin Luther, Leo Tolstoy, and Miguel de Molinos (William James1902)
Channel: Craig Campbell
Date: 02/11/2012

Luther, his teacher, Molinos, Kierkegaard, and Tolstoy were all conscious of their sins in a Christian way. They knew they couldn't do what they wanted to do but did what they didn't want to do. They hadn't come to an understanding with themselves and with God about what they wanted to do. All of them approached God from an intellectual perspective and had to give it up to find their true self. This video explores the "how", for them, how self-understanding can lead to self-direction toward an eternal goal rather than continually striving for the finite.

The audio is courtesy of Librivox.org from a reading of "A Variety of Religious Experiences", by William James published in 1902 (lectures 6-7 "The Sick Soul").

http://csp.org/experience/james-varieties/james-varieties6.html#6-14

http://archive.org/details/religious_experience_1008_librivox
Almost all the quotes from Kierkegaard come from his book "Either/Or".
This is a link to an article about that book.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Either/Or