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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 12:24 pm
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 2:59 pm
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:48 pm
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:24 pm
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 5:25 pm
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 6:03 pm
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Posted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 6:10 pm
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:46 am
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I have experienced feelings of being spiritually lost, and suffer from endemic (physiological) depression (which is extremely well managed). I haven't really felt any of the former since I was a teenager.
I wonder, particularly for those cases that last such long periods of time, how do others distinguish between the two? I can honestly say for myself that the feelings, at least, are extremely similar. Desolation, sorrow, loneliness, hopelessness, dread, and so on.
The Long Dark Night is often referred to as a stage or phase in the spiritual journey. I've heard of many examples of it lasting a long time but in well-known cases among figures known for their lives devoted to their religion, at least, it's seemed to be a single, fairly constant experience. Do others find it is a recurring step?
In terms of my long dark tea-time experiences, numinous experiences and revelations have given me what I can only describe as a "high", though many seemed to be only temporary relief.
I think the only thing that freed me from that particular darkness (a relief lasting more than a decade so far) was letting go of needing a point.
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:50 am
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CuAnnan ShadowSharrow Ouch, things have pretty much been that way for me for the last 4 months. Gotten so bad I had to let my dr put me on meds, no idea how long it will last. Wow, I heard from everyone that you were saying how wonderful things were going for you and how you were happier than you'd been in months.
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Who's everyone ? Less stress and drama thankfully but coming up on two months on meds and looks like I will be on them for at least the winter.
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Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 2:01 am
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 6:44 am
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Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:51 pm
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Posted: Fri Sep 05, 2008 5:32 pm
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Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2008 5:36 pm
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To be frank, I've been too intimidated by this thread to post before this, but now I feel like I should.
That feeling of despair and wondering whether or not religion is worthwhile has been in the back of my mind for quite a while, actually. But then again, since around my Junior year in High School, I really haven't had a definite belief system that seems to call to me.
When I came here, I realized the "Wicca" books I had been reading weren't accurate, so that was kind of a set back. But, when thinking about it all, I've wondered if it was so important to try to fit myself into a religious niche, or to just be content to be eclectic.
Big questions have presented themselves to me in the past... little over 3 years that I've been searching. Who am I as a person, How do I see the world, my moral code, What are my main priorities and values, etc. I'm still figuring everything out, and with a big transfer for college coming up around Christmas and living conditions changing, I'm hoping to learn more about myself by being more exposed to a greater variety than the sleepy town I live in now.
Needless to say, very stressful and depressing at times, but I try to keep in mind that I'm still young, and nothing this important in life is easy to discover.
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