Trailblazer
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Who did you borrow it from, God?
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Are You Satisfied?
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Trailblazer
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I sure wish I could say the same. I am happy for you but you just made me realize all the more how much more work I have to do.
Trailblazer
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I think you have done the most important job one can ever do. I had no children and thus no grands and that is a huge loss. However, I followed my conscience as it was the right thing to do since I was not in any condition to raise children and I wanted to spare any future generations the pain I have had to endure in life. I would never want to pass that along.
Trailblazer
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I believe that request will be fulfilled since we will all have a spiritual body in the next life and it won't have any of the limitations and ailments and injuries that are sustained by our physical body.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
Have you had an NDE, if you don't mind my asking?
Not work, just let go.....
Nope.
To do list (next 30 yes)
1) prevent global warming from getting worse
2) contribute to manned missions to Mars
3) contribute to developing the first viable fusion powered reactor.
Bit overambitious....
Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
Many things are happening, but they will happen even without me. My grand daughter is getting engaged on 25th. My elder grandson will get admission to some college probably next month. I will like to participate and know. My son will take care of his mother, so that is not a problem. But if chance does not allow me to do so, that also will be OK. Que sera sera.
Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
Yeah, I agree. You have work to do.
Polymath, a satisfactory solution for Quantum Mechanics is just around the corner.
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an anarchist
Your local anarchist.
Yes, because I believe in one way or another, even after death, I’ll still be on this Earth completing my purpose, until it is done.
Spirit of Light
Be who ever you want
For me as a person it is many aspect of my own being i would want to understand and correct toward something better ( call it God). But if I die today I accept it as it would be God (in ny belief) that takibg me back.
When I'm dead, neither satisfaction nor dissatisfaction will have any relevance.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
or so you believe....
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
I really need to divest myself of my character defects. The primary defect I would like to leave at the afterlife airport before takeoff is envy. There I said it and you're damn right I am worried, given what Baha'u'llah wrote about envy:
6. O Son of Earth!
Know, verily, the heart wherein the least remnant of envy yet lingers, shall never attain My everlasting dominion, nor inhale the sweet savors of holiness breathing from My kingdom of sanctity.
The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah
But how can I not envy people who have a life with children and grandchildren when my whole life has been a holy living hell and I have nothing to show for myself but a bunch of college degrees? I feel utterly worthless whenever I hear people talk about what they have accomplished.
6. O Son of Earth!
Know, verily, the heart wherein the least remnant of envy yet lingers, shall never attain My everlasting dominion, nor inhale the sweet savors of holiness breathing from My kingdom of sanctity.
The Hidden Words of Baha'u'llah
But how can I not envy people who have a life with children and grandchildren when my whole life has been a holy living hell and I have nothing to show for myself but a bunch of college degrees? I feel utterly worthless whenever I hear people talk about what they have accomplished.
RestlessSoul
Well-Known Member
I was born when it was time to be born. And I will die when it is time to die. The timing is not in my gift.
Aupmanyav
Be your own guru
One may say a thousand things, but 'proof' is what mandates.
Yes i am satisfied with my life, I've probably done more than most at both extremes, bad and good experiences, lucky that the bad are past and the good is still around so surrendering to death is no biggie for me. But I'd rather not because i want to see my kids fledge.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
Nope. But I was dead before I was born.
Having first hand experience with losing a child, I can completely understand this concern.