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Originally posted by rexusdiablos
The New Age movement was created to lure you into this hippy mentality. The burden of the corruptions and discrepancies of this world rest on your shoulders as much as the next person. You don't get to deflect responsibility by thinking happy thoughts and pretending that the world we live in is not base, perverse and violent.
Everything happens for a reason.
Originally posted by smithjustinb
The only reason people don't see the perfection at hand is because they aren't looking at it. We don't believe in it. As humans, we think we have to change things, especially to suit our desires. But this is just our way of telling God that he didn't do a good job creating the universe. And we dwell in this belief and accept it.
Originally posted by OMsk3ptic
Everything happens for a reason.
This is just something people delude themselves into believing to comfort their minds, to attempt to make order out of a chaotic world, to try to explain the uncertain in terms of certainty. Just my opinion.
Originally posted by blazenresearcher
There is no perfection in our existence! Our imperfection is our beauty. It is also our curse!
We live in an unbalanced and imperfect world. We as individuals, no matter how beautiful, rich, loved, cared for...are still imperfect in some way...we are imperfect, but fortunate. While many others that are sick, poor, mentally challenged are still imperfect in the same imperfect world we live in although they may have a more beautiful heart and outlook!
Originally posted by juveous
reply to post by smithjustinb
fulfillment is another word for completion, and I would say that we complete tasks by accomplishing them (same connotations)
What you are saying is the same as saying that by eliminating desires we eliminate unsatisfaction, thus being fulfilled and satisfied with nothing.
But my point is where do you draw the line? should we stop having goals? can contentment be continuous, even with more possessions?
Does it really matter if some experiences seem better than others,
and that there may be degrees of happiness that fluctuate in our lives? Or is it all the same?