2007-09-18 03:24:05 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
are you asking, have i ever just hated? not just for an hour or day, but for months and years? i mean hated; wanted nothing more then to hurt anyone the would be dumb enough to stand in your way? had no more feelings of family, that they were just another brick in the wall that needed to be torn from the fabric of your mind? no love, just hate and rage? then yes, i have, there was a time in my life, i felt that even the devil should fear me.. i was wrong..
2007-09-18 03:37:52 · answer #1 · answered by RuG™ 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. And so did Abraham. Heard a sermon on it last Sunday (see Genesis ch 15). There are 3 things that bring it on: being physically, emotionally and spiritually drained. Spiritually, 3 factors contribute to that: loneliness arising from God's calling; weariness fulfilling duties and fighting battles; great frustration regarding God's promises. That's why, when God repeated his promise of an heir, Abraham almost exploded and (sort of) said, 'But what about that promise, made so long ago and STILL not fulfilled? Why are you going on about future things? I want to know when I'll get an heir!' And dreadful darkness afflicted him after he did what God commanded. But God brought him through it and reaffirmed his covenant, showing what would happen hundreds of years into the future. Abraham needed to keep faith with the stead-fastness of God, believing the promises. That is why he became God's friend. We fluctuate from day to day, but God is the same - rock solid. That's what brings us through any 'dark night of the soul'. Be comforted that even those obeying God can go through dark providences.
2007-09-18 11:29:06 · answer #2 · answered by Annsan_In_Him 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes for about two years and then God helped me to come out of it but it was because of me I wanted to change the destiny of my soul I did not like where it was heading that is when you can say the Devill 666 was around hahaha but God and my guardian angels and friends of mine in this waking life helped me to get through this difficult period of my soul and now I am protected and my sark night soul shines bright for all the other souls to see and help :))))))
2007-09-18 11:15:01 · answer #3 · answered by Rita 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Evelyn Underhill speaks to this issue and it's psychological impact (it is mentioned in 'mysticism' in Wikipedia) related to giving up all the vestiges of the learned (ego) identity.
It is simply being forced by reality to undergo ego death in its fullest sense. It only feels like the end, when it is in fact the beginning in the journey toward 'eternal aliveness' and purpose.
2007-09-18 11:19:17 · answer #4 · answered by MysticMaze 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It was more like a long, dark teatime of the soul, but yeah.
2007-09-18 10:31:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the correct expression is "The long dark tea-time of the soul".
Oh, and... no, not really.
2007-09-18 10:30:50 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
the darkness is of the mind ... not the soul.... .. dark - bright, night -day... dualities are of the mind ....
2007-09-18 10:36:46 · answer #7 · answered by Siddhartha 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have suffered with depression before.But looking at your beautiful face,The depression as vanished. hahahaha
2007-09-18 11:12:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yeah it was called highschool.
2007-09-18 10:30:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes it is called acute depression.that is something i never want to experience again
2007-09-18 10:29:43 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