we need to take a step back from all the religious spiritual quack & think
billions of folks living life repeating the ideas of mentally ill individuals
going through life with a disdain for everything because some village bugout hallucinated & reported it as divine revelation ha
develop some sense for yourself & come to your own conclusion
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I really like your posts.
This is where I was trying to go. When you get down to it, we are animals existing like every other being on this planet. We aren’t special… If you observe nature, our experience is no different than the other animals. If you take religion and spirituality out of it, you look at this experience for what it is. It’s a lot easier to get through this existence when you don’t look at the world through the lens of religion. No trying to reason WHY bad stuff happens, just understanding that it DOES. Then you can recognize patterns in people, behavior, understand when and why people operate in their own best interest (because if you’re honest you do the same at points in life), etc.
I think the spiritual world is real, but we’re living in a PHYSICAL world. Sometimes we are so focused on what may be on the other side that we don’t realize that we need to put in the work to make THIS experience as great as possible.
I’ve never witnessed anything/anyone that lives forever, so I don’t think about why I won’t either. It’s understood that we won’t be here forever, so I’m trying to make my time as comfortable as possible by being alert and knowing that humans are animals and may do me wrong because they simply want to, being useful and studying/practicing things that will allow me to afford a good life in society, and being able to leave something behind for those in my bloodline who come after me.
We are grains of sand, here for mere moments.
We are special, yet very insignificant in the grand scheme of things. Over the true course of time, we are tiiiiiiiiiiny puzzle pieces that alone, are meaningless, but when pieced together, complete this existence.
Create your own reason for living while you’re young and able so you have memories to look back on when you’re old/sick and unable to run around this planet.
I think that’s part of the reason they say youth is wasted on the young. We are filled with questions and lack of understanding when young, but when you talk to the elderly they tell you not to waste time with those questions because as they age, they realize it’s not about the endless questions; it’s about the answers that are created through living.
This is a planet filled with animals. Avoid the obvious pitfalls and other animals looking to hurt you, and maximize the good as much as possible before you check out. If there is in fact a heaven/afterlife, at least you will have avoided causing more pain.