Would you agree that nothing in life is anywhere near as important as achieving life’s meaning? Because life has no do-overs, can you afford any complacency about it? Do you agree with many that life ends at death and therefore life’s meaning is earthly fulfillment?Are you open to reasoning that establishes life’s meaning is to prepare for an eternal life with your creator, which you can find at the Meaning of Life Video Series? In either case, how would you rate your complacency on a scale of 1-10?
Do you accept the Hindu and Buddhist teachings that life’s meaning is to achieve a blissful eternal life by living a good earthly life and becoming enlightened? If so, are you satisfied that you know what comprises adequate goodness and sufficient enlightenment, and that there is no more to life’s meaning? How would you rate your complacency on a scale of 1-10?
Do you accept the Christian, Jewish and Spiritualist teachings that life’s meaning is to become at one with your creator? Are you open to reflecting on what that entails by reading Become At One With Creator. If not, how would you rate your complacency on a scale of 1-10?
Do you accept Muslim teaching that life’s meaning is to obey Allah and to love those who love Allah? If so, how satisfied are you that you are right to ignore or punish those who don’t accept the Quran? How certain are you that there is no more to life’s meaning? How would you rate your complacency on a scale of 1-10?
Do you accept Christian and Jewish teachings that life’s meaning is to earn eternal life by following The Ten Commandments? Are you open to pursuing, in the next few paragraphs, if life’s meaning is more than following the letter of the law? If not, how would you rate your complacency on a scale of 1-10?
Do you accept Jesus’ teaching that life’s meaning is to love God with your all and to love all of God’s children as expressed in The Greatest Commandment? How satisfied are you that you are adequately following The Greatest Commandment? Are you open to revisiting what all those all’s entail at All the All’s in the Greatest Commandment and The Neighbour in the Greatest Commandment? If not, how would you rate your complacency on a scale of 1-10?
Do you interpret Jesus’ teaching that God loves you like a Father and forgives all your sins when you die as meaning that you will not be judged? How do you interpret Jesus’ teaching about judgement? “The one who rejects me and does not receive my words has a judge; the word that I have spoken will judge him on the last day.” {John 12:48} “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven.” {Matt 7:21} “Strive to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.” {Luke 13: 24} Are you satisfied with dismissing judgement? How would you rate your complacency on a scale of 1-10?
Do you accept Jesus as a great teacher rather than the Son of God and, thus, feel His words are merely teachings and not God Incarnate speaking to you directly? Are you open to the pro and con arguments, and the research that supports them, that Jesus is the Son of God? You’ll find both in the Meaning of Life Video Series, beginning with Video 25 - Why do many people dismiss the claim that Jesus is the Son of God - and continuing with Videos 26-28. If not, how would you rate your complacency on a scale of 1-10?
All in, how would you rate your complacency about life’s meaning on a scale of 1-10?
Del H. Smith conducts research into life’s meaning and is the award-winning author of the AMAZON Best Seller, Discovering Life’s Purpose.