I entertain no philosophy, no theology, no doctrine, no gospel, no dogma, no creed, no belief, no theory, no hypothesis, no school of thought, and no conclusion about life. I just live life using logic and reason to do my best to enjoy all that is this life here and now.
This life has enough to hold my interest and focus my attention without meandering into unprovable, unverifiable, unobjective conclusions about the possibilities of a before life, a purpose to this life, or an after-life (no one really knows if there was a before-life, if there is a purpose to this life, or if there will be an after-life).
You do not need to believe or have faith in the mysteries of life to enjoy all that is this life. In fact, if you hold beliefs and have faith about the meaning of life, it is more likely–because of your biases, prejudices, and judgements about people, places and things past, present and future–that your joy in this life is diminished and you make this life more problematic and difficult and thereby create now the very hell you believe in hereafter that you are trying to avoid.
Much of the hell created here is the result of belief and faith in the unknown. Why not focus on that which is known and knowable and leave the rest to prove itself, and be busy now, here, creating heaven on earth? Or at the least, create heaven within you by being pleasant no matter what people say or do, and no matter what happens to you.
There is more pleasure and joy when you are always pleasant and only pain and sorrow when you are unpleasant. So why be unpleasant? Unpleasantness has no value except to teach you that it has no value.
If you can be pleasant inside in the face of adversity outside you are well on the way to mastering your mind, body, emotions and life energy, and then, wherever you go (whether a heaven or a hell outside) inside, you will be heavenly.
Everyone can be at peace in a heaven where they get everything they want (that’s a no-brainer). Being at peace in a hell, now that’s an accomplishment worthy of human effort.
Earth-life can be hell, but you can be heaven while here, enjoying it all instead of deviling yourself into a miserable devil, that (if there is a heaven) they don’t want your miserable soul turning it into hell.
Remember, it’s a no-brainer: Everyone can be at peace and happy when life happens their way. The quest is to be at peace and happy when life doesn’t. nem
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