My dad always said it was a gift and he believed I always knew and could read peoples heart and what they were thinking. He called it the gift of discernment. What is it anyways? Is it something in the bible or in a dictionary?
2007-09-01 11:18:40 · 10 answers · asked by happydawg 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Spiritually it is understanding that something being taught is not doctrinally correct compared to what the Bible says, or that someone is not who they present themselves to be, or that someone is a danger to you and others in some way.
2007-09-01 11:23:39 · answer #1 · answered by CJ 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I know I've mastered the ability to walk, talk and read. There's nothing much left to learn in these fields, and I can do it all with complete ease. Doesn't mean I never stub my toe, slur a few words, or stumble on a sentence now and then, but I've reached a point where it's completely causal. I'm not an olympic sprinter, or a public speaker, or a speed reader -- those are all entirely separate skills -- but what I learned is plenty to get through life. I never forget that the martial arts are called an art, whether or not that's an Eastern interpretation, but in the West this does have a purpose. An art couldn't be something you perfect. Music, painting and sculpting all have near limitless potential, but stages of development that you would have to "master" to get better. A black belt, as we've explained before on here, is about having a firm understanding of the fundamentals, or "All basic movements and techniques, can be applied with extended force and proper application in basic combination." The key words here would be "all basic movements and techniques" and "extended force and proper application". I would say there is a mastery of having LEARNED the requirements and KNOW how to put them to use, just not anything further from the basics. I think people go a little too far with the word, using it mostly erroneously, but the intent of comfortably and casually using what you've learned is what they're all implying. As for the martial arts as a whole, that I believe is impossible, especially as an art.
2016-04-02 22:37:35 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A person is very fortunate to have qualities recognized by themselves and others as discernment. Discernment is the ability to recognize the quality and/or validity inherent within a person, thing, action, timing, etc. The exercise of discernment has probably never been more crucial than it is today, with the glut of "information" surrounding us.
Thanks for your question; here's some quotations--non-denominational--enjoy.
I just noticed that these quotes "build" on each other; the ability to realize the first leads to the second, then the third---on to such as Solomon, perhaps!
He who knows others is clever; He who knows himself has discernment. (Lao-Tzu)
Her great merit is finding out mine—there is nothing so amiable as discernment. (George Byron)
To be a poet is to have a soul so quick to discern, that no shade of quality escapes it, and so quick to feel, that discernment is but a hand playing with finely-ordered variety on the chords of emotion—a soul in which knowledge passes instantaneously into feeling, and feeling flashes back as a new organ of knowledge. (George Eliot)
Sweet! Your father was giving you high praise!
2007-09-01 11:51:07 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Discernment is a term used in Christian tradition to describe the process of discerning God's will for one's life. Discernment is more than just a skill. Discernment is a gift from God before it is anything else. Yet there are clearly skills that are put to use in doing it, and you can become better at it through training and experience.
2007-09-01 11:25:47 · answer #4 · answered by angelsoqt 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Happy, in the BIBLE in Hebrews 5:11-14 there is the definition of discernment, it may be interesting. Jimmy.
2007-09-01 11:49:31 · answer #5 · answered by Jimmy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In addition to the perspectives present in the answers above, "discernment" can be used in application to sifting out our out- of- the- ordinary experiences in order to be able to tell which of them are wholesome and which maybe not. In other words, it's a term used in regards to valuing the "fruits" of an experience in order to sense ways in which it is healthy.
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2007-09-01 11:30:24 · answer #6 · answered by bodhidave 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Simply it is the understanding or detection of what is right and wrong or good and evil about a subject. The wiki definition below covers many more aspects.
2007-09-01 11:27:41 · answer #7 · answered by idiot 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Being able to figure people out....
2007-09-01 11:42:39 · answer #8 · answered by batgirl2good 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Having keen insight and good judgment
2007-09-01 11:24:39 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
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the ability to see things the way they are;
i.e. being acutely aware of what is right and wrong
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2007-09-01 11:23:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