Curious what others think about trying to walk on the path that leads to that great something.

[Starrlight]

Do you think the path to a destination can be the actual destination itself? Or do we expect a restful place or rebirth after death? Just thinking here, ya know.

[JEG325]

Why think about death, my friend? Enjoy the path of life while you're on it. Walk in the sun and enjoy the sunlight! If you're religious, your religion will tell you all about the afterlife. If you believe in their rules, then follow them. Personally, I believe God loves us all and isn't eager to leave anyone behind, least of all you! You are a good person who has spent much time helping others. Continues to do so. Love yourself, your family and your friends. Stay out of the shadows and endorse the light....I'll send you a jumbo jet full of warm, caring hugs that you can use when you feel down. Okay?

[Starrlight in reply to JEG325]

Hi I’m just thinking while in a not so good place... that I must let run it’s course... I have a huge problem right now and am just holding myself together so that even a bit sun is hard to appreciate how it should be. And curious. It’s easier to think of how I will die than try to deal with my problem all at once yeah somethings really got me down. I’m tired of it. The hurt and pain.

[JEG325 in reply to Starrlight]

We all are. I personally deal with it all the time. Listen, if you wanna share with me what's going on, please pm me. We'll talk it over. Remember, I want you around for a long time. Okay?

[Starrlight in reply to JEG325]

Nah thanks anyway. I’m resilient and strong I’ll keep my head up I just need to write it out. .

[JEG325 in reply to Starrlight]

What I meant was that we all think of dying sometimes, S. But, we recover and go on. You can tell me anything and I will respond and try my best to help you. Just don't give up on either life or me yet. Okay?

[Starrlight in reply to JEG325]

nah, thanks I typically put what I want to say here and that’s pretty much it. Sometimes people say things that really are things to add to my strength. Right now I am stronger on my own than asking help in solving anything. What’s comforting is hearing other peoples’ Ideas about the universes and dimensions heaven hell or whatever , very important and interesting to me.

[JEG325 in reply to Starrlight]

Sorry, I am unable help you, S....

[Starrlight in reply to JEG325]

JEG I received the beautiful poem and I thank you from my heart ❤️ You are very thoughtful.

[JEG325 in reply to Starrlight]

You are my friend, the first one I ever made here. I will do everything I can to help you, S. The one thing I cannot or will not do is give up on you or forget about you. I write lots of poems but seldom to request. I knew those words were for you as soon as I started writing them. There is always hope for a brighter tomorrow, especially if we stick together. All I know is that I will be here whenever you need me. I'll keep sending you the jumbo jets of caring and comforting hugs too. This wasn't the first or last poem you'll ever get either. May you find the sun again and walk in It's bright, warming path, my awesome friend!

[Starrlight in reply to JEG325]

You are so good to me. Im glad we’re friends and I am glad I was able to be there for you when you first came here.

[JEG325 in reply to Starrlight]

S, I am glad to have met you. You got me started on this path of helping others here. So, indirectly you have helped a couple hundred people through my efforts. Though I have reined in my efforts considerably now, I still reach out once in awhile to help others here. It is in your name & kenster1's name that I do that too, since both of you welcomed me on here the same day & both of you have stuck with me as good friends. I refuse to abandon those I consider my closest of friends. For me, friendship is just another form of love. I don't give it lightly and I don't take it back very easily. I guess that means you are stuck with me a long, long time!

[NeuronerdDoaty in reply to JEG325]

You are helpful. Just talking is helpful. You’re very kind. 💛

[newbie56 in reply to Starrlight]

Hi again, Star

Since you asked...

Does life have some meaning?

First, we have to ask, How did life begin? After considering the remarkable design of our brain and the rest of our body, many have concluded that a wise Creator is behind it all. (Read Psalm 139:14.) If so, then He must have a reason!

God created us with a “spiritual need,” which includes the desire to find meaning in life. (Matthew 5:3) He wants us to satisfy that desire.​—Psalm 145:16.

Learning that reason, being assured and confident, can add great meaning to your life.

Agape

[DVISION in reply to newbie56]

Amen! 🙏

[NeuronerdDoaty in reply to newbie56]

Perfectly said newbie

[Starrlight in reply to newbie56]

I wrote you a bunch, got lost but mainly thanks for writing. I believe we all have meaning in our lives. The fact that we have lives make us meaningful. There is meaning everyday. A small action here can go and create a huge one there. I like to ask God to help me do His will like I’m being drawn to where someone may need help or where I need to realize something important.

