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Originally Posted by robertanthony  People are given options to improve their environment yet ignore that option. At the National Wellness Institute there are a number of people working on this and you can hear them on podcast. |
Its a shame that these organizations don't receive more publicity. In my opinion, the responsibility falls on our media who constantly ignore crucial environmental stories.
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Originally Posted by theknightwhosaysni-NI The Ecclesiastes text you quoted is very true. But incomplete in term of realization.
We came here with nothing, and we will leave this place with nothing.
Therefore everything people strive for in life, like cars, possessions, skills, pleasures, a good social status and a partner that is conform to our standards...all the fruit of the work, the labour the text is referring to, all that is unimportant, this is vanity, and we will leave the world without any of those things.
This is very important to make this realization, because, as Eckhart Tolle would say, we are very close to enlightenement once we have realised that.
What is important is what we are within. We ARE consciousness, we are perfect already, right now. So there is no need to strive for all those material things, those skills we want to have, those accomplishments. There is even no need to seek enlightenment. We just have to realize what we ARE, NOW.
The pollution on earth is just a reflection of the pollution that our minds represent for our consciousness. Your mind is taking control of you. Don't judge others with your mind, as they are actually part of the real you. |
I agree with the first part, that we came here with nothing, and leave with nothing. I don't agree with the idea that we are all perfect NOW though.
I hear that tossed around a lot. We're all PERFECT NOW. Everything is as its MEANT TO BE.
Tens of millions die annually from starvation and preventable disease.
Imagine how much suffering that is. How you would feel if you starved to death, multiplied by 20 million. My god..
One
billion live in abject poverty, to the point of malnourishment. Hundreds of millions are in held in modern day slavery, paying fictitious debts with forced labor.
How is all of that perfect?
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Originally Posted by Akashic_Librarian Whilst it does seem to have a grain of truth. It seems very airy fairy and dodging the meaning. |
The book says that whatever labor we do here, whatever we accomplish, ceases to hold any meaning after death, and calls life useless.
I fail to see how that is "airy fairy" or "dodging." Seems just the opposite to me.
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Originally Posted by John Murdoch |
I love Abraham and tend to find a lot of truth in their work. Thanks for the link. Here's a partial transcript:
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Originally Posted by Abraham What is the purpose of life? It is joy.
What is the reason for life? It is joy.
What is the basis of life? It is freedom.
What is the result of life? It is expansion.
What is the reason that you came forth into this physical experience? You wanted more. You wanted more exposure to more opportunity to have more feelings.
So, the meaning of life, it sounds strange to say it, but the meaning of life is life. It is to feel life pouring through you.
To feel the exhilaration of a new idea coming to fruition.
So, the meaning of life and the reason for life is for the thrill of life. |
So the meaning of life is just to live? Hmmm.
I guess that's fair. But what's the best
way to live then? Go skydiving every day for the thrill of it?