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Post by eemun on Nov 9, 2005 15:45:27 GMT 8
we are here to create lives and produce next generation ...
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Post by Maxine on Nov 9, 2005 19:16:15 GMT 8
WHY AM I HERE? When I was in my early 20s, this Q used 2 bug me a lot. I felt tt I hv 2 do something important, i.e. to leave my mark. I think, in order to understand why we are here, we need to know who we are. For the Chinese race, all our behaviours, whether overseas or mainland (despite more than 50 years of communism) there are many behavioural practices still deeply embedded in our culture. In my opinion, I found this answer from elementary classical Chinese study, in San Zi Jin (this used 2 be the 1st book taught to 4 or 5 years old in traditional Chinese children up to before the end of Qing Dynasty. I understand tt it inculcates the teachings of Laozi and Confucius. In KL, there was a shu jai that taught San Zi Jin until the early 70s. Whatever we turned out 2 b is in our DESTINY. Some are destined 4 greatness. A case in point is Daniel (his best years are from ages 30 to 50). Some are there to help others 2 achieve greatness, perhaps u may fall into this category. While most of us nevertheless hv 2 do our minor part in life, hopefully 4 the betterment of our family and friends. However I don´t take DESTINY as permanent, one 2 a certain extent determines our destiny, there is such a thing as “san chai je, tian, di, ren?or ?yi ming, er yun, san feng shui, si du shi shu, wu sou de.? Why and how one behaviours, among other things, is affected by the SEVEN SINS of pride, greed, power, etc (in christianity). I think the Hindus and Buddhists believe in KARMA.(www.ncf.carleton.ca/freenet/rootdir/menus/sigs/religion/buddhism/introduction/truths/karma2.html) If I hv interpreted correctly, Deepak Chopra seemed to indicate that all the woes in the world are caused by negative thoughts. Imagine one person with negative thoughts affecting the whole community, then the whole country and perhaps the whole world. He thinks that we need to balance the good thoughts so that there are less negativity. I think if each of us could make this a better place for our family, friend and things important to us, hence more PEACEFUL place 2 b. Currently, I find Paolo Coelho´s short stories on his experiences, a most interesting reading. Finally, don´t think too hard, we are here simply to perpetuate MANKIND. Take a leaf from the animal kingdom, how the mama animal always protects their young. It is a basic instinct, encoded in the genes and to learn and encode new techniques for the SURVIVAL of the species, in essence - EVOLUTION. Idol hunter, I hope this could b discussed further by the forumers, so tt we cld exchange thoughts on this. Perhaps then, we could find the ANSWER. My apology 4 the lecture and longwindedness. kwfong DISCLAMIER: The above is my personal opinion. I hope I hv not quoted anything wrongly. wow, longer than those essay i write in school ;D
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Post by shinghui on Nov 9, 2005 20:45:43 GMT 8
i guess every 1 is wonderinng why i am here... i guess we do not have the choice to choose whether we r here or not.. to touch a bit bout religion..i guess God has his purpose on us.. as Teng said that life is unfair.. because sum of us get HIV and so on..but..life stil goes on..u cant blame God that u get HIV..because u dun hav the choice to pick ur own fate..U have to bounce back after a lot of unhappy incidences and live to the fullest life.. Time flies..when u r wondering why u r here..u wont realise that time really flies..and some of us wasted a lot of precious time,,, when u look back...u will blame urself for not value ur time and do what God wants u to do..Jus wan to say that try to find thr purpose of ur life..and precious the time we have in the Earth.. We cannot decide when we will leave the earth because we cannot control it.. Thats all i wan to say..hmm...its jus my point of view..pls forgive me if u r offended..
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Post by teng on Nov 10, 2005 1:54:02 GMT 8
i guess every 1 is wonderinng why i am here... i guess we do not have the choice to choose whether we r here or not.. to touch a bit bout religion..i guess God has his purpose on us.. as Teng said that life is unfair.. because sum of us get HIV and so on..but..life stil goes on..u cant blame God that u get HIV..because u dun hav the choice to pick ur own fate..U have to bounce back after a lot of unhappy incidences and live to the fullest life.. Time flies..when u r wondering why u r here..u wont realise that time really flies..and some of us wasted a lot of precious time,,, when u look back...u will blame urself for not value ur time and do what God wants u to do..Jus wan to say that try to find thr purpose of ur life..and precious the time we have in the Earth.. We cannot decide when we will leave the earth because we cannot control it.. Thats all i wan to say..hmm...its jus my point of view..pls forgive me if u r offended.. i agree with u
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Post by idolhunter on Nov 10, 2005 4:00:06 GMT 8
I think one of the most important weapon or tool that GOD has given us is CHOICE meaning U can choose... Of course U will say your teacher dont allow u to choose lah or your parents don't allow u choose lah.. but actually U can...but U fear the consequence.. becos the moment we are born we are taught and trained to accept such rules.. that's why u see different countries have different cultures...becos we are taught n trained in that direction.. but actually u have a choice...u can choose the direction where u want to go but u have to accept whatever that comes yr way from yr decision. Sounds familliar... Most people don't make choices.. they just follow others but then again to follow is also a choice ;D "U chose to follow" ;D ..only great people dare to make their own choices and that's why they are great. ;D It is the most powerful tool in hand...but few know how to use it. ;D and they are the ones that rules the earth.. * no hard feeling to anyone... just my simple opinion. ;D
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Post by chilicandy on Nov 10, 2005 13:50:12 GMT 8
and its the matter of how comfortable the individual are with the choice they make....
Live with no regrets....
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Post by shinghui on Nov 10, 2005 16:38:36 GMT 8
but..rem sometimes we cannot choose sumthing..like HIV patients..those little children they could not choose not to bcum one of the patients...somehow they have to accept it..
