- 20.03.2025
The Paradox of Nostalgia: Longing, Creativity, and the Limits of the Present
People strive to return to the past and experience nostalgia for several interconnected reasons. First, nostalgia arises as a sense of limitation—a feeling that the soul cannot fully unfold under current conditions, which causes pain and a sense of helplessness due to the inability to share one’s spirituality with others. This experience is described as an “absolute feeling” that can occur even when surrounded by loved ones and familiar everyday life, when the inner world feels restricted (source: 1263_6314.txt).