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How Serious Is Life?
- Thread starter Salty Booger
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Depends on one's nature. Some people enjoy being serious; in that case, they should. For others, its s struggle. For those people, probably not.
Take life as seriously as you need to take it to make yourself content.
All we have is the present moment, so why take it seriously? Just try to enjoy it as much as you can. Life is a laugh.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
I believe that the reason for this life should be taken seriously.
osgart
Nothing my eye, Something for sure
What reason would that be, if I may ask?
This is a fantastic question.
I don't have an answer, but based on my life so far, I find it the most enjoyable when I find meaningful work that allows me peace of mind when I am not there. So, I think first we have to ask how each individual would live a life they enjoy.
For some, the fierce competition and high stakes give them that fulfillment but it is a more serious approach. For others, they find the tranquility of life the most attractive and work to experience this the most.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
I believe that this life should be taken seriously because it is our only preparation for the next life, where we will spend all of eternity in the spiritual world. If we do not acquire the good qualities of character in this life, we won't be able to acquire them after we die because we will no longer have free will to make moral choices. In that case we will be handicapped in the spiritual world, where only character matters. I believe it will also matter that we acquired knowledge of God in this life, because I am not sure if we will be able to acquire it in the next world.
Life is indifferent to our insecurities, fears, apprehensions, nor claims of seriousness.
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
I think its only serious in the context of one lifespan. Beyond that, it really dosent mean anything with the overall grand picture.
We Never Know
No Slack
Like the saying goes... We all come into to life wearing diapers and having to be cared for and most leave life the same way. I guess that's the circle of life
Twilight Hue
Twilight, not bright nor dark, good nor bad.
And then it starts all over again..
It may be a chronic condition.
amorphous_constellation
Well-Known Member
I tend to think that this is part of the soul's journey , and it operates the body and world , the same way that you read a book , I suppose. I generally think that we know that there is a future at least , and that we should work toward trying to make the future good , so that a good present can be had in the future. This should be hardly controversial
osgart
Nothing my eye, Something for sure
No free will without the capacity or desire to do moral wrongs?
It sounds like limitations God has on the scope of what God can do for others.
This world being the ultimate test.
Trailblazer
Veteran Member
Our life in this world is the ultimate test because there is no free will as we know it here in the next world.
Although we cannot progress in the next world by the moral choices we make, God has no limitations so God can help us progress by His mercy in the next world.
"But we must always remember that our existence and everything we have or ever will have is dependent upon the mercy of God and His bounty, and therefore He can accept into His heaven, which is really nearness to Him, even the lowliest if He pleases. We always have the hope of receiving His mercy if we reach out for it."
(From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to an individual believer, January 12, 1957)
Lights of Guidance (second part): A Bahá'í Reference File