What is it about the night that fills us with such a sense of longing?

Question

I have a beautiful life and yet I am not even contempt. I want nothing more than to be rid of this place. Perhaps this longing is not for a place where magic is real, rather a world where truth and beauty, in the end, always dominate. As I sit here and type by the light of my computer, long after the rest of the world has retired to the private room of their dreams, I sit and pour mine out for the world to view, and yet, for no one in particular. The soft music emanates from my computer, and it is so sweet I could almost cry. What is it about the night that fills us with such a sense of longing? After the protective light of the sun yields to the western horizon, what are those small and forbidden voices that gently urge us out into the night? It is as thought the moon calls out to us, “come and play,” and she always rewards us with a cool breeze for our face. But the people of the world see me out playing in the night, and they whisper behind their hands, “What is she doing out there, she must be crazy!” for they have learned to block the lonely calls of the moon, who simply wants a face to shine upon.

Answer 1

For me, this is the call of the Goddess.
The night is the time that the God, and the stimulating sounds of the day retreat.
The rush of the cars, the sounds of our mechanized world slip into the shroud of the Goddess, who rules the night.

The myriad of stars, and the ever changing moon call us out to a time long since passed into memory. Still, some of us are striving to remember and bring back the old ways, when our lives depended upon the seasons, when our lives mirrored them. When we saw in ourselves, the deity who we trusted.

The night, as is the winter, as is life, is part of an eternal cycle that began long before we were born, and will continue for long after we've died. It's a time of quiet, a time of meditation, a time to connect with what's beyond ourself. It's a time to remember that as we were born, so shall we die, and so shall we rise again.

For me, the night is when the world is silent, and I can hear what nature has to say. The daytime is for working and striving and hurrying about. The night-time is for connecting and rejuvenation and quiet contemplation. Both are necessary, and both have their place. Existing in one alone would lead to stagnation, while both together are much more powerful than either alone.

Answer 2

DOES GOD'S ANGER LAST FOREVER? Psalms 30:5 For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning. (KJV) Psalms 103:8 The LORD is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. (KJV) Jeremiah 3:12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever. (KJV) Note: I will deal with each of the 'opposing' passages separately. Numbers 25:4 And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel. (KJV) This passage says nothing about how long God's anger lasts. Numbers 32:13 And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation, that had done evil in the sight of the LORD, was consumed. (KJV) This passage does not (as the critic seems to be suggesting) state that God's anger lasts for forty years, just that forty years in the desert is the sentence which God is pronouncing upon them. If a judge sentences a criminal to forty years in jail, does that mean that the judge will be angry at the criminal for forty years? Hardly. Jeremiah 17:4 And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever. (KJV) The fire caused by God's anger will burn forever, not God's anger itself. Matthew 25:46 And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal. (KJV) Like I said in my response to Numbers 32 above, the length of the sentence does not equal the length of the judge's anger. Not a contradiction.

Answer 3

Did you know in Heaven there is no sun and there is no darkness. There isn't even a shadow.
The dark & the light are just a foreshadow to eternity. It's a little taste of what true darkness is like. When you have Jesus, the "Light of the world" you won't feel that longing, unless you are letting the prince of darkness tell you lies.
Real truth and beauty is with Jesus Christ.

Answer 4

i think that when we are born into the human state we are disconected from that what we truely are,conected to all that is ,ever was and will always be. to all and to every thing and as a result we have bouts of lonelyness or restlessness dont let it get you down,ithink its the norm because i feel the same sometimes

Answer 5

That sense of longing comes from lack of sex most likely. The rest will work itself out.

Answer 6

You're not even contempt? Perhaps you meant 'content'? Gosh, I hope so...

Your question however strikes me as rhetorical.

Answer 7

What an artistic heart you have. Do you know Jesus, dear? He understands what you yearn for...He can show you great and mighty things that you know not...secrets of life, that can satisfy your deepest soul.

God bless you.

Answer 8

I think what u are looking for is dark sacred nights.:o]