2006-09-27 06:51:09 · 12 answers · asked by S 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
How would you know what one is without the other?
2006-09-27 06:56:05 · answer #1 · answered by PaganPoetess 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! If we only experienced bliss and contentment we wouldnt know that it was bliss and contentment. Life need everything to be a full life. Pain ,suffering, happiness, love, bliss, laughter tears.
Just imagine to never feel like you were hungry. Food wouldn't taste as good then. The same thing with happiness. We need to feel some pain to be able to experience happiness. They are each others opposites.
2006-09-27 13:56:56 · answer #2 · answered by Jess99 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
To a point yes. But aint that too easy? See in life some things have to be "worked for". So some times the great and good things come easily because that's just life. At other times though it seems like all our efforts are not good enough but just when you give up that's when what you wanted all along comes along and it's too wonderful. So don't give up keep working even in the pain and suffering or in the times of ease you will eventually obtain the goal. The same goes for the Christian life. One day we'll get the ultimate goal. If you don't know Christ as LORD and Savior I dare you to try Him you won't be wrong. So my answer is yes and no.
2006-09-27 13:55:51 · answer #3 · answered by dave_83501 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the pain & suffering just allows us to appreciate the bliss & contentment even more.
2006-09-27 13:56:32 · answer #4 · answered by Ivyvine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You usually experience bliss first. If you experienced pain and suffering why would you continue? I have experienced pain and suffering and it kinda stinks. Bliss is much better!
2006-09-27 13:55:53 · answer #5 · answered by Katy_Kat 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe for a while. But eventually, bliss is partially based on the awareness that you are not suffering. And you need to remember what suffering is, to know the difference.
2006-09-27 13:53:44 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
You wouldn't be able to fully comprehend what Bliss and Contentment are without having something to compare it to.
2006-09-27 14:13:56 · answer #7 · answered by Kithy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Learn how to get started. Read "Set of the Soul" by Gary Zukav. Not a quick read because it takes a lot of thinking as you read. But definitely worth the time and effort as it can change you.
2006-09-27 13:57:59 · answer #8 · answered by lollipop 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
believing one cannot have good without bad is one of the ways ego keeps us "bound" to this physical plane of existence. The truth is that good is All-Good, with no opposite whatsoever. It is not only possible, it is your true state of being.
2006-09-27 18:05:37 · answer #9 · answered by Sky in the Grass 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't fully experience the mountain top until you have been in the valley.
2006-09-27 13:56:01 · answer #10 · answered by Robert L 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