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Frustrated and confused

Senseless

Senseless

Bonnie & Clyde
I'm so lost right now. The world appears so complex to me. I can't make any sense of it. Everyone says something different and they keep contradicting each other. I don't know who or what to believe anymore. It seems that making up your own answer is just as well, since it's impossible to get to the 'truth' anyways.

I've been there and done that with many faiths and beliefs. I don't know what happened, but I've started feeling not at peace. I keep looking and finding something else each time, but nothing satisfies me. I keep worrying that I'm going insane, but I guess that's what I do anyway.

It's exhausting. I wish I could find whatever it is I'm looking for.

Sorry. Just venting :s
 
starlite

starlite

Texasgirl
“The truth about something is all the facts about it, rather than things that are imagined or invented,” says Collins Cobuild English Dictionary. In Biblical Hebrew, the term often translated “truth” pertains to something that is true, trustworthy, faithful, or factual. The Greek word rendered “truth” denotes that which conforms to fact or to what is proper and right. God has made "spiritual" truth abundant. The Bible tells us that His word is truth at John 17:17.

“WHAT is truth?” That was the question that Pontius Pilate, Roman governor of Judea in the first century, asked of Jesus. Many throughout history have sought to answer that question. Jesus promised his disciples: “You will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.”—John 8:32. So, how do we find this truth? For example...When you hear a statement about God, ask yourself, ‘Does this harmonize with Jesus’ words and the rest of the Holy Scriptures?’ Compare what you already know to the scriptures...dig for it as you would for a hidden treasure. (Proverbs 2:4) Continue to question, pray and search for the truth and God will reveal it to you.

‘God does not want us to continue in ignorance; he has said that his will is for us to come to an accurate knowledge of truth.' (1 Tim. 2:3, 4).
 
allfoak

allfoak

Alchemist
Senseless said:
I'm so lost right now. The world appears so complex to me. I can't make any sense of it. Everyone says something different and they keep contradicting each other. I don't know who or what to believe anymore. It seems that making up your own answer is just as well, since it's impossible to get to the 'truth' anyways.

I've been there and done that with many faiths and beliefs. I don't know what happened, but I've started feeling not at peace. I keep looking and finding something else each time, but nothing satisfies me. I keep worrying that I'm going insane, but I guess that's what I do anyway.

It's exhausting. I wish I could find whatever it is I'm looking for.

Sorry. Just venting :s
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What you are looking for is inside you.


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Augustus

Augustus

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Senseless said:
The world appears so complex to me. I can't make any sense of it.
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The world is complex and doesn't make sense. Expecting it to be simple and sensical can sometimes be the problem, especially if this makes you think that everybody else has 'cracked the code'.

Senseless said:
I keep looking and finding something else each time, but nothing satisfies me.
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Sometimes the expectation can be the problem, it's not what we have that is bad it's just that it isn't what we expected.

There may be no easy answers, although that doesn't mean there are no answers (or at least partial answers). Trying and expecting to find them may actually take you further away though.

The best way to find something can sometimes be to stop looking for it or expecting to find it.
 
YmirGF

YmirGF

Bodhisattva in Recovery
Augustus said:
The world is complex and doesn't make sense. Expecting it to be simple and sensical can sometimes be the problem, especially if this makes you think that everybody else has 'cracked the code'.

Sometimes the expectation can be the problem, it's not what we have that is bad it's just that it isn't what we expected.

There may be no easy answers, although that doesn't mean there are no answers (or at least partial answers). Trying and expecting to find them may actually take you further away though.

The best way to find something can sometimes be to stop looking for it or expecting to find it.
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Excellent points, Augustus. What you are attempting to articulate is similar to a gardener planting a seed, then going back every few hours, digging it up and then wailing about the lack of growth. Sometimes, one just has to sit back and enjoy the sunset. Let the rest sort itself out.
 
Senseless

Senseless

Bonnie & Clyde
Yeah, I think you guys are right. Maybe it's more about the way than it is about the destination. I'mma keep looking, and make the most of the ride :)

Thanks for the words of wisdom, everyone :)
 
Brickjectivity

Brickjectivity

wind and rain touch not this brain
Staff member
Premium Member
Senseless said:
I'm so lost right now. The world appears so complex to me. I can't make any sense of it. Everyone says something different and they keep contradicting each other. I don't know who or what to believe anymore. It seems that making up your own answer is just as well, since it's impossible to get to the 'truth' anyways.

I've been there and done that with many faiths and beliefs. I don't know what happened, but I've started feeling not at peace. I keep looking and finding something else each time, but nothing satisfies me. I keep worrying that I'm going insane, but I guess that's what I do anyway.

It's exhausting. I wish I could find whatever it is I'm looking for.

Sorry. Just venting :s
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I have been there, and I will be there again. I sympathize and am (sympathetically) there with you now.
 
Wu Wei

Wu Wei

ursus senum severiorum and ex-Bisy Backson
Senseless said:
I'm so lost right now. The world appears so complex to me. I can't make any sense of it. Everyone says something different and they keep contradicting each other. I don't know who or what to believe anymore. It seems that making up your own answer is just as well, since it's impossible to get to the 'truth' anyways.

I've been there and done that with many faiths and beliefs. I don't know what happened, but I've started feeling not at peace. I keep looking and finding something else each time, but nothing satisfies me. I keep worrying that I'm going insane, but I guess that's what I do anyway.

It's exhausting. I wish I could find whatever it is I'm looking for.

Sorry. Just venting :s
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Stop looking externally for answers, look internally.
Just my 2 cents, take it for what it is worth
 
Jumi

Jumi

Well-Known Member
I wouldn't worry about it @Senseless most people have their ideas but are as confused as you are. If we want to understand something about the world we have to pretty much dedicate ourselves to one small facet. There simply isn't time to understand it all. You have to learn to be content to do with less and pick the best from what you can know.
 
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