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I'm Not A Loser (And You Can Keep Your Finders)

Hockeycowboy

Hockeycowboy

Witness for Jehovah
Premium Member
osgart said:
I believe I have a few answers, but that opens up an endless quest to achieve my answers. I've only just begun.

And having a few answers when there are endless things to learn, makes me humble. I truly don't feel superior or elitist to other people. But if I did achieve beyond some, I don't look down on anybody.

We are here to lift up good hearted folks, and improve upon everything.

I think the point of life is to help, whatever that requires.
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Excellent points!
 
Quintessence

Quintessence

Consults with Trees
Staff member
Premium Member
taykair said:
It's the journey that's important, folks, not the destination.
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This gets said often, but I think it's missing out on something.

When someone goes on a trip to visit a place, what do they do once they reach their intended destination? They explore it. They experience it. And there's a lot that can be done with that.

Both the journey and the destination are important. Don't let the journey keep you from exploring destinations... or staying at a particular destination if you love it. Not everyone is a fan of perpetual road trips, and there's something to be said for having deep or intimate knowledge of a particular locale.
 
taykair

taykair

Active Member
Quintessence said:
This gets said often, but I think it's missing out on something.

When someone goes on a trip to visit a place, what do they do once they reach their intended destination? They explore it. They experience it. And there's a lot that can be done with that.

Both the journey and the destination are important. Don't let the journey keep you from exploring destinations... or staying at a particular destination if you love it. Not everyone is a fan of perpetual road trips, and there's something to be said for having deep or intimate knowledge of a particular locale.
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I see what you're saying, and I agree with it as far as ordinary journeys and destinations are concerned. (Of course, exploring a destination can also be thought of as a journey in itself.)

The journey I mean, though, is the journey we all are taking - life itself. And, since nobody has reached the destination yet, no exploration is possible.

What is that destination? The point in time where all that can be known is known, and there are no more unanswered questions.
 
BilliardsBall

BilliardsBall

Veteran Member
taykair said:
Most of us have heard the phrase since we were kids:

"Finders keepers, losers weepers."

It's something that many believe is true of life's journey - that the goal is to find The Answer. If you find it, then you're a winner, and those who are still seeking are just poor, pathetic losers.

I don't feel sorry for those who are seeking The Answer. I pity those who actually believe they've found it, and refuse to search any longer.

"What are you?" the people who have found The Answer ask me. And if I were to answer this or that, Christian, or Muslim, or Buddhist, or even atheist, then they would be satisfied. They might not agree with my Answer, but at least it's an answer, and that's enough for them.

But if I say that I'm only a wanderer - that I haven't found The Answer, and that I'm not particularly looking for one - then oh how they pity me! Poor guy. No goal. No focus. No path (that they can see). Poor, poor guy.

It's the journey that's important, folks, not the destination. If you hear, or see, or touch, or feel, or know just one more thing today than you did yesterday, then congratulations - you are still alive. Seek life, if you seek anything.

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"I do not know what I may appear to the world; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me." - Isaac Newton
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Let's transfer what you're saying about religion to something else, like a math quiz. "I pity those who answer the quiz and aren't still spending time doing the quiz" would be an awful statement to those who love learning AND succeeding.

There's nothing wrong with finding the answer as Jesus Christ, having salvation, and sharing the answer with others. Nothing.
 
taykair

taykair

Active Member
BilliardsBall said:
Let's transfer what you're saying about religion to something else, like a math quiz. "I pity those who answer the quiz and aren't still spending time doing the quiz" would be an awful statement to those who love learning AND succeeding.

There's nothing wrong with finding the answer as Jesus Christ, having salvation, and sharing the answer with others. Nothing.
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I understand what you're saying. I also believe, as you do, that our lives go beyond this present world (even though I'm perfectly aware that I have no evidence for this, other than my own hope). That being said, I don't believe that, after physical death, our journey is over, and that we have finally reached the end. I believe it goes on and on, as long as there is something new to discover.

Also, I'm not really talking about religion. If I were, then I'd agree that what I'm talking about can be compared to a math quiz. However, I am talking about life's Journey, and I don't think that can be compared to anything else.

Thanks for the comment. Take care.
 
taykair

taykair

Active Member
Yes, I’m back – but only for this, and then I’m gone again.

I didn’t want to start another thread just for this, and I didn’t want to horn in on anyone else’s thread either, so I’m fouling my own nest here. (After all, this section is about seekers, and I am seeking someone.)

I just stopped in to say that if there is anyone at this site who once was a member of a forum called “Project X – the Search for the Chosen Ones” or a forum called “Soul’s Journey”, then I would appreciate it if you emailed me at the following address before the end of this year.

[email protected]

Also, anyone who has already posted to this particular thread is also invited to email me, if they want to.

Thanks and Take Care.
 
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