[fauxartist]

I have found for myself that I need to not forget to take the side roads along the journey, which can often lead to wonderful things....and there are pot holes and broken bridges along the way as well, but you can find a way around them. The end of the journey should not be the goal, it's the path we choose, and accepting what we cannot change that gets us there, that is our life experience, good and bad. So much shared here is despair and sadness, very little is shared about those little wins and those good days that do happen even with depression, we can have joy, and laughter, happiness and delight. I've taken some time to reflect on those things in my life that I am grateful for, and spent more time doing positive things like painting and gardening.....I have to find a balance....or I spend too much time in the dark mirror looking at a reflection of my despair, and it's not good company.

My depression, people, places and events are the things I cannot change, but what I can do is find a way back to the light after a fall......no one has the answers for me, I have to find those for myself.....what works for me does not mean it will work for someone else. It can be lonely at times, those we thought were friends can abandon us, those things we had in life can disappear over night, but the one thing for certain is you.....you can only depend on yourself in the end, and we do deserve to have some love, peace, and happiness in this life...we earned it, usually the hard way.

[NeuronerdDoaty in reply to fauxartist]

Well said💛

[Starrlight in reply to fauxartist]

I wrote lots to you but it got lost... well main things are thanks for sharing your wisdom and what stands out to me and I really agree with is taking the side roads along the way; to me that is where our creativity and true selves open up most and where we are on our own and rest, then can be reborn to be able to know what the next thing is that’s meant for us. We have to try to be still and listen.

[fauxartist in reply to Starrlight]

It's very true about listening...not only to the wind, the rain, or the cacophony of birds in the morning light.....but also that inner voice that says; 'you can do this'.....and don't listen to self doubt, or second questioning yourself. Trust your gut to know whats right or not. I think it's also important to listen to those that may have some wisdom or opportunity to share....because if we are always talking ....we aren't listening.

[Starrlight in reply to fauxartist]

You are so right on! Listen to the intuition.

[LiveandLetLive42 in reply to fauxartist]

So beautifully said my friend. You’re such an amazing person. We are all so lucky to have your love and kindness. Star, I just hope someday we are all at peace whether it’s here on earth or wherever we go! Just give us a light at the end please!! Lol 😂

[Starrlight in reply to LiveandLetLive42]

Ok ill need to stay bright then, eh. I’m not doing a good job of it right now.

[LiveandLetLive42 in reply to Starrlight]

It’s ok to not be okay sometimes. It makes us appreciate the good. We are very special even though we don’t always know it. Being sensitive makes us kind to others and value the little things. And you shine girl just like a Star ⭐️ P.S. Sorry for the late response. We were away for a few days. Xoxo

[Starrlight in reply to LiveandLetLive42]

I really needed to hear that today. It happens, right, bad days and it’s okay but shit it’s come out of nowhere for such a stretch and I’m getting scared it won’t let up.

[NeuronerdDoaty]

I believe our soul is energy. Energy can not be destroyed. It can only be changed. That’s the scientist in me.

The human in me says that I see every day what happens next. I was birthed into this level of consciousness and I will be birthed into the next. I’m not saying I believe in classic reincarnation because I don’t. My soul is mine and defines me and therefore can only be me. There will be another level of consciousness to be birthed into.

In my belief system there is a God. I’m an old soul as is my son. I’m looking forward to what happens next. God is not a boring God nor is God simple-minded. The next level could be Willy Wonkas candy land or a Buddhist retreat where only my soul needs sustenance. Either way I’m up for the game.

[fauxartist in reply to NeuronerdDoaty]

I often wondered why the first cognitive thinking Shamans were able to understand the concept that the 'Soul' is other worldly and continues to exist as 'spirit or 'essence or 'life force' in some ethereal ether somewhere beyond. Why is it that the body runs on an electricity created from a chemical reaction, like a battery, and that is what makes the neuron transfer energy via synapses which is this mysterious life force.... If you took any 'greater force' out of the equation and looked at this from a purely scientific stance....where is this energy released to, where does it go?....where did it come from?..... are these energy's beings in some parallel universe joining the body at birth to experience the 'life' of the body?..and go back to their realm after the death of the body..who knows really....since energy is neither created nor destroyed.....is there more to understand than we could possibly comprehend at this time....dark matter, anti-matter.... fuzzy logic?

[NeuronerdDoaty in reply to fauxartist]

My mind floats around these topics quite often. In my family there are a lot of artists and scientists. The conversation can get quite deep. I love your comment. You’re invited to the next family reunion. Bring lots of meds. 🤣

[fauxartist in reply to NeuronerdDoaty]

Would love a good old fashioned discussion on philosophy....that was my first major, Greek and eastern,...but then went to science and art....double major......I am and always have proudly proclaimed my nerdness.... It's the imagination that starts all great concepts...Higgs-Bosin particles....quantum chips, bio chips....programmable of course.

