Evaluate Own Limitations

and the Possibilities for

their Transcendence
Based on the preceding section, let
us evaluate our human limitations and
how we can also transcend them.
Many of us would experience any of
the following; for emerging from deep
within and felt a sense of being in
tune with the mystery of our own
being, and with the mystery of life
that transcends us. Let us consider the
following examples (Edwards 1983)
 A. FORGIVENESS
When we forgive, we are freed from
our anger and bitterness because of
the actions and/or words of another.
On the other hand, the hardness of our
heart is reinforced by whole series of
rational arguments.
 B. The Beauty of Nature
There is perfection in every single flower; this is what
the three philosophers believed. For a hug, for every
sunrise and sunset, to eat together as a family, are
our miracles. These kinds of experiences can be truly
moments of grace. They touch us deeply and the
human heart is spontaneously lifted. During this
experience, we need to offer praise.
 C. VULNERABILITY
 To be invulnerable is somehow inhuman. To be
vulnerable is to be human. Supermen or superheroes are
hiding from their true humanity. The experience that we
are contingent, that we are dependent for our existence
on another is frightening. To work in the office or study in
school, without acknowledging the help of others, is to live
without meaning and direction. We need to acknowledge
the help of other people in our lives. Such moments of
poverty and dependence on others are not a sign of
weakness but being with ourselves.
 D. FAILURE
 Our failures force us to confront our weakness and
limitations. When a relationship fails, when a student fails
a subject, when our immediate desires are not met, we
are confronted with the possibility of our plans, and yet,
we are forced to surrender to a mystery or look upon a
bigger world. Such acceptance of our failures makes us
hope and trust that all can be brought into good. Even if
we have sinned, as Augustine had, there is hope and
forgiveness.
 E.LONELINESS
Our loneliness can be rooted from our sense of
vulnerability and fear of death. This experience is
so common. However. It is our choice to live in an
impossible world where we are always “happy” or
to accept a life where solitude and companionship
have a part. With our loneliness, we can realize
that our dependence on other people or gadgets is
a possessiveness that we can be free from.
 F. LOVE
 To love is to experience richness, positivity, and
transcendence. Whether in times of ecstatic moments or
struggles, the love for a friend, between family members
or a significant person, can open in us something in the
other which takes us beyond ourselves. Life is full of
risks, fears, and commitment, pain and sacrificing and
giving up thing/s we want for the sake of the one we love.
In a Buddhist view, the more we love, the more risks and
fears there are in life (Aguilar 2010)