The Paradox of Longing for What We Already Have: How Absence Unveils Presence

Searching for an answer is the answer.

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“Longing is the agony of the nearness of the distant.” - Martin Heidegger

If we have a longing, it means that what seems distant is near. The nearer it is, the more we long for it as if it were distant. But it is not. This is a profound paradox — the more “hidden” God is, the more he is revealed through our very longing for his nearness.

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