Do you believe that being vulnerable makes you a candidate for personal growth?

Question

yes or no? and why please... ???

Answer 1

Isn't it interesting that your question was just answered by me in response to another question.?

My answer is yes, to your question. The reason, simply replicating my previous answer, is that the very reason for Karma is to ultimately take experiencing of emotions [at all their various levels] to gain both Knowledge and Empathy within ones own consciousness [or Apapsyche = Operational Energy of ones Soul].

The purpose, of course, is to gain full experiential Knowledge of who and what Man is. This is the purpose of life, as it were.

Peace

Answer 2

Being "vulnerable" can make you a candidate for personal growth, but is no guarantee. It does guarantee a risk of hurt and disappointment.

When my son was very young, he liked to play soldier, as with the war movies he enjoyed on TV. But he kept falling down and rolling over as if agonzing from being shot. I remember telling him something that he puzzled about then and conveniently forgot later, "If you spent more time playing like you were 'toughing' it out in a fight than getting killed all the time, you will survive the school bullies a lot better."

I would say that being "aware" is a better personal target than "vulnerable". You can learn as much or more and personally hurt a whole lot less.

Answer 3

God challenges me this way all the time. I can be vulnerable with Jesus by my side. I know He will always lift me up should I stumble or fall. It would be easy for me to become a religious zealot and live high upon a hill and forget about the world around me, but it is in the vulnerability of the walk that He is able to shape me and make me into all He has intended since the beginning of the beginning.

Answer 4

Most everyone is a candidate for personal growth.

However, being vulnerable leaves one more open to taking in new information. If that new information is helpful and insightful, one can take it in and apply it much easier when vulnerable. If someone is vulnerable, one can take in and apply bad or negative information easier also.

This is why we call kids vulnerable. It could also be called easily impressionable.

Answer 5

A Candidate? Yes. There are 2 categories they fall under.
There are the ones who do not learn from past mistakes, who lean so heavily on others that they drive them away in self defense. These people end up very lonely and get sicker, needing therapy more & more as time goes on.
Then there are those who do learn from their past, and grow automatically from changes they make in their lives. Generally each of us have a mixture of both traits,
There is no such thing as staying static, staying in the same space. Either we grow, or we regress.
I hope I have helped answer your question.

Answer 6

Depends what do you mean under vulnerable. How I have chosen my way for personal growth is e.g. to stand back when someone forces his/her way in front of me in the bank, shop, etc. and let them go their way and I do not get angry. My partner says I am too naive and show this way signs of weakness and this way people will always step on me, but it makes me feel good, makes me feel a winner. I also always apologize if I feel I didn't treat someone nicely, the way I wanted. Again, my partner gets red ears. If someone tells me not nice words, I do not return in the same way, but try to retreat and tell politely that I do not like their behavior. Signs of weakness, being vulnerable? Not to me, yes to my partner, who gets angry because of this. I do not feel vulnerable, not weak, I just feel good I did not offend anyone, and maybe gave them chance to think over, to let them start thinking. I hope I have helped you a bit with your question.

Answer 7

If we choose to grow personally, we will need to look at ourselves to decide how and when we change. Change is risky, therefore be become vulnerable.

Answer 8

yes

Answer 9

No, It could lead to us being took advantage of by our friends and strangers.