Feeling of emptiness

[Confused]

After finally accepting the truth as I see it and finding a sort of comfort with it, I still feel this emptiness that I can't quite fill. After weighing the information and making an informed decision, I feel I have made the right decision finally. But I can't help feeling as if I am mourning the loss of some sort of hope. Is this normal or am I going insane now to boot?

[McCulloch]

am I going insane now to boot?

We are all only temporarily sane. We did not have fully functioning reasoning powers when we were born and unless our lives end abruptly, we will lose some or most of our reasoning powers before we die.

[Confused]

am I going insane now to boot?

We are all only temporarily sane. We did not have fully functioning reasoning powers when we were born and unless our lives end abruptly, we will lose some or most of our reasoning powers before we die.

Doesn't answer my question though. Is this feeling of loss of some sort of hope normal? I know my decision is right, but I still feel as if I lost something in this discovery?

[McCulloch]

am I going insane now to boot?

We are all only temporarily sane. We did not have fully functioning reasoning powers when we were born and unless our lives end abruptly, we will lose some or most of our reasoning powers before we die.

Doesn't answer my question though. Is this feeling of loss of some sort of hope normal? I know my decision is right, but I still feel as if I lost something in this discovery?

Did you feel a loss when you discovered the truth about Santa Claus?

[Furrowed Brow]

Difficult one. I never had a sense of God so I can't say I've ever felt the loss. For me the path of continued discovery is to understand deeper the hows and whys God does not make sense. Part of that journey is the seeking out of the best arguments and wisdoms, and learning to judge what is B**L S**T, clever stuff that is still BS, subtle stuff that is nevertheless BS; and also sadly when I myself unwittingly spread BS.

Also once you get over the emptiness, desert landscapes have their own unique tranquil beauty I think.

[upallnite]

You can find various theists almost anywhere. Perhaps the loss you feel is the loss of being part of a larger group. Most non-theists are not interested in grouping together. I think it is a social loss.

As for not having some sort of hope, I do not see that. Did your hopes rely on things only a deity could offer? I don't think mine ever did.

If your going to go insane, can you pick me up some unicorns on your way back?

[bernee51]

After finally accepting the truth as I see it and finding a sort of comfort with it, I still feel this emptiness that I can't quite fill. After weighing the information and making an informed decision, I feel I have made the right decision finally. But I can't help feeling as if I am mourning the loss of some sort of hope. Is this normal or am I going insane now to boot?

Many people go through something akin to the 5 stages of grief (as descibed by Kubler-Ross) when they come to any life effecting conclusion.

I presume the 'loss of some sort of hope' you describe is that 'hope' supposedly inherent in christian belief systems. My personal feeling when contemplating such is an immense feeling of lightness of being in that I know that I am truly responsible for my place and purpose in the universe. I am not somehow second-class - a 'sinner' from birth reliant upon the supposed sacrifice of a man/god two thousnad years ago in order to be 'saved'.

My 'salvation' is there in the realisation and internalization of what I believe is the 'nature of being'. We are born and we die. We are part of a long and unbroken chain of evolutionary change at all levels - in the physical, in the continuum of consciousness and the 'spiritual'

I wish you well.

[Cathar1950]

I had a dream last night where a shoe and shoehorn were chasing each other around.
I wonder if it means anything?
Join the club Confused.

[Confused]

I guess when I finally made my decision, I would find peace with it. But though I feel a sense of peace, it is accompanied by a sense of loss or emptiness as well.

Since my family never had the money for christmas presents, I never believed in santa to begin with, so there was no loss to experience.

[The Persnickety Platypus]

You only feel empty because you created a void that required filling.


There was never any need for that void.