2007-09-09 03:50:48 · 6 answers · asked by Diesel Weasel 7 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
A person can "resign" themselves, they can just give up the fight, push the problems of the world under the carpet and find only a slight, and delicate, "comfort" in their ignorance.
So, instead I prefer to say that resignation is a form of ignorance. And some people find peace in ignorance.
However, what about contentedness? I think that contentedness, deep contentedness, is a form of surrender. Surrender is a total acceptance of the world, with all its problems and pain, surrender is to wholeheartedly accept this world for what it is, both "good" and "bad". For example: If we surrender to our anger and hate, they will leave us just as quickly as they came in, instead of remaining bottled up when we try to deny (fight) with them. They will be felt intensely when we surrender to them, and enjoyed, however they will disappear in an instant rather than remaining with us bottled up in the back of our minds. If people surrendered to their physical and emotional pleasures, and accepted them, then they would no longer try to cling to them, and desire for them constantly, and feel depression in their craving for them. Surrendering to the world, surrendering to all our feelings without feeling guilty - fully experience them when they arise - and surrendering to their absence when they leave.
I think that would be the path to the ultimate "contentment."
2007-09-09 04:03:37 · answer #1 · answered by driving_blindly 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think they are complete opposites. Contentment is being completely happy about something, and resignation would be to finally give up on something.
2007-09-09 03:55:33 · answer #2 · answered by rem552000 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No, God tells us to be content in Him no matter what the rest of our situation may be.
2007-09-09 03:57:15 · answer #3 · answered by ? 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Depends on point of view.
In one case - mine - it is a form of appreciation.
2007-09-09 03:55:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. It's more an absence of anxiety
2007-09-09 03:58:26 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
2007-09-09 03:56:16 · answer #6 · answered by TodboT 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