{"id":65989,"date":"2019-11-23T21:09:59","date_gmt":"2019-11-23T19:09:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=65989"},"modified":"2023-06-18T13:49:04","modified_gmt":"2023-06-18T10:49:04","slug":"cynicism-isnt-sophisticated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/cynicism-isnt-sophisticated\/","title":{"rendered":"Cynicism Isn\u2019t Sophisticated"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[394,447],"acf":{"old_id":"65989","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33992,"related_cahpter":"356","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"Allowing our emotions to wash over us, to sweep us into the deep, is the only purifying mikveh the heart can know. Grief is the price we pay for having loved, for a passion for life","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In each generation, there are those who confuse cynicism with cool. Acting as though nothing matters, no emotions ruffle the stolid surface of their expression, no excitement can crack the tough exterior of their stance, we see these poses and might even envy what looks like their ability not to be swayed by emotion, or thrown off balance by the swirl of life around them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There is an ideology that often accompanies this unflappable cool, a kind of \u2018nothing matters\u2019 cynicism that burns through all significance and deadens the possibility of caring for anything.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We might think this kind of cultivated indifference is modern, and it is that too. But it has deep roots in antiquity. Listen in as the Prophet Isaiah chastises the excessively cool and indifferent in his own time: \u201cthey eat meat and drink wine and say, \u2018Eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.\u2019\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The cynics of all ages feign an indifference to what life brings, as though giving in to sorrow in the face of suffering, or celebrating with joy when life goes well is a sign of weakness, ignorance, or immaturity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">But it isn\u2019t cool to refuse to feel. Responding with a full heart is the very essence of an awakened consciousness, of truly living in the moment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grieve and delight, says the Prophet, for tomorrow we die. If you don\u2019t feel now, you never will. Allowing our emotions to wash over us, to sweep us into the deep, is the only purifying mikveh the heart can know. Grief is the price we pay for having loved, for a passion for life. We avoid it only by deadening ourselves before our time. Joy is the profit we collect for giving ourselves to each other in love and solidarity. It is the return in our investment of relationship and presence.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Eat and drink, sure. But be sure to savor the flavor and to take big gulps.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":false,"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"Cynicism Isn\u2019t Sophisticated","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"Grieve and delight, says the Prophet, for tomorrow we die. If you don\u2019t feel now, you never will. Allowing our emotions to wash over us, to sweep us into the deep, is the only purifying mikveh the heart can know. 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