Како да други буде ближњи? О могућности сусрета Истока и Запада
How can other become neighbour? On possibility of encounter between East and West

Summary/Abstract: After having shown three possible attitudes to the other (positive, negative and indifferent), the author tests the dialectic of the transformation of the other into the neighbour and the neighbour into stranger on a number of historical examples. In contrast to the enlightenment doctrine of religious tolerance which is based on the relativistic conception of truth, the author thinks that the spiritual core of religion is peace and universal love. The spiritual traditions of both East and West testify that one who has experienced the mystical union is not able to hate anyone. Hence love for enemy is the criterion of the tru faith, the testimony of being imbued with divine love. Setting free from the fetters of ego, the distance which separates us from the others disappears. So, the road to other leads through my own inwardness. The closer we are to our innermost being, the closer is the other man, too.

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