Why are we living?

[Guest guest]

Hi there, I am a 23 year old woman - and I can

relate to a lot of what you have said.

Firstly, why are we living. I don't think anyone

could answer that question with true conviction and

not sound foolish. I am not sure WHY we are living,

but it is in our nature to live. That is what are

bodies want and need to do, likewise what are

spirits/selves also truely want or else unhappy or

questioning or not, we would not be here now. We are

living, therefore we should fullfill that path. I

think people have a tendency to fluff life up by

saying that there is some reason for everything, some

preprogrammed reason. I do not believe this. I

believe rather that we create our reasons for living,

for our choices, and there are many that can be

created and many that can work. Sometimes, life does

seem blah or perhaps terribly challenging - but it is

surviving through these times that makes us strong.

You need not do it with a smile on your face. Just be

with your feelings and know that that is what they

are, your feelings, not life. Just concentrate on

putting one foot in front of the other, and eventually

those feet will take you where you need to go that is

best for you, truely you.

Secondly, why do we choose life over death even

when life is not good? I guess I've already covered

that one a bit. But I think another thing that can be

said is that it seems as if society or culture (I am

American, perhaps this applies to India too I am not

sure) has taught that we must be happy and enjoying

life at all times or something is wrong with us. Even

Kundalini Yoga states that it is our right as human

beings to be happy, and I am a teacher and

practitioner so I do follow its teachings, however it

is also our right to be questioning, and uncertain,

and unhappy, and it is this uncertainty and friction

that brings about true happiness or contentment or

hope, at least for periods of time. Life is

fluctuation and not always pleasant and exciting and

that's okay. I think that what you are feeling is

healthy and shows that you think deeply and do much

inner searching. This is a mixed bag - in that you

may be perceiving/experiencing life more

clearly/deeply than others, who are not as conscious

yet (either as choice or simply not on that path right

now) and this can be painful, but it also gives you

great opportunity for joy in life rather than mere

satisfaction of desires/needs.

Lastly, what makes me happy? Being true to myself

and what that means changes all the time and I am

still figuring it out. Also being completely in the

moment. I too can have a difficult time just doing

surface activities - movies, small talk- but what

makes them meaningful is when you allow yourself to

experience every single sensation and molecule that is

going on within that experience, not being in your

head, just breathing and soaking it up - the presence

of others, the color of light around you, the smell in

that air, the feeling of your skin. It is a blessing

when we manage to experience this. And just being

conscious of our breath and bodily sensations and help

us to be there - really. Of course this has all just

been my personal opinion and interpretation of life,

but what I would suggest is that if you feel not

alive, like life is just already arranged perfectly

for you, to take a real chance at making it different

- take on something completely new and different, go

on vacation, strike up a conversation with a stranger,

even if none of that excites you at first, you may be

surprised once you're doing it. And also allow

yourself to search within for the answers, be quiet

and solitary, while also allowing yourself to trust

that you are alive and exactly where you need to be.

Thanks for the opportunity to sort out those

thoughts for myself too. Life is life, and sometimes

we also need to just chuckle at it, or with it.

Cerridwen

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hi H H.

 

Why are we living? I can't answer that question either. "Why" usually asks for the cause of something. Why did the car crash. Why are my feet smelly. I've been told that the universe has stuff in it, which agglomerated into suns, which exploded and agglomerated and exploded, and near us settled into the shape of a solar system, in which we settled into the shape of people living in cities. We might try to look at causes for one lump of stuff moving into the shape of another, but why there is stuff at all?

 

That doesn't sound like your original question. Why is there being.

 

But there are meditation techniques that people report as leading them to feel beingness itself.

 

I have not heard anyone give any interesting answer to why there is being, but most advanced meditators who comment on the qualities of being say similar things, that are interesting.

 

If these are "true" or "real" or not, I don't think we can find out by measuring the movements of matter. But as they are explained to be a wider more embracing and even not-separate awareness that is bliss and compassion, having first person experience of these draws people - me too.

 

Nuff.

 

G

 

 

heather houskeeper <cerridwen023 > wrote: Hi there, I am a 23 year old woman - and I can

relate to a lot of what you have said.

Firstly, why are we living. I don't think anyone

could answer that question with true conviction and

not sound foolish. I am not sure WHY we are living,

but it is in our nature to live. That is what are

bodies want and need to do, likewise what are

spirits/selves also truely want or else unhappy or

questioning or not, we would not be here now. We are

living, therefore we should fullfill that path. I

think people have a tendency to fluff life up by

saying that there is some reason for everything, some

preprogrammed reason. I do not believe this. I

believe rather that we create our reasons for living,

for our choices, and there are many that can be

created and many that can work. Sometimes, life does

seem blah or perhaps terribly challenging - but it is

surviving through these times that makes us strong.

You need not do it with a smile on your face. Just be

with your feelings and know that that is what they

are, your feelings, not life. Just concentrate on

putting one foot in front of the other, and eventually

those feet will take you where you need to go that is

best for you, truely you.

Secondly, why do we choose life over death even

when life is not good? I guess I've already covered

that one a bit. But I think another thing that can be

said is that it seems as if society or culture (I am

American, perhaps this applies to India too I am not

sure) has taught that we must be happy and enjoying

life at all times or something is wrong with us. Even

Kundalini Yoga states that it is our right as human

beings to be happy, and I am a teacher and

practitioner so I do follow its teachings, however it

is also our right to be questioning, and uncertain,

and unhappy, and it is this uncertainty and friction

that brings about true happiness or contentment or

hope, at least for periods of time. Life is

fluctuation and not always pleasant and exciting and

that's okay. I think that what you are feeling is

healthy and shows that you think deeply and do much

inner searching. This is a mixed bag - in that you

may be perceiving/experiencing life more

clearly/deeply than others, who are not as conscious

yet (either as choice or simply not on that path right

now) and this can be painful, but it also gives you

great opportunity for joy in life rather than mere

satisfaction of desires/needs.

Lastly, what makes me happy? Being true to myself

and what that means changes all the time and I am

still figuring it out.

[Guest guest]

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> Hi H H.

>

> Why are we living? I can't answer that question either. "

 

Dear xsplat xspat,

The Human Mind is circumcised by "space & time" also, it has a sense of

purpose.

The Creation Mind is beyond "space & time" &, may be purposeless.

our mind cannot comprehend God, lest the purpose [if any] of his creation,

 

" O God, what is an eternity for you" An English man ask,

"a second", God replied:

"O God what is a million dollar for you" the English man asks again:,

"a penny", God replied,

"then give me a penny" the English man said,

"wait a second" God replied.

 

With an atomic [atomic components have lifespan] mind, you can process only

atomic matters,

you cannot comprehend subatomic systems.

 

best regards,

Nabil Rizqallah,

Beirut Lebanon.