Thank you for sharing this, Jonathan. I immediately had to think about Meister Eckhart and also Kierkegaard. And Hildegard. And Edith Stein. And all the other wisdom teachers who write on self-emptying. Many philosophers had great trouble understanding e.g. Kierkegaard's emphasis on "dying away." I guess it is because so few are also gardeners. It is easier to understand if one also works with soil and seeds.