In this talk, Willard addresses topics about spiritual reality, the Trinity, the new life of the individual, and other dimensions of the beyond. A land of shadows has no spiritual reality. The gatekeepers live in the Shadowlands, and Willard calls the Shadowlands atomistic. The Christian believes in a spiritual reality, affirms Willard, but the gatekeepers say there is no spiritual reality in the universe nor in the individual. These gatekeepers would insist that all knowledge is found only in the physical or natural world, says Willard. Willard says, however, that we have this human problem, which asks, How can you find the adequate basis for knowledge in life? In our world today, blocking our desire to answer that question, are gatekeepers who want to be in charge of knowledge. At the same time, 'beyond personality' is about getting beyond individuality as we know it.

Lewis wants to take us 'where the road passes over the rim of the world.' Traveling this road, we learn that ordinary persons in our world are merely a part of 'Shadowlands,' our physical existence, which is but a passing shadow.

Willard, is the affirmation that there is a beyond-and the heart is crying out for it. The great thing about Mere Christianity, says Dr. Mere Christianity sets us on this path of discovery. The hunger for transcendence, the desire to escape, entices everyone to try to get 'beyond personality,' to find what is real. Willard begins his talk by showing us that the public's interest today in heroes-whether in movies, sports, politics-is about 'transcending,' that is, about getting beyond personalities.

There is a link to the video at the end of this summary.ĭallas Willard, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Southern California, addresses 'Beyond Personality,' dealing with the last book of Mere Christianityby C. The following summary is from the UC SD website. This was made in 2003, during the 40th anniversary of CS Lewis' death. Powerful, thought-provoking discussion by Dallas Willard on what CS Lewis discussed in book 4 of Mere Christianity.

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