Personal Response

I find the character of Augustus highly interesting, primarily because he serves as an ôeveryman,ö a human being who has the capacity for awareness but often has trouble seeing things clearly. As we are told of Augustus when he sees a powerful light above his room, ôRegardless of his inability to see, he was receiving an impression, one that conveyed profound wisdom, knowledge of eternities, supreme compassion, a nimble and focused intellect,ö (Brown, p. 3). In my view, Brown is illustrating how we all have the capacity for these aspects of human existence but are unable to see them for their significance.

In todayÆs world, we are often focused on the temporal over the eternal and the material over the spiritual. In BrownÆs story of Augustus, we are told that the mystical being that visits him is there for a specific purpose. As the being tells Augustus, ôJust here to tell you to kee

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