To "live by the Law" is to subordinate ourselves to that which by nature is subordinate to us, the community of all the unique, irreplaceable individuals we all are. It is to distort the Law, which is meant to serve life itself, into something that serves death instead.
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Some bonds constrain us, and confine us to isolation one from another. Others release us from our confinement and our isolation, letting us loose and inviting us to enter into community with one another. The former bonds cage and enslave us, whereas the latter ones open our cage-doors and set us free. The former constipate us, tightening us up and closing us down. The latter act laxatively, as it were. They open us out like blossoms, loosening us up and relaxing us.
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