Question
Question
There is a question that has been bothering me for several years. To say how it sounds would be very simple. For several years now I have been trying to find an answer that will calm my doubts and close the mystery of this question. It turns out that I am not the first person who is concerned about this question, and I am unlikely to find the first person in history who asked it. There are a number of characters in history who tried to explain the answer to the question that worries me so much.
In the first rows there were prophets, in the second, philosophers, in the third, and probably the most modern, creators of psychoanalysis, which spawned into dozens of branches, in order to explain to me the answer to the question that I am so puzzled by from different angles.
It all started in my youth. A person is young when he has many plans for the future. All my plans for the future can be described in two words: "To be successful".
And a movie is shown on TV, where the hero saves the world. In appearance, it is modest, inconspicuous, and full of super power. And they praise Albert Einstein, he is a genius and the smartest, at least it seems so. I know everything I want to be, a genius who will save the world. I want to laugh at the delirium of the goal. But over time it happened. I am writing a line in this book to save the world. And I have a plan.
Beginning
It all started with birth. Cell to cell, organ to organ, and the organism appeared. Like all newborns, being in a new organism, I asked myself the question: "Do I really exist? Am I really alive?". The sense organs allowed me to feel the world around me, I was reflected in reality as in a mirror. Like all other newborns. We memorized the sensations of our body in contact with the surrounding world, reflected again and again in reality, proving to ourselves that we exist, that we are alive. The care of loved ones, their love, allowed me to survive, grow up, learn to think, speak, and move the question, am I really alive? , deep into the subconscious.
And now, having already been educated, knowing a lot of words and numbers, putting on a smart face, I asked myself: "Andrei, what is the meaning of life? Find the answer, be cool." And then for more than a year, I explored the world, observed people, deduced common patterns, read books, watched various programs, thought hard, getting closer to the edge of the answer that I discovered at birth. In contact with the world, I discover that I am alive. But that was not enough, it was necessary to just be alive...
I said that there is a question that has worried me for a long time, and most of you are puzzled by it. And so attention, a matter of choice. When a person has realized the elements of life, the question arises: "How to live?", what path to choose?, what values to be guided by?, what to strive for?, what to give up?, who to be in this world?. Speaking in a language that is understandable for the masses, and for me, the question: "How to live?" sounds: "What goals should I set for myself in life?". But how to set goals without understanding where they will actually lead, without understanding the reality that surrounds us.
Reality
If we talk about reality, we must immediately warn that there are two of them. The first is important and it concerns the world, and it acts according to world laws and regularities, we are reflected in it and confirm that we exist, that we are alive. The second reality is not important for the world, but it is very important for us personally, it is our individual reality - it is what we have made up our minds there, it is how we see this world. In order to live life successfully, it is necessary that the goals we set for ourselves should be realized in real reality on the first try, and even faster. And that's not all, it's just the surface...
Think: who sets us goals?, who brought us into this world?, who do we trust?, who was always by our side? So these are our loved ones, mom, dad, TV. Everything that loved ones support, recognize, admire, praise us for, and most importantly, demand from us, forms our worldview. And they don't need to talk, we will understand everything anyway, or rather understood, because we are already adults if we are reading this. This is all the initial motivation, it will either be confirmed or simplified. Reality will put everything in its place.
Motivation
Motivation determines destiny. Motivation determines the type of life. Motivation directs, gives strength. The power to live lies in motivation. And to live means to love. Love is a combination. To be precise, love is a combination with the object of love. For love, it doesn't matter whether I want to preserve the object or destroy it, the main thing is that I merge with it. Our life consists of the objects of our love.
When we were born, we learned to think, the world was presented to us. We were fed and protected, and this is sacred for us, we have to live. The next level is motivation for a way to live, a way to love. Everything is simple here, there are two types of love. The first kind of love, the love of the creator, when we connect with the object of love, protect him, fill him, worry about him. The second kind of love, the love of the devil, when we consume the object of love, when the object serves us. Since birth, the surrounding world has filled us with both types of love for the world, we have assimilated them to varying degrees. And being alive. We ourselves motivate those around us to love and protect, or to love and destroy.
