Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways acknowledge Him, and He will make your paths straight.
-Proverbs 3:5-6
Transcendentalism:
- Philosophy emphasizing reasoning: a system of philosophy, especially that of Kant, that regards the processes of reasoning as the key to knowledge of reality.
- Philosophy emphasizing divine: a system of philosophy that emphasizes intuition as a means of knowing a spiritual reality and believes that divinity pervades nature and humanity. It is especially associated with Ralph Waldo Emerson and other New England writers.
This word doesn't relate to me at all. I completely reject the concept of transcendentalism. In fact, I find this term to be absolutely dumb! I mean, if one truly believes in their religion and in God, then they would believe that God will guide them through their life and help them to achieve and succeed. They would believe that God would take them on a journey to help them finding their place in this world, and they would trust God, knowing that he has a plan for all of us, if we open our hearts up to him. Transcendentalism suggests, that one goes out in nature and basically abandons all beliefs and creates their own, and then by doing so, they are supposed to be able to find their place in the world. Transcendentalists throughout history have been known as individuals who have attempted to correct what they saw as misperceptions within societies. Therefore, I do not relate at all, to this word.
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