It was only after his death, from a ms called “Marking,” that the world learned of the deeply private faith that underlay Dag Hammarskjold’s life of public service. In aphoristic reflections he described his “negotiations with God and myself.”
@RobertEllsberg @RobertEllsberg
18 Sep 2018
9/18/61 Dag Hammarskjold, Sec Gen of the UN, died in the Congo when his plane crashed (shot down?). The rare global leader who combined public service with a sense of religious vocation: "Do not seek death. Death will find you. But seek the road which makes death a fulfillment."
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“I don’t know Who—or what—put the question...I don’t even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone—or Something—and from that hour I was certain that existence is meaningful and that, therefore, my life, in self-surrender, had a goal...
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“I came to Realize that the Way leads to a triumph which is a catastrophe and to a catastrophe which is a triumph, that the price for committing one’s life would be reproach...After that, the word “courage” lost its meaning, since nothing could be taken from me.”

Sep 18, 2019 · 11:52 AM UTC

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Replying to @RobertEllsberg
We're at the stage of triumph which is a catastrophe.
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The best summary I’ve seen of what you call positive disintegration.
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