The dark night of the soul | What even is anything anymore?
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- This video is for anyone who feels lost, or like purpose has been sucked out of their lives. Perhaps you are deconstructing your faith or are facing the darker, shadowier parts of yourself. This process can feel rattling, but good can come from it and it can precede growth if you just maintain an open mind.
I saw a comment on someone’s video a few weeks ago (A Christian woman talking about how God would give her a better opportunity because she had just lost her job) the comment said, that basically if we are going to believe that God is always with us and listening to our hearts and answering our prayers and is omnipresent, then we also need to recognize and consider the times when he is absent from our lives. I haven’t been able to stop thinking about that since.
Maybe growth is the best case scenario, even though its the most scary and painful process. It seems totally at odds with some sort of positive thing within us, but maybe it just seems that way because of our focus. An open mind is absolutely key if you're to find new meanings and positive outlooks. Part of the dark night is simply letting go of the idea that positive emotion is built from inner narratives. It seems like ideas you have (or are given to you) when you're a child are what cause positive emotion. So we hold up these dialogs or narratives in a manner that is inconsistent with our current understanding. This says nothing about the validity of these narratives, but shows instead that our relationship to them is no longer what it was, hence the dark night. Because we are changing! How sad would it be if we didn't change tho and had the same understanding as the children we once were? You wouldn't be a very useful parent if that's the case.
Take care of yourself and of others... do that? Its a big win.
It makes me sad you were bullied. You're such a beautiful, intelligent, well-meaning person.
The male sweet demeanor is Not the standard. A lot of them are not that way and it's NOT ok.
My dad is patient and kind... Then of course I also grew up on Disney movies and that gave me the idea that men respected, protected and took care of women. Didn't learn about the other side of things (the expectation for women to be submissive) until the latter part of my life. Everything like red pill etc was definitely a splash of cold water right in my face
@@justpeachy4393 It's wonderful you had a great Dad. I, too, am sorry there's so many less than desirable men out there, but there are.
You should educate yourself more on the ‘natives’ . You refer to them as if they were some singular group that had ownership of the land. Do you know how many different ‘natives’ there were? What times they all arrived there? Who was there first? Who actually owned anything? What about all the indigenous groups that slaughtered each other before any white colonizer ever set foot? It’s not as simple as you put it.
There I no such thing as a "native" or "indigenous" person to the Western hemisphere. EVERYONE migrated from the Eastern hemisphere. There was a "people group" that lived in what would bcome the United States of America before Europeans settled in that land. "PEOPLE GROUP", not "native"; not "indigenous".
@@YHWH_I_AM you should make that clear to the person who posted this video then. Semantics aside, your comment is exactly the point I’m trying to make