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One Man's View

Friday, October 07, 2005

Meaning of life

The meaning of life is to gain understanding in as many positive forms as possible through our direct experiences and to not hinder others from doing the same. This understanding is then brought home (spiritually speaking) to enable the overall pool of understanding to be enriched. The final results of this spiritual (collective) pool is to enable God to have a partner worthy of its fellowship.

The first portion is self explanatory in that we only truly understand things through our experience rather through sharing of our experiences. For example, you can't truly know what sharing love is like unless you experience it.

The second portion of the reason for life "to not keep others from doing the same" sets the stage for all of the "rules" that require us to not cause others pain or negative experience, whether that be through stealing, murder, adultery, etc... Though negative experiences are a part of life due to being with others that are not serving the true meaning of life, it is not the reason that we exist.

Whether it is possible that a given person (spiritual form) lives more than one physical life is not thwarted by this reason for life - since gained understanding in the spiritual sense may not be something that one can bring from one physical life to another - though many feel that they "are aware of things" that they couldn't possibly have encountered in their current lives. This is either because they have lived before or because they have access to the spiritual pool in some form, even in their physical state.