Found this new (old!) book – “Spirit of the Disciplines – understanding how God changes lives”, by Dallas Willard

Here’s a quote from the early pages of it:

BETWEEN THE DUSTHEAP AND THE HEAVENS

An initial clue to guide our understanding of our nature may be found in our aspirations to take in their sharp and obvious contrast with our physical being. The poets as well as the writers of Scripture were vividly aware of this contrast.  Humankind aspires to beauty and power, to purity and dignity, to knowledge and endless love.  And yet we are wandering heaps of protoplasm – bits of “portable plumbing” as the poet Stephen Spender says. (p. 46)