Liberating Epiphanies
Oct 6, 2023 1:42:00 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Oct 6, 2023 1:42:00 GMT -5
Liberating Epiphanies
Have you ever been plagued by a sense of obligation towards certain persons and suddenly realized that they didn't deserve it? That you had been actually doing as Jesus had told us not to do, by casting your precious things, or pearls before swine.Matthew 7:6 ►
“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
“Do not give dogs what is sacred; do not throw your pearls to pigs. If you do, they may trample them under their feet, and turn and tear you to pieces.
Well, such a realization is called an epiphany as is described below.
Epiphany
(1) : a usually sudden manifestation or perception of the essential nature or meaning of something
(2) : an intuitive grasp of reality through something (such as an event) usually simple and striking
(3) : an illuminating discovery, realization, or disclosure
b : a revealing scene or moment
www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/epiphany
Now, not all epiphanies, or sudden realizations of truths, are pleasant or beneficial. In fact, sometimes one would have preferred never to have experienced them. It's like the saying goes, "Ignorance is bliss." After all, if certain past events cannot be changed, then what is the benefit of realizing that they could have been changed long after its impossible to change them? Such a realization merely leads to frustration and bitter self-recrimination for not having been wiser and for having been our own worse enemy.
However, there are other epiphanies, or sudden understatings, that are psychologically liberating. For example, one might suddenly realize that one's feelings of affection and sense of loyalty towards certain individuals is unwarranted and stupid because such individuals don't deserve to be viewed in that special way.
This occurred to me a few days ago in reference to certain individuals who have shunned me for the last 27 years. Well, after all these years, I finally realized that such persons are best kept at a very far distance.
Why? Simple, because if indeed they are that viciously fanatical, and that unmercifully, sadistically cruel, then, that in itself disqualifies them as family, friends or even acquaintances.
In short, they identify themselves as persons that are best kept at a very safe distance. So the constantly annoying sense of obligation that I once had been experiencing, is fortunately now totally gone, and has been replaced by very profound sense of peace.
In short, they identify themselves as persons that are best kept at a very safe distance. So the constantly annoying sense of obligation that I once had been experiencing, is fortunately now totally gone, and has been replaced by very profound sense of peace.