What is "realizations"

Usage examples of "realizations".

In every one of the mythological systems that in the long course of history and prehistory have been propagated in the various zones and quarters of this earth, these two fundamental realizations -- of the inevitability of individual death and the endurance of the social order -- have been combined symbolically and constitute the nuclear structuring force of the rites and, thereby, the society.

The emotional realizations come years later after warriors have solidified, by usage, the new position of their assemblage points.

Don Juan said that there were very few things that he could say about the boost I had gotten from the earth, that warriors are always alone in such cases, and true realizations come much later, after years of struggle.

The recollection of the feelings and realizations I had had then was so vivid that it gave me a sense of utter futility.

In every one of the mythological systems that in the long course of history and prehistory have been propagated in the various zones and quarters of this earth, these two fundamental realizations — of the inevitability of individual death and the endurance of the social order — have been combined symbolically and constitute the nuclear structuring force of the rites and, thereby, the society.

Both Tillich and I are referring to the mythic components of Christianity, not to its psychic and subtle-level direct realizations, many of which approached a pure nondual understanding (as we saw with Teresa and Eckhart).

These realizations may be fleeting or lasting, spontaneous or the product of religious practice, but they are an enduring feature of human life.

They come from realizations of some kind that have then to find expression in symbolic form.

In my own life I took my instruction from reading Thomas Mann and James Joyce, both of whom had applied basic mythological themes to the interpretation of the problems, questions, realizations, and concerns of young men growing up in the modern world.

But when you give it qualities that point toward certain realizations, the person can follow.

These most recent realizations will be taken up in Chapters 12 and 13.