Dear Paulo,
Does living have any finality? Do I truly have a mission? Or is my passage in this world a matter of chance?
Dear Rosa,
It’s impossible for any human being to answer your question with utter authority.
But I see your question from another angle : what happens if you were to discover that life is meaningless?
As you can see – there’s a contradiction in here. If you are to “know” something about life, it will always be something that you can understand – even if it’s absurd.
As you can see, you can’t escape from meaning – and therefore I take the stand that there’s a mission for each and every one of us: to live the life that we choose.
To accomplish our mission is to walk the path of our personal legend.
Last but not least – if are passage in this world is a matter of chance – embrace that chance. It’s a miracle.
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G-d create us with a reoson- we all have a due on this earth- and when we come we choose our due or sometimes we r chosen for a due in this society- and knowing our place and due we can help ourself change or choose more dues during our life and once we understand our meanning in this present life- we get our chalenge as a natural wave whice goes up and down,
take care
orly
Well said.
Thanks Borgny Sofie,your lines were beautiful,more than mine.You must be a kind person.Take care,all the best
…totally agree – I meant :-)
Yes Alexandra -
I totally in your words:
“It is much more beautiful living,
observing nature and people – and taking part at life…”
Let`s do that*
To search for –
discover & develop
true love from inside of one`s heart
must be the main call
for everyone
- I believe
To heal the soul of the world*
Ohhh,instead of answers, in my mind appears more questions.Such existential questions like:who I am,why I am here,where we go after we die,and so on and so forth.We can find many kind of answers, from Church,Philosophers,Thinkers.They give some hints,and if we agree we can consider them as explanations.But,I remember that some friends were saying that I am thinking too much,so I am afraid of failures,and would be better instead of thinking too much to just act.Maybe they are right.Is much more beautiful living,observing nature and people ,taking part at life,than worrying about what might be or what means all.Is my humble opinion.
Dear Paulo,
I believe we all have a mission in life and our personal legend to follow.
I keep coming back to your story “peeling oranges” It speaks to me.
I realised over the years that my problem has been that of depression and possibly one of the reasons for my cancer.
Fortunately, more and more people are becoming aware of that and understand the reasons.
I know that depression is a very important subject for you too and if we enter into a dialogue with professionals, patients, governments through education as well as health departments,and all the other people who have a particular interest on depression, things can change for the better.
The formula from “Respect the Bi-Polar” is for me the first solution to adopt before medication.
In reading Dr Servan-Schreiber ‘s book “Anti-Cancer” he mentions healing wounds from the past (childhood) as an important factor.
Through education, at an early age, I believe we can avoid cancer and enjoy life fully.
On my own, I cannot do much. I have a bit of an idea, one to contact members from the French government, for example. We need help for that.
The other to contact Dr David Servan Schreiber. I have attempted to contact him on several occasions, my prowess with computers leave a lot to be desired… I am certain that he will agree to participate perhaps in a forum, who knows?
The problem with cancer and its ramifications such as depression have enormous implications around the world. I even see a world participation in this dialogue.
I am convinced that what you have been an advocate for all your life- depression – can change our life.
What’s in it for me in all that? The satisfaction to know that perhaps all our children and our grandchildren will have a chance of a better health.
I believe it is a risk that is worth fighting for.
I am happy to discuss this further with you and others at your convenience.
I appreciate you taking the time to read this, it is important to me.
Thank you for being,
Love,
Marie-Christine
ESTOY MUY AGRADECIDA A PAULO COELHO POR HABERSE MOLESTADO EN CONTESTAR. SUS LIBROS SON DIFERENTES SEGÚN QUIÉN LOS LEA Y EN QUÉ MOMENTO DE SU VIDA. YO HE RELEIDO ALGUNOS DE LOS LIBROS DE PAULO Y SIEMPRE HE DESCUBIERTO COSAS DISTINTAS ENTRE LÍNEAS. SUPONGO QUE LA VIDA ES TAMBIÉN ASÍ. TAMBIÉN AGRADECIDA A SANTOSH KALVAR POR COMENTAR. TODA MI VIDA HE DADO VUELTAS A LA MISMA PREGUNTA. POR ESO DECIDÍ ENVIARSELA A PAULO. CREO QUE QUIZÁS, NUNCA DESCUBRIRÉ SI ESTOY AQUÍ “PARA” ALGO O SIMPLEMENTE POR AZAR. A PESAR DE NO SABER ESTO, YO SIGO VIVIENDO. ME GUSTA VIVIR, ESTAR AQUÍ, APRENDER, CONOCERME….SUPONGO QUE ESO YA ES TODA UNA MISIÓN. QUIZÁS UN DÍA ENCUENTRE LA REVELACIÓN QUE ESPERO. MIENTRAS, YO SIGO VIVIENDO.
GRACIAS A LOS DOS.
A friend says, “What if we are just some sort of experiment?” She, too, is searching for the meaning of life – a meaning that makes sense to her.
So what if we ARE like mice in a laboratory? Well, for whatever that mouse’s life may or may not be – and keep in mind that all mice are not treated poorly, some are to be made quite fat (experiments on obesity), and whatever the experiment, there is always the control group – so, whatever its experience of life may be, that mouse still serves a “purpose” on the grand scale: it will help to discover a cure for paralysis, to develop a drug that will cause the remission of cancer, to perfect a surgical technique that will save hundreds of thousands of lives. Even to be a mouse in a laboratory is not to live and die without purpose, without meaning. We may not always comprehend the meaning of our existence – certainly, we, as humans, cannot find a consensus, cannot agree on what that meaning is – but we can rest assured that nothing in the universe is without meaning.
Of course, that last statement is a statement of belief. Rosa must find the foundation on which to build her own beliefs. We can try to build a structure upon someone else’s foundation, but that structure will never be secure – it will always be precarious, in danger of crumbling at any moment. I would say to Rosa: stop thinking. Be still. Quiet your mind completely, and just be open…. The answers you seek will come to you, probably in the most unexpected forms. Some things are beyond the comprehension of the human mind. The only way to “know” them is to let go of the crutch of rational thought and experience them first-hand – take a flying leap beyond the intellect into the great “unknown.” There, many things can be known.
Q)Does living have any finality? Do I truly have a mission? Or is my passage in this world a matter of chance?
A)Yes, it does have finality. Yes, you truly belive in your mission.
Nothing is matter of chance and there are never coincidences. Whatever we may assume as chace or coincidences were our own “decisions” based on the course of life.
We are born and we start to learn slowly, then we know our homes, our family, our relatives. We start to know that we have a name and everybody around us also have names, our knowledge then increases by visiting school, churches or temples. We see problems in daily lives, we choose a path or dream or our career. The path which we choose never happens by chances because in all those path, we are the ones who are responsible for our decisions, no body else. So, embrace it, protect it and live every day with full of joy and happiness.
I heard that, Jesus said, “I will take all of your sins and I am going to suffer for you all…” Let us assume for a moment that, he was Lying.., Nobody even God will not take a single human suffering because God is also suffering like each one of us.
(If you want more detail, then post comments here I will explain more.)