— Friedrich Nietzsche —
This sentence has a brutal depth. It speaks of that point from which we cannot return, even when we awaken to certain truths about life, about ourselves, or about the world. Nietzsche, as a good philosopher of the abyss, understood that knowledge can be a blessing, but also a burden: When you see clearly, you can no longer blind yourself. And that can be deeply lonely.
“He who sees too much, a profound loneliness” touches a very human fiber: that feeling of being on another plane of consciousness, where you can no longer connect with what previously seemed normal. What once gave you comfort no longer does, and that can be painful. But also, and this is the luminous aspect of the intensity, this loneliness can become a fertile space, full of authenticity, when it is maintained with self-love and connection with those who have also awakened.
Clarity is not always a pleasant gift. Nietzsche knew that awakening to certain truths makes you a freak, even among your own. Not because you’re superior, but because you can no longer feign ignorance.
“He who sees too much is burdened by a deep loneliness: that I cannot return.”
If you feel alien to the world, perhaps it’s because you’ve learned to see without filters what others still deny.
© Steffen Siegler
Amen!
As a Christian, I assert that there is no true clarity apart from the Word of God impressed upon the heart by the Holy Spirit. As C.S. Lewis wrote, “”I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”
Well said.
It appears you missed the point. Why do you believe what you believe. Ask yourself that question and truly search for the answers.
Agree.
“Knowledge mean responsibility, and no one wants that.”
Stefan Molyneux
Profound to the core, as people prefer the bliss of ignorance.
Ecclesiastes 1:18 For in much wisdom is much vexation, and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.
Ecclesiastes 7:12 For the protection of wisdom is like the protection of money, and the advantage of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.