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Originally posted by Manula
reply to post by smithjustinb
One thing is to accept and love, another is to transform yourself. To want to transform is to admit not that you are wrong, but that you want something else. It has to be with your inner will. What do we all really want? To feel good and avoid feeling bad. So we all want light and not darkness but we have to admit that there is no darkness without light. But none of us want to stick in the darkness, none of us want to feel bad.
So our fundamental will is to feel good, the game is to discover that this feeling can be ours when we want, we are not dependent of outside forces we cannot control, we can feel good by pure choice in any moment, this is freedom, this is light-working.
This does not resonate?
Originally posted by tgidkp
reply to post by BrianDamage
odd response.
he just TOLD you why. he did not tell you how.
you got that completely backwards.
Originally posted by BrianDamage
I disagree.
I've not heard from anyone that can tell me why, (if there is a why) we are here.
I've heard someone say that they've "worked it out", but no mention of how they managed this massive feat.
All the theories here are pure fantasy.
No solid evidence, just "gut feelings".
I'm sorry I can't join in with all the back slapping but this whole thread lacks credibility due to the lack of evidence.
I'm not a full on skeptic, I would really love for there to be someone that could show me the deeper meaning to life.
I can't base my life on other people's "what if's" "maybe's" and "what I think's".
Evidence, that is all I can take.
I do live my life as best as I can, I am not selfish, violent etc, I treat others as I would expect others to treat me, not for reward in an afterlife, but to make life here and now more bareable. It's common sense for the advancement of life on this planet.
I'll leave you lot to mix fact with fiction, I'm out.
Good luck.
Originally posted by 1littlewolf
You come on to an metaphysics forum expecting someone to spoon feed you the meaning of life, then bow out in disgust when all you get is conjecture and gut feelings? There is no hard scientific fact. Otherwise none of would be here in the first place. All science begins as theory, and then facts are found which makes that theory more viable. No theory can ever be proved, only supported. You want deep answers? Then maybe you should begin thinking deeply youself instead of waiting for it to be handed to you on a silver platter. At least the rest of us are giving it a go. You have contributed nothing.
So you can either leave now with your tail between your legs and live your life as a happy agnostic doing your nice deeds because it makes sense for the advancement of life on this planet, which is fine. But if you have a feeling there is something more then maybe you begin seeking your own answers. Who better to figure out why you are here than you?
Originally posted by Manula
I can only smile and give you an applause.