Feelings
Is it good or bad to be able to feel? Most would say it's good. Yet it brings along pains too.
Waves of memories came upon me but I tried to block them mentally and emotionally. I tried not to feel anything but stayed as a 'plant'. Yet I gave in a little. That's wasn't good... I was in 'trouble' again... it ruined my night. I got to go black to being a 'plant'... that's a better option I guess.
posted at 8/16/2006 12:01:00 AM |
Name: Bee
2 Comments:
Of course it is good to feel. I can empathize with desiring to feel nothing, to simply be numb and insensible to the pain this world can afflict us. I also know that when I had finally stopped suffering and felt numbness, I knew it was not where I wanted to be, I wanted to feel, I wanted to enjoy and be happy. I am still far from my goal, but I have faith that I will achieve it.
Remember that you are a full and divine image of God, not a dim shadow or husk that wanders this earth hollow and empty inside.
Some more words from Seneca: (you can read the whole thing here
You desire to know whether Epicurus is right when, in one of his letters, he rebukes those ... who believe that the Supreme Good is a soul which is insensible to feeling.
We are bound to meet with a double meaning if we try to express the Greek term "lack of feeling" summarily, in a single word, rendering it by the Latin word impatientia. For it may be understood in the meaning opposite to that which we wish it to have. ... Consider, therefore, whether it is better to say "a soul that cannot be harmed," or "a soul entirely beyond the realm of suffering." There is this difference between us and the other school: our ideal wise man feels his troubles, but overcomes them; their wise man does not even feel them.
For what purpose, then, do I make a man my friend? In order to have someone for whom I may die, whom I may follow into exile, against whose death I may stake my own life, and pay the pledge, too.
Take care. I will continue to pray for you.
[the translation has some spelling and grammatical errors, but it was the best I could find on short notice]
thanks for your prayers... :)
Post a Comment
<< Home