Comments | twfarlan: To love without reason.

twfarlan

To love without reason.

Jun 30, 2005 02:09

I am married to a wonderful woman. ( Yes, you knew that, but it's not the point, just the beginning. )

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livethlfe June 30 2005, 11:03:32 UTC

I think you're very right that love is an act of faith, but faith generally doesn't promote understanding. If we understood everything, we wouldn't need faith since faith is for the things unseen and unproven by logic. You're asking how you can understand the Divine; humans often don't understand humans and from my limited knowledge of various mythologies, it seems that often deities often don't understand each other. You're right, how could a human ever understand a deity? It seems impossible.

I believe it's a matter of nature. It is human nature to have difficulty understanding the Divine. By the time we've evolved to the point of being able to comprehend such things, we're no longer what we now know to be "human".

I'm still trying to really comprehend what I was told last weekend and I'm sure that has something to do with this, but I'm not quite sure how to incorporate it into my logic. Feel free to tell me I'm wrong as long as you tell me why :)

twfarlan June 30 2005, 21:26:49 UTC

In my experience, faith is a stopping point to understanding. When we accept something on faith, we stop looking for answers, reasons, and understanding. We no longer seek these because we've given ourselves a fill-in for them, simple acceptance. On most subjects, I'm not willing to do this. On love ( ... )

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twfarlan June 30 2005, 21:27:04 UTC

Sure it is. And thanks.

acelightning June 30 2005, 19:09:11 UTC

i have been told that i need to have more faith - to rely less on logic, even "emotional logic", and to accept things that i can't explain. as you so eloquently put it, Love is an act of faith - and Love is something i'm pretty good at. you've given me a valuable clue here, my friend - thank you!

twfarlan June 30 2005, 21:27:21 UTC

(hug) No problem.

acelightning June 30 2005, 23:32:38 UTC

*hug*

theunicursalhex June 30 2005, 23:03:33 UTC

Wow, very acute. I feel much the same way.

twfarlan June 30 2005, 23:13:48 UTC

Thanks. Now it's just a matter of figuring out what to do with this new perspective.

theunicursalhex July 1 2005, 11:50:48 UTC

I almost put in on my journal as a link, it was so well written and so much like what I would like to say on the subject.

twfarlan July 1 2005, 13:23:43 UTC

Link to it, if you like. I don't mind.

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twfarlan June 30 2005, 23:48:08 UTC

Have faith that you will get a hug. (grin)