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Post by Maxine on Nov 10, 2005 16:44:35 GMT 8
but..rem sometimes we cannot choose sumthing..like HIV patients..those little children they could not choose not to bcum one of the patients...somehow they have to accept it.. some choose to accept it... n still they can live happy... though maybe not as happy as healthy ppl... but some choose not to accept it... then commit suicide...
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Post by soursand on Nov 11, 2005 2:36:19 GMT 8
Allow me to OT a bit ;D I always think...why we human is call human? why two eyes and not more or less? why eat with mouth, smell with nose... why two legs/hands? why this and that... ..the list goes on and on.. Those questions always pop up on my mind when I'm doing 'business' in the toilet ;D I guess too bored sitting too long 'in there'... ;D OK, back to the topic.. Why am I born into this world? God will have the answer... Maybe I'm here to make a different to the world I believe in Karma; life after death and reborn thing.. I guess I am here because of my pass life.. Maybe I'm here to carry out a certain duty which I failed to do in my past life.. ;D And yes, I think life is unfair.. But I guess if life is always fair, then life will be boring.. There'll be no ups and downs in life.. And no interesting news to entertain us.. Whenever bad things happened, we'll blame God.. Example earth quake and tsunami.. I believe that all these fenomena happened for reasons.. And the reason I believe is the act of God to reduce the population of the world.. There are more and more people in this world day by day.. And when these fenomena happened, hundreds or even thousands will be killed in split seconds.. * a rather fast way to reduce the population* But that's the reality... there's no one to blame as that's the fact that this kind of things happen... *just my personal opinioin..don't hentam me* ;D
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Post by idolhunter on Nov 11, 2005 4:50:39 GMT 8
Food for thought.. Ancient times...people will scacrifice animals even human to their "gods" in return for good harvests, good weather or good life.. Now think .... God is almighty.. it can do wonders, it can give u good harvest, good weather or good life for u infact anything so to speak... but it needs to be [glow=red,2,300]fed by us[/glow] humans... doesn't make any sense to me.. I think I will just stop at this ancient point..just food for thought
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Post by piggygrace on Nov 11, 2005 10:49:14 GMT 8
Well, ;D just live life to the fullest and harvest it to the best, hold on to your faith and trust God that He will bless you at all times....
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Post by navipton on Nov 11, 2005 11:43:55 GMT 8
well.. this thread really subjective as it touches on every aspect we looking into...
in my very short opinion, we are here, brought by the almight God, to "colour" this planet where they are lifes breathing, human being, animals, plants, etc rather than a dead stone in this whole galaxy....
there must a reason why we are here, the image we have, and all those things, .... but i think i knew that in life, there no such things as 100% perfect, that why we human being commit sins and for this reason, Heaven serves the purpose of accomodate GOOD people, where only Good people are being brought to this heavenly place.... So, treasure your "wealth" now by doing good things and stop prevent from any sins u might committed with.
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Post by joyee on Nov 11, 2005 18:46:01 GMT 8
tis topic makes everyone hav a positif mind in life...am i rite??
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Post by idolhunter on Nov 12, 2005 0:09:19 GMT 8
Allow me to OT a bit ;D I always think...why we human is call human? why two eyes and not more or less? why eat with mouth, smell with nose... why two legs/hands? why this and that... ..the list goes on and on.. Those questions always pop up on my mind when I'm doing 'business' in the toilet ;D I guess too bored sitting too long 'in there'... ;D OK, back to the topic.. Why am I born into this world? God will have the answer... Maybe I'm here to make a different to the world I believe in Karma; life after death and reborn thing.. I guess I am here because of my pass life.. Maybe I'm here to carry out a certain duty which I failed to do in my past life.. ;D And yes, I think life is unfair.. But I guess if life is always fair, then life will be boring.. There'll be no ups and downs in life.. And no interesting news to entertain us.. Whenever bad things happened, we'll blame God.. Example earth quake and tsunami.. I believe that all these fenomena happened for reasons.. [glow=red,2,300]And the reason I believe is the act of God to reduce the population of the world.. [/glow]There are more and more people in this world day by day.. And when these fenomena happened, hundreds or even thousands will be killed in split seconds.. * a rather fast way to reduce the population* But that's the reality... there's no one to blame as that's the fact that this kind of things happen... *just my personal opinioin..don't hentam me* ;D To me, I look at it as a natural order of things.. there are a billions things changing at the same very split second of time like a grain of sand being shift when the waves beat at it..a decayed leaf falls when the wind blows or a cow just chewed up a mouthful of grass, a ship just anchored at the harbour and accidentally cracked the pier...whatever yr mind thinks..it is happening at the split second... ;D and all these are inter-related each touching on the other..so is the same with our earth crust.. something under-neath is also doing the same as what we see above, the hot lava under-neath boiling and breaking thru' the weaker segments of the earth layers..(just like the wave moved the sand) ..slowly and gradually penetrating the earth until the day it broke into the earth surface.. "just like when ship acnchored and broked the pier or the last gush of wind broke the stem of the decayed leaf and it falls..." and what u see is a reaction of the natural action... and people die becos they happened to be the "grass that the cow just eat" and then after a few months.. all is forgotten and life goes on.... ;D
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Post by sylvia871211 on Nov 12, 2005 0:36:09 GMT 8
wee..i been ask myself this question b4, y i'm here, y must i be sylvia, y i cant be somebody else, y y y n so many y but there's no reason 4 those question.. so i decided to skip the y question n appreciated wat i have. y i so care about who am i, why i'm here?since i cant change this so i learn to accept it.. n be optimism... but i told my fren that i born to enjoy life ahhah so i have to study n get a job,get a good salary then i can enjoy my life (OT dy soli~!~) hahh conclusion, there's no answer for so many WH- question
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