In a previous post The Tragic Tale of Christmas and Summer, the resolution involved finding a way to feel the love that was known to be there. So, how important is the feeling part of being loved? Is it OK to want that feeling?
Of course we can’t even ask this question unless we admit something:
Humans are capable of being deeply loved and, all the while, not feel it or even believe it.
I have not doubt that that statement is true and yet I have never put it in words and looked at in on a page until a few years ago. But, it’s so important to know because it makes us aware of one of the most tragic mistakes that humans can make – walking around, going through life as if they are not loved when in reality they are, and deeply so, by their creator, and often in addition, one or two people on the planet. How sad a story that makes. It’s like the old story of the woman who dies destitute, penniless, cold, and alone, not knowing that she is an heiress to a million-dollar pile of cash in the bank a few blocks from the alley where she dies.
I’m aware that some reading this are starting to bristle because they do not value very highly the seeking after certain feelings. You are not sure we should try to feel a certain emotion. You may even think of it as somehow not compatible with spiritual maturity. Certain Eastern Mystical traditions also tell us not to seek certain feelings. The next section is for you, though I doubt it is enough to persuade the strongly entrenched. But here goes…
My Brief Argument for Seeking to Feel Something
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David Hamilton
