11/14/2025
The transcendent function is a necessary pillar of our ability to evolve. What we have been programmed to describe as anxiety or suffering is very much a needed force of transformation, maturation, and spiritual liberation.
“Though it may not feel like it at times, the tides have already begun to shift. As I've said before, for all its grey skies and soul-weariness, 2025 carries something important, something its predecessors did not: a faint glimmer of hope. It may not be dazzling. It may not be spectacular, but it is there—nestled in the quiet moments of despair, in the calm retreat between chaotic moments, in the slow, gradual reveal of truths that can no longer remain hidden. Dark truths—ones obscured by a concatenation of lies—require patience and delicate unravelling.
And yeah, what many might mistake for ordinary anxiety may in fact be something more nuanced, more piercing: Angst. Often confused with anxiety, angst is a transcendent emotion in that it combines the unbearable anguish of life with the hopes of overcoming this seemingly insurmountable situation. Without the important element of hope, the emotion is anxiety, not angst. Angst is the burden of not knowing how or when things will change, bound to the stubborn conviction that they must. It is the psychic tension of the dispossessed—spiritually or materially—who, despite it all, continue to wait for signs that something better is coming.
And it is. Not all at once. Not with fanfare or miracles. But steadily, subtly—as if guided by some unseen rhythm that knows precisely when each piece should fall into place. Bit by bit, the veil lifts. What has long been painful, confusing, or obscured by deception is slowly starting to come into focus.
Have faith, not in my words, of course, but in your own witness, body, and mind.
By next year, the shape of something more promising will begin to emerge on the horizon. You may not recognise it at first. It may be small, even fragile. But it will carry colour. A soft flash of cobalt against the grey. A bluebird. And with it, the quiet confirmation that the worst is behind us—and the rest, however uncertain, can now be met with open eyes and an unguarded heart.”
~ Ang Stoic
