Inevitability of Repeated Failures
Repetitive failures are perceived as natural and predetermined in human experience precisely because they penetrate to the very essence of our perception of the world and reflect the internal structural limitations of human existence. On the one hand, several texts emphasize that attempts to convey something that exceeds the possibilities of verbal and visual expression inevitably end in failure. As it is stated:"Here a caveat must be made. Christian Revelation surpasses both words and images, meaning that neither its verbal nor its visual expression, in themselves, can express God, convey an adequate conception of Him, or present His immediate presence. In this sense, they are always a failure, for they are meant to communicate the inconceivable within the comprehensible, the undepictable within the depictable—to convey something different, something extranatural. Yet their value precisely lies in the fact that both theology and iconography reach the pinnacle of human capabilities and prove insufficient. After all, God is revealed through the Cross, that is, as the ultimate failure. It is precisely through this very failure, this inadequacy, that both theology and iconography are intended to testify to and make perceptible the divine presence, graspable in the experience of holiness."(source: link txt)In the same context, repetitive failures are seen as part of the natural process of understanding reality because they remind us of the ultimate limits of our capabilities. In a person’s consciousness, an intuitive sense emerges that every new disappointment fits into the cyclical picture of existence where causes and consequences are inexorably linked. This is further emphasized in reflections stating:"By asking myself what idea this described event revealed to me, and by illuminating the deepest layers of my memory, I discovered that this idea was the inevitable. It became clear to me that there is something inevitable that is greater than me, greater than everyone—even adults, even parents—that is not only externally but also internally necessary, and that does not conform to our desires and tastes. Subjugation to the higher—not, I wouldn't call it will, but inevitability. To the reason of the world, though impersonal, untiring, and not warm—the subjugation to this pantheistic providence revealed itself to me as a duty."(source: link txt)Here, the recurrence of failures is established as a manifestation of a higher order that transcends personal efforts and desires. Human experience, when faced with the cyclicity of hardships, begins to interpret them as an inevitability—a preordained scenario where each event is the logical continuation of the previous one. This approach allows suffering and setbacks to be understood not as exceptional acts of refusal but as an inherent and necessary part of existence; a reflection of the fundamental laws of being.Thus, repetitive failures are perceived as natural and predetermined because they serve as a reminder of the deep internal limitations of humanity, bear witness to the insurmountable contradictions between aspiration and reality, and ultimately are an integral part of the inevitable order of the world.