But tomorrow I will go to work. I work in construction. Mason. I'm building walls. What kind of life am I living? Grand or simple? The light will rise in the morning, but it is not the light that will raise the body to work, the motivation to act, the motivation to live will wake me up. I serve goals, in my soul I am composed of goals. Some are more important than others, they are intertwined, they complement each other.
History of confrontation
I said that the world is in danger. It all started a long time ago, between God and an angel named Lucifer. This angel wanted to be God himself, and part of the angels joined his opinion. The sky split. And a war began in which the angels won, for God's sake. Lucifer and his host of fallen angels were cast down to earth.
It was then that the delta type of love was born. The devil did not recognize God as the highest link. He considered himself the highest link, and therefore the good that was given to him by God's will, he took for granted, and completely absorbed these deeds, not doing to anyone more than he himself would consume. And he consumed more than he produced. From this it follows that others casually serve him. The main feature was because he used this strategy consciously. The devil consumed the resources of the workers.
Then there were his followers. They are motivated by the devil to become demons. Each of the demons began, following the example of the devil, to consider himself God, and to absorb the good done to him in the glory of God's will, as it should be. Then there was a war in which the angels who wanted to live serving God's will won.
It should be noted that the defeated demons and the devil, their mentor, were not made slaves, they were not destroyed, they were simply relocated to another place, namely to the earth. And here already on earth, where the first people lived, servants of God's will, the man Adam and the woman Eve.
The devil offered them to become gods by biting the f*******n apple. After eating the apple, it was as if they refused to live according to God's will, but wanted to become like the devil, that is, to be the highest ranks, and for others to serve them, while they absorbed everything, taking the resources as their own.
At least that's how I see the story. The devil and his followers rejected God's will, Adam and Eve rejected God's will. And those and others were expelled from the place where God's will resides, from the place where happiness resides.
What is God's will? How to deal with this? If I were there where God's will reigns in its pure form, if I were in paradise, then I could tell exactly. And so I will rely on my own intuition, logic and build a convincing assumption.
How long does a person live?
How long does one person live? 70 years on average. How long does a group of people live? It is more difficult to calculate here. For in this group a man and a woman will give birth to a child, and others will also give birth, and these children will also give birth to children, and their children will have children. "There is no translation for the human race," says a folk saying. A person has to work honestly to ensure his existence, and even more, if possible.
From this more, in relation to your caring love for God, donate to the creator. Our Creator has everything and everything is already his. To love God means to love the world created by him, to love God means to love people who also love God. When the son of God Jesus Christ came, a fuller understanding of God's will came.
You should start with the ability to love, love should be caring. Love is a combination. Let's unite with the object of love, take care of it. When I believe in God, and having food I shared it with the hungry, and I did it because God so commanded. Perhaps I am still united with the people, and I am one of the many who follow God's will knowingly or not knowingly, making a significant contribution to the fact that humanity lives more happily, spreading the idea of caring love by my own example.
To understand God's will is to see it not completely, but only partially, to outline the boundaries that God wants for man. Uncertain, first of all, is a fulfilling life, where there is love for work to ensure one's existence, where there is love for one's neighbor in order to share with him at the moment when the neighbor needs it. And by sharing our resource with him, we spread the idea that the world is good, that people are good, because when he was in need, they helped him to continue his existence, and praise be to God and his will, which commanded us people to live like this.
And everything would be fine
And everything would be fine, the world that would surround me would be good, because the people in it would serve God's will. But people in my world are different. Different beliefs are presented to them. One is represented by the world where God is, the other is represented by the world where they themselves are Gods. People themselves are not the enemy that destroys and will destroy the world and the light of life in the world. That enemy is the very belief that is already realized by a person. When I see people motivated by the devil, I do not condemn them, I only condemn their absorption of the good that was intended for those who believe in God's will and who understand the good and will be strengthened in their faith. A person motivated by the devil believes that he is God and is obliged to serve him, he will accept good and take it for granted and will only strengthen in his devilish motivation.
The world itself , because of them, these people motivated by the devil, becomes worse, those who serve God's will become few, and those who serve the idea that he is god become more. The one who served God's will gradually ceases to serve it, because after giving out a mass of good, which people motivated by the devil absorbed everything as their own. He begins to say in essence: "To live with wolves, to howl like a wolf."