[NeuronerdDoaty in reply to fauxartist]

Oh goodness we have a lot in common! Philosophy was my second BA. I’m thinking of not going for my second masters in neuroscience but changing course and going philosophy.

[fauxartist in reply to NeuronerdDoaty]

Great idea.....I loved the symposiums my instructor would have occasionally to just let everyone be able to let their hair down and free flow with their thinking on those eternal questions....you know them all...'why are we here'...'whats the meaning of life' ...'is there a god'....'where do we go when we die'.....all of those things have been the eternal questions asked and pondered since our monkey brain had it's first understanding of birth and death.....'what's up in the sky twinkling'.....

[NeuronerdDoaty in reply to fauxartist]

Oh fun!

[Puzzled57 in reply to fauxartist]

It wasn’t until I entered my 50’s that those questions have become a constant theme for me. Why are we here? What purpose do we serve? Why do we do what we do everyday? Is there value in what we do? Does anything we do matter in the grand scheme of things? Probably not the questions that you were referring to but pondering nonetheless.

[Starrlight in reply to Puzzled57]

Hi Puzzled57 I have asked those same exact questions and it makes me feel like an ant 🐜 lost in the universes... or closer to God, depending... sometimes I just need to take out time to ponder and try to understand ... usually I come to a balanced approach to life and thoughts of any afterlife but especially being bipolar that is difficult for me...when I was a kid I’d picture infinity as a circle that we’d have to go around and around and around... scared me...

[fauxartist in reply to Starrlight]

I think your inner kid has it right...no beginning and no end....infinity is the answer.

[fauxartist in reply to Puzzled57]

I do believe we will never have the answer to most of those universal questions....and in a way that's probably a good thing...because it gives us that drive to wonder...'what if'.....and 'why'....that the creative genius feeds on to discover, and dreams do come true if we can think it first....

[NeuronerdDoaty]

Death is part of life. Discussing it does not scare me. It does not mean a person is suicidal. All religious books are filled with it so you don’t fear the conversation. We are naturally curious beings.

Logically work out your thoughts just like you solve other issues. It gives you faith in your belief and for most less likely to think of it as a solution. I’m here for discussion if you’d like.

[Magicdreamer]

Brilliant question! I believe we are eternal and therefore, everything meaning we form part of everything we see as well as connected to what we don't see. I believe our journey as being human is to find wholeness through intergration. I also now believe that we are here to fully experience all emotions, negative and positive with no resistance. I also now believe that what we do in this life is an expression of our Spirit. The journey is the journey to wholeness within...not a destination without.. Unity or wholeness has no beginning and no end...xx

[Starrlight in reply to Magicdreamer]

I love it. Really love it 🥰 when I think of unity I imagine every one of us at some time or another giving of themselves and take all of that and we are all being a part of the same.

[Hidden in reply to Magicdreamer]

Nice magic dreamer..

[Puzzled57 in reply to Magicdreamer]

You say also now like you didn’t believe at one point. What made the difference for you?

[Magicdreamer in reply to Puzzled57]

I woke up. Unawakened so my awareness conscious. Before, I was walking around fast asleep. I awoken to that feeling of when I was a kid. When I believed in Santa, Fairies and all the wonders I was told never existed. I awoken to the truth about life and now I'm unraveling the onion layers of false self to find my true authentic self. I believed that God was a seperate entity sitting on a bit thrown ready to punish me if I wasn't good. Now I feel my Soul and know that the power is within. God or the Universe or Source Energy (whatever you want to call it) is inside. We are an extension of Source Energy. I see differently now through awareness and I see my lessons in other people (mirrors)... It's a process. Learning to trust my emotions and myself is a process. Xxx

[Magicdreamer in reply to Magicdreamer]

I awakened so my awareness is conscious...is what that sentence is meant to be. 😂

[Nom-D-Ploom]

I believe we are here to learn, grow, and mirror the Creator in the care we give to others.

[Starrlight in reply to Nom-D-Ploom]

❤️

[Ted-E_Bare]

John 14:6 “Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me”

The path to the Father is Jesus, He is also the destination.

I encourage you to read the Bible. Start in John or one of the Gospels. You will see by reading the Old Testament and the New Testament, the lengths that the one who gave you life went through to redeem you.

Ask God to reveal Himself to you.

I pray you will embrace Him in the truth of who He is and how awesome He is!

[mizzou7016]

I'm about 4 years late to this party...but here is my take....It's not the final destination that intrigues me....it's the path we take to get to it...Does anyone really know the day they will reach their "final destination"....It's about meeting people and making memories along the way....the questions i would have are 1) what is the destination...and 2) how many different paths are there to get where we "are going"