On my Journey I have come across a question that I use a lot, how do you feel about it?

Question

"Who cares to admit complete defeat?" For myself, I do. I need to surrender everything I thought I knew, or know, in order to grow as a Man.

Namaste

Peace and Love

Answer 1

I came to understanding everything, when I realized I knew nothing!

Answer 2

I regret that I can't quite "come to terms" with the question itself. Nor, do I believe in the surrender of "everything." If you "thought" you knew, & now have come to a fork in the road, it may lead you elsewhere, but does this mean to "grow as a man?" We are constantly evolving, tossing this & that, gaining insights, retrieving bits of what we tossed. Would you truly define this as "defeat?" Defeat does not itself connote any particular margin of victory, (the antithesis of defeat.) Yet, as I perceive your words, to grow as a man seems a sort of victory. Personally, I don't believe life is victory or defeat. To surrender is thus neither defeat nor victory.

Answer 3

I don't define "surrender" as "defeat".....To me, defeat has to do with grudgingly giving up a fight with an external agent or being destroyed or beaten down by the agent, where surrender is more a voluntary thing, for your further good, or the common good. I can't see where you are defeated in admitting to yourself that dogmatic thinking closes doors, and being willing to hand over an old idea for a new one, in order to grow.....

Answer 4

Always the great questions that make me smile!

I'm not sure about defeat but sometimes I just have to admit that I just have no idea, either about where I'm going or how.

I feel like a leaf afloat in a stream. (Sometimes not so afloat!) And sometimes just letting go and realising that the universe is bigger than me is a good thing. I think.
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Answer 5

It takes a man to admit defeat

Answer 6

That's excellent. The seeker ultimately finds that there is nothing he can know that is of value in his search for Truth because that which he seeks is the Source of mind, and therefore 'prior to' all conceptual knowing. What mind thinks it knows becomes the only real obstacle to the realization of Truth. Both ignorance and knowledge must be surrendered.

Phil

Answer 7

Yes, we also need to "drop" old ideas, even those of growing, to end up where we have always been. Wayne Dyer said once, "the spiritual path is like a circle, we end up at the same place we started from, but now we know the place for the first time". ~ : ) Namaste

Answer 8

I think it is both elegant and profound. In my opinion, it is as good a creed for a thinker, a humble seeker of knowledge and truth (in my opinion, only the humble ever find either) as I have ever come across. A succinct description of Man in the face of the infinite.

Answer 9

Dear,
Life is a sea of disputes/disturbances/conflicts of varied proportions.

When we are at no fault - no reason to accept defeat!
A civilised man should be healthy himself with moral values.
Some times our too good nature will land us in trouble, to repent later, and to loose peace of mind, in present day materialistic world.

Our principle should be 'if we are not helpful to others, atleast let not bother them to face difficulties'

Your thoughts are good, carry-on.

Answer 10

I agree with EvilPangel. I can't quite understand that... unless you mean to recognise my own fundamental foolishness. I am a fool. I have said it on many occasions, and proved myself right again and again!