@vivify saidThis question was given to my wife, and we talked about it; COVID seemed to be her, "I want to know."
That's an interesting question.
If you are madly in love with your spouse or significant other and have a very happy life with that person...would you want to know if that person is cheating on you?
I recently watched an interview with a comedian whose mother told him the man who raised him was not actually his father. The comedian said this was not something he neede ...[text shortened]... question (knowing the truth or remaining happy) depends on how much what is at stake matters to you.
@kellyjay saidAre we on a happiness quest or a truth quest?
Are we on a happiness quest or a truth quest?
Would we want to know the truth if it wasn't what we think it should be?
If I'm content the way I am, and truth would be upsetting, would I prefer being ignorant?
Thoughts
JMHO - A bit of both. The percentages of those 2 things are different for everyone.
@kellyjay saidPeople look at the world through the prisms of their own experiences and belief systems; this splits whatever they see into fixed channels with a certain tint. some people respond without any religious over- or under-tone; others cannot not see it as having a religious over/under-tone.
Did you see either word “Christianity or Bible” in the post? Others had no issues dealing with the OP as written.
@moonbus saidWorldviews how we think reality is, is how we all view all things through that.
People look at the world through the prisms of their own experiences and belief systems; this splits whatever they see into fixed channels with a certain tint. some people respond without any religious over- or under-tone; others cannot not see it as having a religious over/under-tone.
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@kellyjay saidIf the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.
Worldviews how we think reality is, is how we all view all things through that.
William Blake,
@moonbus saidThen I considered all that my hands had done and the toil I had expended in doing it, and behold, all was vanity and a striving after wind, and there was nothing to be gained under the sun.
If the doors of perception were cleansed every thing would appear to man as it is, Infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things thro' narrow chinks of his cavern.
William Blake,
King Solomon
@KellyJay
I know a good brother who put songs to the book of Ecclesiastes.
Here is one on there God making everything beautiful in its time and put eternity into man's heart.
https://soundcloud.com/chords-of-a-man
@sonship saidI just finished Ecclesiastes in my morning devotions. Enjoy the Psalms and Ecclesiastes when they swing around again. Since I do Proverbs daily without end, I do Psalms again, extending it out a little more whenever I get to proverbs. 🙂
@KellyJay
I know a good brother who put songs to the book of Ecclesiastes.
Here is one on there God making everything beautiful in its time and put eternity into man's heart.
https://soundcloud.com/chords-of-a-man