“Truth is the manifestness of the essent. To know is accordingly the ability to stand in the manifestness of the essent to endure it.”
While delving into the mystery of Heidegger I came across this sentence, and it intrigued me. It was like finding a pretty flower unexpectedly while hiking through the forest (because it made sense to my head). I think it relates to “The Waste Land” because the people in the poem are slowly dying. They suffer from boredom, sameness, and the mundane. This causes them to stop living passionately and simply exist in the regular, everyday routine. I think part of this descent into boredom and mediocrity was a result of them ceasing to search for truth. Truth gives the strength to stand. Truth gives the will to stand. Searching for truth shows life, and having a quest reveals an inner longing to go beyond the simple and mundane and an aspiration to reach for something more.
“Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist…” Ephesians 6:14
There is a reason why this part of spiritual armor is listed first. If you know the truth then you know how to stand and how to endure. You know this because you know whom your faith is in, and that your faith is in something. Therefore, truth manifests itself through the ‘essent’ or existence of God.
P.S. commented on Will’s “Lack of Structure”
I don't suffer from mundanity. Even though my life might be described as such, it's an adventure and a miracle to live, even amidst the common, day-to-day things.
ReplyDeleteIn truth, nothing is mundane. Mundane is only inside our heads. To work, to eat, to sleep: it's what God designed us to do. It's all sacred, ordained of God for us to enjoy.
You know, I've never thought about it, but that is an extremely good reason why the Belt of Truth is listed first. God's name is often described as being one and the same with love, but I also am positive that His name is synonomous with truth. Why else would Nietzsche describe the Last Man as being one who stops seeking truth and stops caring about life, falling into mundaneity? Even an athiest and enemy to the church can recognize the power and necessity of truth.
ReplyDeleteI like what you had to say! I believe that seeking truth will always help us realize the relevance to everything else in our lives. Often times we lose track of what is important and in today's society we are told that truth is not absolute and that what is true for you may not be true for me. The truth of the matter is one day "every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father." So seeking truth will definitely take us out of boredom if we are there. There is nothing mundane about God! If we share Him passionately then others will know the reason for the hope and the joy that is inside of us! Good blog, I like it!
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