everything happens for a reason?

Question

does anyone really believe this? sounds like sugarcoating the truth to me.

Answer 1

Had it not been the reason, it would not have happened in the first place.

Answer 2

Sometimes people say it so that they can come up with some sort of an answer they can live with when things get really bad.
However, sometimes it's true. I don't think we would fully appreciate the good things without some adversity along the way. Years ago Gary Morris sang a song "if you're ever gonna see a rainbow, you've gotta stand a little rain". I think we become stronger and wiser because of the things that "happen".

Answer 3

Well, causality, I believe, is not really part of reality as it is, but part of how our minds look for patterns in a chaotic Universe and an unexplained existence. Every time something happens, it's innate in us to look for a cause or reason of why it happened, or if we can't seem to find a cause in the natural world, we attribute it to some unknown design that seem to explain the occurrence. It doesn't mean though that there really is a cause; it's just the way we humans view our world. We are looking at the world through the tainted spectacles of our reason and intuition.

But it does have its advantages. It allows us to bunch things into nice, neat, simple interconnected concepts and it also allows us to reckon the passage of "time."

Answer 4

With consideration, this seems little like sugar-coating. Even frequent occurrences often have seemingly horrible reasons. (I say seemingly, because morality itself is questionable and ever-changing.) I, for one, believe everything does happen for a reason. The reasons are nearly certainly not "divine," but merely a result of the actions of oneself or another. One example is the "butterfly effect" theory, a more poetic version of Edward Lorenz's statement that "One flap of a seagull's wings could change the course of weather forever." Effects multiply. Everything is due to something else.

Answer 5

Sugarcoating the truth is good sometimes, I think. Life is ironic and the straight truth too hard sometimes. Just my tow cents.

Answer 6

Well, if you believe in cause and effect, then there is a "reason" for everything. But, I do believe that everything will work out alright for humanity in the end. Hey, we haven't blown ourselves up yet, though we were close several times. As to the individual, what's the worst that can happen? You die. Big deal, you were going to do it anyways so don't start complaining.

Answer 7

What if you could look at all of the events in the history of the universe like looking at a single day? It's very possible you would see patterns emerge. You have to have a lifespan of billions of years and a perfect memory to do it. In other words, only God knows the answer to your question.

Answer 8

you can't take it literal, It means as in big events or key decisions, such as meeting someone, or losing a job, being involved in an accident and choosing a career etc. not if your pepsi falls of the table, and leaks onto the floor, that just happens, it's really a philosophical view of there being purpose to key events in ones life, having a reason.

Answer 9

Things don't need reasons to happen. However, many events can string together a lifetime, which is why sometimes, you need to cast a line, do something, or else you won't weave together a very good future.

Answer 10

It depends on how you spin it. If you consider the 'reason' a positive or negative. I think everything that happens is a learning exprience and helps us grow.

Answer 11

The quote... "Everything happens for a reason" is the wrong way of putting it! It should be titled, we reap what we sow! Everything in the cosmic system is governed by the doctrine of karma. Every single action results from the residual balance of karma of the previous moment... the past manifestations! As is our karma, so is our destiny... our present life!

From one manifestation to another life moves on through the complex process of karma that is ingrained in the cosmic system. In the absence of karma life could not sustain in the cosmic system! Every soul atman is able to remove the impurities within through the complex process of karma. Removing the dross within... is the ultimate goal of every soul atman!

Stated in other words, every human being at a given moment of time is the sum total of all his thoughts! The invocation of thoughts is directly governed by the residual balance of our karma at a given point of time. One with a sunny disposition and godly thinking always invokes positive thoughts. Those indulging in wanton desires and materialistic riches think negative!

Whatever is the residual balance of karma at any given moment, so are we! In the domain of God there are no free lunches. All results from a system that cannot err! Nothing in the system of God is disordered at any stage as has been stipulated by the famous physicist Stephen Hawking in his famous book, "a brief history of time".

The ignorant scientist fails to understand the trivialities of the field of spirituality. Karma is directly an attribute of the field of spirituality. Those on the spiritual path understand the doctrine of karma... as we sow so shall we reap... nothing less or more! Everything in the cosmic system results from our own karma. Yes... everything does happen for a reason!

No single soul atman in the whole cosmos can interfere with the karma of the other soul atman. This has been explicitly clarified in the most sacred Scripture of Hinduism... the Sacred Bhagavad Gita... the doctrine given to mankind by Lord Krishna! Does it mean no human being can ever blame another for our sufferings or happiness... yes, the truth is so!

Whatever is the residual balance of karma of the previous moment... the same becomes the opening balance of the next moment! Does it mean our past governs our present and our present shall govern our future... yes, scriptures say so! It is an undeniable fact that as per the law of karma we suffer for our own follies and experience happiness for the virtues gained! More on Karma - http://www.godrealized.com/karma.html