One question that vexes almost everyone is, “What is the purpose of my life?” “Why am I here?” When he was asked this question, the Buddha replied, “Life is pain.” Although true, his answer could stand a little explanation. You came to earth to learn to love yourself. How will that learning take place? Because you don’t yetRead more
Some humans respond well to challenges. Present us with an unclimbed mountain, an unexplored ocean or an unknown continent and we’ll be there, pushing the frontier, exploring the unknown. Tell humans they cannot do something, and they will find a way or die trying. We have walked on the moon, split atoms, air-conditioned the desert and cloned sheep.Read more
This isn’t a religious question. The connection between most religions and God are tenuous at best. Churches are more concerned with internal matters and God tends to get lost in the process. Besides, ultimately it’s a question you have to answer yourself. First of all, there is the question. When raised for other than purely intellectual pursuits, itRead more
When you read a novel, you don’t want to know the plot before you finish it. That works for novels, but it’s not a very good formula for life. But that’s what a lot of us end up doing. We go from problem to problem, without any real grasp of the bigger picture. If you want to makeRead more
It is very likely that some part of you feels unworthy, inadequate, etc. That’s a pretty normal feeling at this stage in our evolution. Those beliefs come from your life experiences, especially your early ones. You were quite impressionable then. Those beliefs could not have formed had you known who you truly were. But because you did not,Read more