Humanity has developed over many lifetimes; first resembling beasts, with desires only for food, family, sex and shelter; then developing through stages of wealth, power, honor and knowledge.
At the first stage of development, desires for food, family, sex and shelter are a person’s only desires. Even a totally isolated individual has these desires and tries to fulfill them. Desires conditioned by society’s influence (desires for wealth, power and honor) emerge at the next stage.
Afterwards, the desire for knowledge appears. Sciences flourish as we set out to discover where everything comes from, to find our roots. This desire for knowledge, however, still only resides within the framework of our world.
Only at the next stage does a human being desire to know the real source, one’s essence—the meaning of life. “Where do I come from?” “Who am I?” “What am I?” These questions cause discomfort and trouble a person.
Human beings are naturally egoistic. All of our desires are self-motivated and crave fulfillment. They pressure us, literally controlling our every move. The height of egoism in our world is the desire to be filled with knowledge about something above us.
What is the source of desires and how do they appear? The source of desires is suffering. Passing from one type of desire to another happens only under the influence of suffering. If I am in a balanced state, then I feel comfortable and everything is just fine. A new desire then appears, and I feel that something is missing. Now I want to experience something new, so I start trying to fulfill this desire…and this process keeps repeating itself. In other words, I am always running after new pleasures.
We are born on this planet, we live and we die trying to satisfy our countless desires. Only after many lives do we reach the state when one desire is all that remains: the desire to attain our source, the meaning of our lives. Once this final, ultimate desire appears, everything else seems unnecessary and meaningless. A person gets depressed, feeling emotionally and spiritually empty, as if nothing in this world can bring happiness. Life seems pointless and lacking something real…“What is the purpose of my life?” “Why do I exist?” These are the questions that bring people to Kabbalah.
http://www.kabbalah.info/
2006-11-30 01:28:42
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answer #1
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answered by Sholom 2
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“Explanation separates us from astonishment, which is the only gateway to the incomprehensible.”
“Some say that the universe is made so that when we are about to understand it, it changes into something even more incomprehensible. And then there are those who say that this has already happened.”
“He is inside as well as outside all beings, animate and inanimate. He is incomprehensible because of His subtlety. He is very near as well as far away.”
“Religious experiences which are as real as life to some may be incomprehensible to others.”
2006-11-30 03:28:46
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answer #2
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answered by ••Mott•• 6
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The only way to comprehend life is to comprehend our Creator and our Lord and Savior. You can't comprehend life through religion. Why? because religion is incomprehensible. Understanding can only come from our Lord and Savior, who was sent to save us from incomprehensible life and living.
2006-11-30 02:15:56
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answer #3
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answered by Mr Robert's point of view 1
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Yes and irrational. In Philip K. Dick's "Valis" he suggests that the world is irrational due to the creator being irrational and thus everything makes sense to the creator whom ever that may be.
2006-11-30 01:27:34
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answer #4
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answered by Matthew H 2
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i suppose it is to the people who make it so. i know the purpose of my life--to live it, and to enjoy as much of it as i can. simple, huh? some people are so convinced that there MUST be more to it than that, and that's where the confusion and lack of fulfillment come in.
2006-11-30 02:19:51
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answer #5
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answered by Anonymous
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yea, it's the oldest question in the world, we can put a massive computor in the palm of your hand now, i don't think we are gonna figure that one out.
2006-11-30 01:26:30
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answer #6
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answered by jason p 4
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No, but a lot of folks lack comprehension.
2006-11-30 01:23:57
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answered by Bastardo 2
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maybe
2006-11-30 01:23:22
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answer #8
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answered by bazan333myspaceit 1
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no it isn't
2006-11-30 01:23:36
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answer #9
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answered by Anonymous
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