Life philosophy

Most people dislike the idea of ​​not having control over what happens. In fact, we need not ponder the question. God/Universe has already solved the mystery for us. Then what's the answer to the eternal riddle? A paradox: Everything is predicted and we can still choose!


The Eternal Chronicle

The story of the universe is already written, it exists as primal images in subtle energy of all that has been and all that will be. For man, the perspective of infinity is a difficult test, for God, infinity is the most natural and perfect of all things. God is the true embodiment of infinity in time, space and thought. All beings are parts of God and God is in all beings. Everything is perfect, there is a thought and a plan with everything that happens.

Each of us is on a journey through the Cosmos. It is a journey without beginning and without end, through countless dimensions and in varying, uncountable forms of life. Rebirth after rebirth but the perspective is constantly changing and the soul does not tire, because non-existence is included as part of the journey. The smallest detail of the course of events is already described in a brilliantly elevated chronicle. Nothing is forgotten and nothing has been left to chance.
 

The free will

But, says a friend of order: "I feel that I can make decisions. I can choose to take the bus to work or I take the bicycle like today. A whim made me drink tea for breakfast this morning instead of coffee as I usually do." Then God will answer like this: "I already knew that you would choose to ride a bike today, I knew that the weather would be nice and that you like to ride a bike when the sun is shining. I also knew that you would drink tea on this particular day of all."

This little episode highlights the paradox itself; if God knows how we will act, we have no free will after all. The solution to the problem lies in a mental somersault: We have no free will in the sense that we ourselves choose in the moment what our future will look like. What we have, however, is a perfect illusion of free will. This means that fate includes everything, including our willfulness, our reasoning, and ultimately how we actually choose in a situation.


To shape one's life

There is a risk that people will resign if they are faced with an established fact; that everything is predetermined. Perhaps they reason like this: "Everything is already determined, then I can lock my brain in a cupboard, lie down in front of the TV and eat cheese doodles." But is it that simple? Doing nothing is also a choice. If you have ever fallen into that type of thinking; doesn't then a salesperson immediately call and demand information about a subscription?

In fact, the Cosmos does not accept non-decisions, whether we like it or not, we are constantly forced to make decisions on various issues. The summary in the context is not whether we make decisions or not, but how we relate to the decisions that we inevitably make. Herein lies the mystery of fate and the key to shaping one's life correctly. We may indeed face difficult trials in life, but if we "accept the situation" we are no longer so badly affected by what happens.
 

The mystery land

Where then do we find the unfathomable primordial images that are the basis for all forms in the primeval, present and future? They exist beyond our familiar world, which is the world of opposites. We are used to light and dark, good and evil, front and back, female and male. But the very existence of a world of opposites requires its counterpart in a different existence. This existence escapes our perception but has been called the Oneness, the Unity, or the Tao.

Eastern mystics have since time immemorial tried to grasp and understand the Oneness. Those who have succeeded have not been able to convey their insight in words, instead they have tried to describe what the Oneness is not. What we can conclude is that the Oneness constitutes a 100 percent real existence, the crux is just that it appears so fundamentally different in comparison to our own existence. Finally, listen to Lao-Tze and the 21st verse of the Tao Te Ching:


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"The action of the great power emanates from the Tao alone, but what we call the Tao is elusive, evasive. Elusive, evasive, however, it holds the images of all things. Elusive, evasive, however, it holds the forms of all things. Dark and impenetrable, however, it carries the essence of things within it. The essence of things is the true reality, and its manifestations dwell therein. From days gone by until now, things never ceased that can is named. From this we can judge of the origin of all things. How can I know what is the origin of all things? Through themselves”


 

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