Clarity

by onacruse 6 Replies latest watchtower beliefs

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  onacruse

  Have you found it?

  Has it found you?

  Or is it both? Or neither?

  Ambivalence is the worst cancer, a cancer of the heart and soul and mind.

  Craig
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  Gopher

  One thing I'm clear about. Not everything is clear.

  I know family, work and love are important. That is clear.

  What happens after we die? Which presidential candidate to vote for? Those things aren't clear.

  There are many more things about which I'm unclear, but I'll keep this short for the sake of clarity.
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  frankiespeakin

  I think the body can not experience clarity,, what I mean is,, wait,,are you talking perfect clarity?,,or imperfect clarity? which is a contradiction in terms.

  Example:

  Just like if you close off all light from your eyes,,you still won't see perfect black only imperfect black which has a lot of specks in it all because the imagination is faulty.
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  bigboi

  Ahhhhh.... what course to take after the 1,000+ year marathon ends at the end of the block due to a reawakening of common sense and reason?

  I haven't the foggiest idea.
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  onacruse

  Clarity is personal; nothing more, nothing less, nothing other.

  As we visit that sacrosanct private place, in the most hidden spots of our psyche, those "nerve endings" that we hesitate to expose to even our dearest friends, our brothers, sisters, wives, husbands...do we find clarity?

  Self-honesty results, inevitably, in clarity.
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  frankiespeakin

  I think I am experiencing much more clarity,,but that is a very subjective experience,,I could actually be experiencing less clearity,,but thinking it is more because of the lack of clarity which is,,causeing my judgement to be amiss.

  So I guess I could say tentatively: "yes"!!
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  Markfromcali

  Hi Craig,

  Clarity is personal; nothing more, nothing less, nothing other.

  Are you sure? The clarity can be about the personal, but is it personal in nature?

  As we visit that sacrosanct private place, in the most hidden spots of our psyche, those "nerve endings" that we hesitate to expose to even our dearest friends, our brothers, sisters, wives, husbands...do we find clarity?

  That goes right along with the first part. The question we might ask is what 'visits' that place? If one part of the psyche just looks at another part, that can hardly be clarity - it would just be chasing your own tail in a sense.

  Self-honesty results, inevitably, in clarity.

  And that honesty would imply understanding yourself, knowing yourself. Digging up the hidden stuff doesn't necessarily mean you understand, it's just stuff. While such things may be very old and have a significant influence in life, it is acquired. What was there before any of it was acquired? Is that personal? What I am suggesting is going beneath the surface in a sense. As far as I'm concerned, the stuff of the psyche is really a matter of breadth, even if its something that may be hidden. I'm saying real clarity is more a matter of depth. See if it isn't acquired, then in order to look at that it means we would drop all that we have acquired. When you clear away the clutter of information, you will find clarity.