Ask me Any question about life

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up up ko ani nga topic bro or sir nlng. bilib jud ko sa imu mga tubag. very straight ug dali ra masabtan tapos maka relate jud ko. and dili pa jud bias in any religion.

keep it up bro. aw sir d i. i hope daghan pang mobasa ani nga thread para ma tubag sad ila mga pangutana sa kinabuhi.

[Red.Emano]

If earth is a school, is it also a prison?

What am I to do for me to be liberated from this prison?

Does asking the basic questions in life help you attain liberation, enlightenment, cosmic consciousness or whatever you call it?

[tokidoki]

ako bai. simple ra gyud akong hobby. i just watch the world. you have access to everything you need to learn something in this world. you don't have to be completely free to learn. knowledge is a good outlet. never stop learning.

[Soul Doctor]

If earth is a school, is it also a prison?

What am I to do for me to be liberated from this prison?

Earth is just a school.
It is not a prison.

How do we define prison.
We say we are in prison if our freedom is restricted and our space is confined.

But here we can do whatever we want.
Provided we always face the consequence for every action or decisions we made.
We can go wherever we want to go.
Just make sure nobody else owns that space first.

Sometimes students in this school (or in any other school) feel that they are in prison.
This is because they don't appreciate being in school.

But it is just the way they think.

If you stop and look at all the things in this school,
you will feel at awe at every little creature, no matter how small.
There are lot of things to learn in this earth life.
There are lots of lessons too.

How do you get out of this school?
Finish your mission or learn your lessons in this life.
Then you graduate (you die), return to God and proceed to another school or planet.

[Soul Doctor]

Does asking the basic questions in life help you attain liberation, enlightenment, cosmic consciousness or whatever you call it?

Asking the basic questions in life is a good place to start, If you want to attain enlightenment.
But simply asking is not enough.
You must understand.
You must learn the principles of every aspect of life in this planet
and know more about your existence in this universe.
And if you still are confused, ask some more questions.
Never stop asking until you reached and get the answers you wanted.

[Soul Doctor]

ako bai. simple ra gyud akong hobby. i just watch the world. you have access to everything you need to learn something in this world. you don't have to be completely free to learn. knowledge is a good outlet. never stop learning.

Watch and observe.
Learn.
But don't stop there.
Find ways to make this world a better place.
Use your talents.
Use your skills.

[Red.Emano]

Asking the basic questions in life is a good place to start, If you want to attain enlightenment.
But simply asking is not enough.
You must understand.
You must learn the principles of every aspect of life in this planet
and know more about your existence in this universe.
And if you still are confused, ask some more questions.
Never stop asking until you reached and get the answers you wanted.

Does this mean that reason itself which is embodied by asking questions is enough for us to attain liberation?

[josephdc]

Hmmm.... God does not really need our praises and thanks because he is already perfect, but we do need to thank, praise and adore him because we are imperfect. It is for our own benefit. It helps us become more spiritually mature.

As to whether there really is a heaven... I believe there really is!

One of the arguments for the existence of heaven is the argument from desire. C. S. Lewis summarizes it this way:

"Creatures are not born with desires unless satisfaction for these desires exists. A baby feels hunger; well, there is such a thing as food. A duckling wants to swim; well, there is such a thing as water. Men feel sexual desire; well, there is such a thing as ***. If I find in myself a desire which no experience in this world can satisfy, the most probable explanation is that I was made for another world."

One example of a desire that I can think of that C. S. Lewis is talking about which is never truly satisfied in this life is the desire for happiness. We have this hunger inside us that drives us to search for happiness in all different places. Some of us seek for it in the wrong places, in *** (driven by lust), for example, or in alcohol, or in drugs, but they only give us counterfeit "happiness"; they only give us fleeting pleasure, which inevitably leads to emptiness. And some of us seek for it in legitimate ways: aiming for financial, material, intellectual, academic, or social success for example. But at the end of the day, there is still that hunger inside us for true and lasting happiness. It seems that nothing in this world, or in this life, is ever really enough for us. Could it be that the object of this natural desire in fact exists elsewhere (i.e., not in this world)? Could it be that the reason why no earthly thing can truly fill the space inside our hearts is that we are really made for another world?

Our idea of heaven as a place where cherubims play the lyre all day long, and where choirs of angels sing all day long, etc., may only be a caricature. We would most definately feel like being tortured in such a place. But if heaven is the place where we are destined to be, where we are made for, where our hearts' longings can truly and lastingly be fulfilled, then I cannot wait to get there!

[Soul Doctor]

Does this mean that reason itself which is embodied by asking questions is enough for us to attain liberation?

Enlightenment is understanding things better.
Understanding is the key.

[Soul Doctor]

Does this mean that reason itself which is embodied by asking questions is enough for us to attain liberation?

When it comes to dealing with people:

We must not judge people, in order to understand them.