What does this quote mean? Please help me undersatnd.?

Question

"What we are reluctant to touch often seems the very fabric of our salvation."

Hyperreality?

Answer 1

Existence is process, and life is growth. In other words, things are always changing. But changing from what to what? And why? Here lies the key to your question. Change always involves some level of risk – some contact with the unknown. From an experiential point of view, change is never completely comfortable, and frequently involves some form of pain. Thus even those who are adventurous and love change must still overcome some level of fear. We need change in order to exist and grow, but we can't help but experience some level of fear and discomfort in the process. Growth is "the very fabric of our salvation" and what we are most "reluctant to touch" is often the very thing that we most need in order to grow.

I believe that the psyche has a sort of growth instinct. Just as our physical bodies move us to seek out the nutrients, etc., and just as our physical bodies know how to heal most wounds, our psyches seek out the sorts of mental/spiritual experiences needed for a life of meaning, and various psychological self-healing processes try to lead us toward wholeness.

The ego is constantly fearing its own destruction, but deeper down the psyche knows that the ego's well-being is not the primary concern. In fact, life wants us to ultimately confront the ego's inherently impermanent nature. So from the standpoint of the everyday ego, it seems that life is always confronting us (our egos) with challenges, painful lessons, and just in general "giving us a hard time". The ego ultimately most fears what will make our lives most whole and meaningful because the process of attaining holism and meaning is a process of ego transformation which (from the ego's perspective) is essentially a process of ego destruction. So we find that what evokes the strongest emotional reaction within us (including those emotions that make us the most uncomfortable) are signs of life trying to lead us toward growth and meaning.

We try to grab hold of pleasure/permanence and cling to it, but life won't allow this in the long run because real meaning and health go deeper than the ego can see. In most cases, when we feel the need to run away from something, or push it away most violently, what's really going on is that Life is trying to pull us kicking and screaming into our most meaningful future.

One important note: The implication of what I'm saying is NOT that we should willy-nilly embrace everything we fear or hate with full, open arms. If you feel a strong desire to kill someone, and you fear this desire, the solution is NOT to simply embrace your desire and go kill someone. But the solution is also not to ignore or deny the impulse. The impulse is telling you something important. What Life wants you to do is explore your desires and impulses MINDFULLY – observe them and learn from them. The more powerfully you fear something or hate something (or love something, etc.), the more important it is for you to look at these emotions and figure out what Life is really trying to tell you.

Answer 2

well,you have 3 answers to chooze from.

And while you are at that;remember this.
The "very frabric of our salvation"could be a million
things or more.
And it sounds grand-did not your teachers teach you to
be aware of grand sounding wordsor phrases?
If not,you are in fine company.
Oh,and "hyperreality"?
Thats straight-out-of the old superman comics we all used
to read some time ago now!

Answer 3

Man in general live a life full of material things...follow norms which his society deems popular... emulate idols created by his fellow man.

And although he utters the Name of God sometimes, this is often done out of amazement or disappointment rather than an act to sanctify Him.

Brought upon by the very material world in which he lives in, he has gradually and perhaps unconsciously shun away from the way of God towards the realm of evil master most of his society seems to glorify.

Answer 4

This simply means that the very thing/person we fear or refuse to get aqauinted with, is the very same thing/person that may be the answer to our problems.... The very thing that might be able to save us in the end........ And we see it in life every day.

Answer 5

Why would you treat a stranger like an enemy, they may very well be your best friend.

The key to your jail cell is in your pocket.

Everything in the Universe is connected, why do we attempt to be disconnected?

Answer 6

our perceptions are flawed. get what you need, not what you want.