“To break away from the earth the astronaut must suffer bodily because all of the earth’s force will be concentrated upon his body. By the same token, the more you desire to be separated from this world the more you will experience the power and the force of this world. … But do we need fear? Observe the astronaut; he does not possess that necessary overcoming thrust in himself; he merely places himself in the space vessel so to be thrust upward by the powerful rocket. We likewise do not possess in ourselves the power to overcome the world. But thank God, he has placed a power—a rocket of unlimited power—within us; and that unlimited power is the love of Christ. …The Lord thrusts you up to heaven and to the realm of weightlessness. You are free!”
— Stephen Kaung, The Songs of Degree
