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If You Seek Meaning in Life

5/27/2016

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Jim's death has solidified in my heart and mind what the meaning of life is. One can only find meaning in Eternal Truths. Anything that is transitory or impermanent is not an Eternal Truth. These include things such as money, material goods, fame, and power. Love, however, is eternal and exists beyond the material. How am I sure? Jim, whose body was material, is gone, but my love for him persists and always will.

Now, that love once did not exist because there was a time before which I did not know Jim. But, after I met him and got to know him, I fell in love with him. Therefore, Love can be Created, and, if it is Real Love (not lust or romantic idealized love, but real love), it will always exist.

Therefore, we are beings who have the power of Generative Love, and that is the remarkable gift that God has given us.

Our purpose, then, is not to seek to be loved (passive love, because you are merely receiving it), but to learn to love and to create everlasting love in the universe.
(Real love does not dictate, does not seek to change others, but is accepting of others for who they are.)

If you seek to do something truly meaningful in your life, then go out and create a loving world.
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Blessed Be.
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Iro
5/27/2016 12:40:02 pm

If I didn't know you, I'd definitely say you're Christian, or assume you are one at least :D. Also, why this so suddenly?

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Papabear
5/27/2016 02:30:01 pm

It's not sudden at all. I just felt like posting what has been in my mind for some time now. Hugs.

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Critter link
5/27/2016 08:24:08 pm

People have many paths to answering the question of meaning in their lives - and they certainly aren't all Christian.

For me, the answer is experiencing everything life offers, whether it's a painful experience or a joyful one. I don't try to pick and choose which to embrace - they are all part of life.

Something I see too often in the furry community is individuals who are unwilling to take a chance, whether it's on an in-person romance (as opposed to "long distance"), or career, or even just getting out of the house and to a con. If you're fixed on only having happy things in life you're less willing to take the chance when something comes along and paradoxically wind up insuring that you won't be happy.

Go ahead, take a risk! As Helen Keller put it:

"Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Life is either a daring adventure or nothing."

Be well. Have fun.

- Critter

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