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Meaning of Life, insights, explanantions and techniquesOne of the big questions that comes up at some stage during our lives is “What is the meaning of life?” or “Why am I here?” or “What is life all about?” These are short questions with long answers.
But there is a short answer which is: We are here to learn about love, how it works and how to work with it.
Based on the above answer, to discover the meaning of life, we need to define what love is. There are a few types of love. Emotional love, which is generally possessive and often a smothering kind of love. There is love for family and friends which we have a limited amount of, as it often requires some energy from us. Then there is detached love which loves unconditionally. Click here Different types of Love for more details.
Why am I here? 
Get a better view Let’s step back a bit from our lives and the world around us to get a better view of the whole situation and we may find the meaning of life a bit easier to grasp. There are over 6.5 billion (that’s 6,500,000,000) people on this planet and if you look up at the stars at nigh there has to be the possibility that there are other planets with similar numbers of souls on them too. We are only talking about humans in these numbers. What about all the animal souls who here too and then there are the plant souls too. This is where Darwin’s theory of evolution begins to make sense. If we humans are learning as we go through our lives doesn’t it make sense that other souls are on a similar learning process? It may be that a soul which starts off as a plant may progress to a more advanced life form. Animal souls may develop as they move over time from one body type to another gaining extra skills and advantages and learning from their experiences.
Different types of Humans We humans have different types too. It is based on the consciousness of the individuals. Some people live on the basic human level, just above the animal level. Some are in the ‘might is right’ mode where the strongest rules by brute force. Then you have people who have some intelligence who use their minds to progress and make their way in life. We also have the intellectuals who explore the intricacies of the world and the mind. People with an awareness of themselves, other people and the world around them would also be there. Then there are those souls who are aware of and work with the higher power, God, Sugmad or whatever you name It. I think we have a bit of each of these types within us. The skill is in keeping the higher parts to the front and the lower ones under control. There may be times and situations in life where we need to use each. So just looking at all these souls, human, animal and plant, why are they all here? What are they doing? What’s their life purpose? All these souls are individuals, they are all part of God, they all are having unique experiences and are learning something by living their lives. These souls are growing bit by bit and becoming more aware of themselves until they get to the point where they discover and understand love, how it works and begin to work with it. Once they get to this point they then move on to try and discover what God is.
Free Will Lab So why is there so much chaos in our lives? The short answer is, you’ve been using your free will a bit too freely. As an individual soul we are given free will as one of the great gifts from God. This allows us to do as we wish and make our own decisions any way we like. We often don’t care whether these decisions help or hurt those around us. It’s our decision and we’ll do what we like. We souls with our free will are like kids with all kinds of toys, tools and weapons at our disposal. So how does God contain this gang of unruly, emotional, clever, power mad, and drunken souls? He creates a laboratory where these souls can run riot until they learn the basics of who they are and why they are in the lab. We begin to realise after a while. When we make decision that hurt others the karma eventually comes back to us and we experience the hurt we inflicted. Then we discover that by doing something for love gives a benefit to others and to us too.
To answer these questions is going to require you to accept some ideas and concepts that may be a little uncomfortable. Until I accepted these I couldn’t grasp what was going on in my life or how I had arrived where I was. We need to recognise that the problems in our lives are a result of our actions in the past. Not just the past in this life but in other lives too. The concepts we need to accept are: Responsibility for your own actions, Karma, (what you sow you reap). Past Lives and Reincarnation. Why you are here
If you can accept that you have lived several lives before this one and in those lives you have:
had a variety of experiences,
learned a great deal of things,
done lots of things,
built up good and bad karma
and met a number of different souls.
Before you came into this life you would have looked at your past and decided on what aspects you need to work on in your new physical life. You may have had the guidance of an inner guide or angel to help you do this. You would have selected a number of events to happen in your life. For example you may have chosen a number of souls to be part of your life, you may have selected a few problems to work on, you might have decided on a particular location to grow up in and another to live your adult life in. Some elements may have been chosen for you. This would probably include some of the bad karma you have built up and need to deal with. You will also have access to the skills and the things you have learned in previous lives, although this may only be available on a subconscious level.
Your Destiny This destiny you have created is the reason you are here in this life and in the particular situation you find yourself. This may be a difficult concept to accept but think about it for a while, reflect on your life, try a get a better view of your overall situation. You may find that the answers you come up with will give you your purpose and meaning of life.
Attitude of Gratitude If you are unhappy with our life as it is, you can change it. The quickest and easiest way of doing this is to change your attitude. If you can develop an attitude of gratitude for all the good things in your life, that will get you on the road to happiness. List all the good things in your life on a sheet of paper. These may include: My ability to breathe comfortably, To able to walk, To talk and hold conversations, To get good food every day, The friends and family I have (list each person), The good things about the place I live in, The beauty of the things around me, Etc., etc. Keep adding to the list as you think of them. You can also include the good bits of the bad things. Like the terrible taste of the medicine I take and the good it is doing me. Or the annoyance a person causes me, because when they no longer annoy me I will have completed a lesson.
True Love from Your Heart The best way I have found to bring happiness into my life is to give love to someone, or do something just for the love of it. Examples you could try would be: Listening to someone and sympathising with their situation, A random act of kindness which doesn’t take much effort on your part but may benefit another, Volunteer for some organisation which will help you give of yourself, Pick up litter on the street, Replace fallen objects in stores, Open doors for people, Give up your seat on busy public transport, Write a note of appreciation and thanks to the people in your life. The more kindness and love you give, the more happiness will grow within you. This will add meaning and value to your life. You’ll also find that the more love you give the more love you will have to give. As you open your heart to love, more and more will flow through you. Don’t do these things with an expectation of getting something back. That’s not the way it works. This is unconditional love, love you are giving without conditions or an expectation of a benefit. Just one warning on this. Don’t over do it. You only have a certain amount of physical and emotional resources. If you get to the point where you are beginning to resent doing these acts of kindness, stop doing them. Give yourself a rest and when you feel like it start again.
Life with meaning and purpose We started off looking for the meaning of life and our short answer was: We are here to learn about love, how it works and how to work with it. We discussed Emotional Love, Love for family and friends and Detached Love. We stood back to get a better view of life with all the different souls sharing life around us. We went over the different types of humans and our free will and the “Free Will Lab” where we can make as many mistakes as we like. But we also discovered that we are responsibility for your own actions and the Karma we create. This of course lead on to reincarnation which helped answer the question, Why you are here and how you created your destiny. To help us get a better understanding of life we spoke about an attitude of gratitude and developing true love from your heart so that you will receive more happiness in your life. You are now at a point where you can decide to do something with your life or continue searching for some meaning. I hope you have found something of value in this article and wish you well on your path through life. I’m sure we will meet as soul at some point. May you be aware of your blessings and wishing you a life with meaning and purpose. *Ed P
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