In Mere Christianity C. S. Lewis says,
If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world.
As I was reading the chapter on Hope, I found this quote to be very interesting and captivating.
We have many desires. We desire food, success, money, friends, and most of all love. So we ask ourselves, "Certainly there must be something out there that can fully satisfy these desires." So we search. As C.S. Lewis accounts in his book there are three types of people that act differently in this search to quench our desires.
There is the Fool. The one who has all this money and goes out and tries all these experiences wether it is, skydiving, traveling around the world, looking for some kind of zen state in their classes of yoga, buying all this jewelry and clothes, big houses, and just spending a lot of money. Now, in themselves these things are not necessarily wrong but the Fool finds that in the end nothing was worth it. It only gives us temporary happiness.
Then there is the "Disillusioned 'Sensible Man'. Someone who decides that success and all that mumbo jumbo is not worth pursuing, that he should just sit back and relax. Enjoy life as it is, these desires are so far from being satisfied that we might as well not even try to satisfy them. There is no way that we can reach the "rainbow's end". C.S. Lewis agrees that this man would be less of a pain to society and a happier man than the previous one but what if there is an end to the rainbow? What if there is real hope out there? Wouldn't it be worth to find it?
Then there is the "Christian Way". Most Christians would say that, "'Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists'". So what does this mean? This probably means that there is a satisfaction for those desires and that we were made for a purpose. We were created to find this satisfaction. But how do we know where to start looking? How do we find it? Our first reaction would be, "Let's search the world!" But we quickly find that the "satisfaction" that the world gives is merely temporary. It might not be entirely bad but that satisfaction runs out. C.S. Lewis' conclusion was "the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."
We were made for something more. Something completely outside of this world. Something supernatural. It might not be a physical world but a completely different state of being. A state where there is a Source to which we can renew our strength and get enough energy to get through the day. Just like we have water in the physical world in the "other" world we have this Source available 24/7! When we drink from this Source for the first time we lose all the need to look somewhere else. It's there! It's evident that we have finally reached the end of the rainbow.
Again quoting C.S. Lewis, we were totally made for another world.
We have many desires. We desire food, success, money, friends, and most of all love. So we ask ourselves, "Certainly there must be something out there that can fully satisfy these desires." So we search. As C.S. Lewis accounts in his book there are three types of people that act differently in this search to quench our desires.
There is the Fool. The one who has all this money and goes out and tries all these experiences wether it is, skydiving, traveling around the world, looking for some kind of zen state in their classes of yoga, buying all this jewelry and clothes, big houses, and just spending a lot of money. Now, in themselves these things are not necessarily wrong but the Fool finds that in the end nothing was worth it. It only gives us temporary happiness.
Then there is the "Disillusioned 'Sensible Man'. Someone who decides that success and all that mumbo jumbo is not worth pursuing, that he should just sit back and relax. Enjoy life as it is, these desires are so far from being satisfied that we might as well not even try to satisfy them. There is no way that we can reach the "rainbow's end". C.S. Lewis agrees that this man would be less of a pain to society and a happier man than the previous one but what if there is an end to the rainbow? What if there is real hope out there? Wouldn't it be worth to find it?
Then there is the "Christian Way". Most Christians would say that, "'Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for those desires exists'". So what does this mean? This probably means that there is a satisfaction for those desires and that we were made for a purpose. We were created to find this satisfaction. But how do we know where to start looking? How do we find it? Our first reaction would be, "Let's search the world!" But we quickly find that the "satisfaction" that the world gives is merely temporary. It might not be entirely bad but that satisfaction runs out. C.S. Lewis' conclusion was "the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."
We were made for something more. Something completely outside of this world. Something supernatural. It might not be a physical world but a completely different state of being. A state where there is a Source to which we can renew our strength and get enough energy to get through the day. Just like we have water in the physical world in the "other" world we have this Source available 24/7! When we drink from this Source for the first time we lose all the need to look somewhere else. It's there! It's evident that we have finally reached the end of the rainbow.
Again quoting C.S. Lewis, we were totally made for another world.
That was another deep moment from me.....in other news, MuteMath has officially release their new music video for the song Typical of their self-title album! I personally think it is amazing and it characterizes what MuteMath is. Its genius. I have taken the liberty to post it here for your likeness! :D
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