Probably, God the creator drove the devil and demons to another place of residence. He did the same with Adam and Eve. Perhaps this is a sign of how to deal with such devil-motivated people.
Two types of love determine who we stand for and what we spread with our beliefs. Before banishing the devil's motivation, it must be discovered. She will resist, they often resist, and when she leaves you, or me, you will be richer, and so will I.
The scale of all this is grandiose in that all people living in the collective are involved. What role do I play, what do I lead this world to? Ask yourself the same question. Socrates said: "Know yourself and you will know the world." The best way to know yourself is to be alone with the question "who am I?" and "What am I doing in this world?". Long walks promote reflection.
Humanity
We already live in this world, we have a past and we have a future. We define this world by the goals we set in it. But who are we to this world? Everything started from cell to cell, organ to organ, and the organism came out, and we already know that. And then more. A person to a person is a family, a family to a family and there will be a people, a people to a people and there will be humanity. Man is to mankind as a cell is to man. When the cells work well, interact with each other, the person as an organism to lead a happy life. When people work well and interact with each other, humanity progresses, develops, humanity has energy, and a person in such humanity feels good, healthy, has energy.
But there is another condition that is incompatible with life. When a cell is diseased, it refuses to work and is destined to die, and in contact with other cells, they support its life until they themselves become infected and diseased, and then the forces of the organism are directed to compensate for the work of those who refuse to do, but continues to exist. The structure of the body dies.
In the case of a person, such a disease that can destroy humanity is a disease of the spirit, it is transmitted from person to person, through behavior, through words, through beliefs, until it is stopped by heroes, who often do not realize their heroism, but simply follow some inner principles that essentially protect our unity, that protect humanity from the evil spirit that convinces people to consume the labor of others for their own physical good as a matter of course, in various ways achieving an act of self-service. When the human body dies, that part that served humanity will remain, and as long as humanity lives to some extent, this person will live. And the measure is equal to the contribution made for the good of life and the good of humanity.
It all seems simple and clear. The mass of religious currents protected mankind from destruction and gave the opportunity to prosper, and to prosper means to be happy. Religions that spread the idea of caring love as part of the soul, in the direction of life.
It all follows from this
Another problem arises from all this. How to be happy? Does happiness even exist? Depending on what is considered happiness. Everything starts with a goal, with a desire to be. When a goal is set, it is overgrown with energy, energy is spent on the realization of the goal. If the goal is realized, we are happy. This is how happiness is achieved. Happiness is a reward. Happiness is consumed gradually, as we realize our goal, we are happy because we receive proof that we are alive in the form we want. Happiness is when you get what you want faster, more than expected. Christianity tells us to be modest, and I agree with that if modesty is expecting less than you get. A humble person is a happy person.
The formula for a happy life was hidden in religion, in Christianity, in modesty. They often have a divided world, in Christianity it is angels and demons. Two sides, and both are opposite to each other in their essence. To continue further, I have to divide people into two global groups. More precisely, they themselves are divided into them, and I will only describe what I think. Our world has been divided for a long time. I was not yet in the world , as everything was already happening. When I showed up, I became part of the action. And he acted for the good of one party, then for the good of the other, although in essence these parties are opposite to each other. In the course of my development, I got to know the sides into which this world is divided. The more you understand, the more difficult it is to make a choice. The question of choice came with an understanding of the essence of things. By choosing one action, I serve one side. By choosing the opposite, I serve the opposite side. I am ready to show you these sides. If you understood something, it is your merit, not the one who explained.
Everything that exists has a name or a name, and this name or name represents the essence of the one who exists. By name and name we can know the essence, which means we can see this object for ourselves. So these two sides, which essentially divide the world, need two different names to divide it. Knowing these two essences and not knowing them before, we have the opportunity to see the world in a new way and understand what we did not understand until now.
What kind of life will open up to us after letting these two concepts that divide and describe the world into our soul. Happy or unhappy? It's hard for me to predict. So you can stop. There are things that are better not to know. Perhaps these two concepts, dividing the world, belong to such.