The Labyrinth of Unfulfilled Thought
Thinking about Him deprives life of meaning because without the recognition of the finiteness of existence through God, the human mind becomes detached from its highest purpose, ending up in a labyrinth of infinite, yet fruitless, search. According to one source, “Without God, the Word, it goes mad, writhing and dying in passions, in sins, in delirium, in senselessness…” (source: link txt). This means that when thought does not receive its fully realized meaning through the divine word, it turns into a source of inner turmoil and decay.Psychologically, this mechanism works as follows: the mind’s striving to grasp the absolute inevitably confronts its own limitations and the transient nature of existence. Devoid of a foundation in the eternal, thought becomes immersed in chaos and self-directed delusion, leading to a feeling of emptiness and the disappearance of life’s meaning. Philosophically, if a person’s being is not completed by God, it remains “crippled and unfinished” – meaning that all that is great and lofty gradually fades away, leaving behind what appears empty and insignificant (source: link txt).Thus, when thoughts of Him do not lead to the attainment of a higher, transcendent meaning but remain in the realm of the irrational and internal disarray, they can indeed deprive life of direction and depth, turning the very process of thinking into a source of tormenting inner conflict.Supporting citation(s):“Without God, the Word, it goes mad, writhing and dying in passions, in sins, in delirium, in senselessness, in wrath, in despair, in egoism, in eternal existence and eternal unfulfillment…” (source: link txt)“If his being is not completed by God, he remains crippled and unfinished; in him all that is great and lofty gradually dies out, leaving only the trivial and insignificant…” (source: link txt)