Why are we born if we have to die?

by Paulo Coelho on December 7, 2007

Once a child ask a friend of mine:
“Why are we born if we have to die?”
Please give me your thoughts in this.
Love,
Paulo

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soma April 6, 2012 at 4:48 am

We born to live our life

We die to let someone live, consciously or unconsciously…..

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Maria Nicolosi April 5, 2012 at 9:51 pm

Se io fossi stata nei panni di quel padre, avrei risposto così a mio figlio: -tu sei nato perchè io ti ho desiderato, perchè possa amarti e vederti crescere, perchè nascere è l’unica meravigliosa opportunità che Dio ci da’ per amarci, per essere parte dell’universo-. Prima che mia figlia Serena venisse al mondo, presa dal dubbio di metterla al mondo, mi sono chiesta se per lei era veramente una buona occasione nascere per essere felice, per esistere, per vivere. Così le ho scritto una lettera dove con tutto il mio cuore le domandavo se darle la vita era un mio egoistico desiderio per amarla , senza che lei lo volesse, avevo 30 anni, ed ero consapevole del gran dono di darle la vita ma anche della fatica del viverla. Così accadde che durante la notte ho sognato mia figlia, mi parlava e mi diceva: -mamma grazie perchè mi porti in grembo, grazie perchè tu dandomi la vita mi darai l’unica e sola opportunità per vedere questo bellissimo mondo, per conoscerlo, per amarelo per esistere, per stare insieme, se tu non mi mettessi al mondo io non potrei godere di tutto ciò, non temere se soffrirò, qualunque cosa accadrà, se io non nascessi come potrei dirti grazie, senza la vita che tu mi darai io non potrei esistere, vivere. Nascere è l’unico modo che tu mi dai per poter decidere se vivere è una cosa bella o no, e se io non esisto come posso giudicare e risponderti, perchè solo nascendo potrò sapere se vivere mi piacerà o no, non aver paura, grazie per la vita che mi darai. Non è una storiella inventata, è realmente accaduto, dopo quel sogno, la mattina seguente svegliandomi ho pianto, avevo capito che realmente il suo angelo aveva parlato per lei, e che mia figlia prima ancora che nascesse mi aveva rassicurata, togliendomi ogni dubbio, ogni paura, mi aveva dato il giusto significato della parola nascere, mi aveva fatto capire che nascere vuol dire poter vivere, e che è un dono d’amore, una magia che da’ forma all’anima, e la rende partecipe al mondo e all’universo e grazie a questa magia ogni madre può abbracciare e guardare negli occhi suo figlio, e percepire che i miracoli esistono ed è Dio che li fa’.

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Sudipta April 5, 2012 at 7:36 am

for betterment

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Akira April 4, 2012 at 6:16 pm

The answer rests in the question itself. We are born to die and unless we die we probably won’t know the reason why we are born. I feel that those who have passed away know the reason behind our birth

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simran January 5, 2012 at 6:32 pm

today i came to this question because i was searching for some related answer…… and from my knowledge all i think it is….that we have come to learn…so as my sister says……….we learn we go (die)……we come again (rebirth)
we learn more………n we go……….the final time we come is the time when we have to take the final round of this circle………..we are “the energy”…….negitive or positive .. its our choice….but when we compelete the circle of of come n go……we are pure, POSITIVE…….there is no god but only the positive energy……..
this is y we come n go….we come on earth n we die………..

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ambica January 3, 2012 at 7:50 am

“Why are we born if we have to die?”

Answer:
To Live
To Love
To Leave

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Gabriele October 14, 2011 at 1:17 pm

Hello, I didn’t read all the posts here to this question. But my suggestion to this question is that we as humans over our long or short life creat so much energy just by thinking, loving, suffering, simply by living and someone ABOVE us uses that energy of ours to survive. We humans simply are the source of energy. That’s probably why we come to this world and when our energy we can give runs out we are leaving this world…That’s my brief understanding about it.

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Darshini September 27, 2011 at 12:15 am

We are born into a physical life, but we pass on to a spiritual one through death.

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Bhaskar Roy September 7, 2011 at 8:46 am

Why are we born if we have to die?

Why do we come if we have to go?

Why do we love if we have to leave?

Questions implies answers. To get an answer to these questions . To get the knowledge which can answer these questions and more.To live through the process .

Then perhaps we transcend…to maybe “come” full circle and scratch our head (or bum ) and ask “hoya.. Whats comin’ n going friend!?”

love

B

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dilis indah September 7, 2011 at 4:22 am

i don”t have the death experience,but soon absolutly.but i think we born to get and known “life”, until the death come we still “life” with smile,mr.paulo.

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dilis indah September 7, 2011 at 4:15 am

saya belum punya pengalaman kematian itu tapi pasti nantinya,tapi mungkin kita dilahirkan agar ketika bisa merasakan “hidup”dan ketika kematian itu datang kita tetap “hidup”dengan senyuman,mr.paulo.

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uday August 31, 2011 at 7:17 pm

the answer lie in the very question. that is called birth only when there is a death. if the one or the other is absent then second one will not be there. hence it will not be called eternity in their absence which we are all in as soul.

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Marie-Christine August 22, 2011 at 12:20 pm

Everytime someone asks a question you can say the same thing there is never a correct answer.In other words you cannot please everybody.

I might see an apple purple and you might see it white, an elephant might look frightening to you and to me a tiny mouse – just a different outlook.

‘Always look on the bright side of life’ – ‘your body is your Temple’.

Take good care of it.
With love

Marie-Christine

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Let August 22, 2011 at 7:55 am

From Christian’s point of view, the book of Genesis tells us that when God created the first humans—Adam and Eve—he placed them in a well-watered garden called the Garden of Eden. They had perfect health and the prospect of everlasting life. Death was the penalty for sin. (Genesis 2:8-17; Romans 5:12)

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JoelleMT August 21, 2011 at 7:53 pm

First of all, birth and death are mutually dependent since one cannot exist without the other. So it’s rather a question of ‘Why are we born?’ because if we are not born, we do not die and if we are born than we surely have to die.

As to the question ‘Why are we born?’ I think that it is something that everyone should answer for himself and herself. If one gives an aim to his/her life than that would be the answer to his/her question of why he/she is born. Everyone’s idea of this is different so there is not one correct answer; what I believe should be the reason of my birth is not the same as someone else’s.

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Thilina August 21, 2011 at 6:22 pm

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