Reality is a complex phenomenon, filled with dimensions, not the least of which are two that Christians affirm and understand: the physical and the spiritual. We are invited by Cervantes to enter into Don Quixote's imaginary world and reflect on these players. We are to ignore no points of view: neither the idealism of Don Quixote nor the realism/literalism of Sancho Panza. The point that comes across is this: we must not have a reductionist attitude toward reality. . RT Llizo
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To reduce is to take something down to its simplest form. We are often guilty of doing this to physical reality, discarding the complexities of it all. We often do the same with our spiritual reality. We easily dismiss the vast amount of knowledge that is available to us, rather than exploring it.

The only reason that we do this is because we believe that there is nothing more to reality than what we can see and understand on a physical level. However, this is not the case. There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamt of in our philosophies.

The challenge lies in opening up our spiritual eyes so that we might see beyond the physical limitations that exist today.

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