Anyone got life all figured out?

[Ninae]

I started writing on a book about development of consciousness before Christmas. I wrote about 1/3 of it in a few weeks so I might finnish it if I get in the mood. Or I might not.

 

[CosmicG]

Well to start I am 25 years old. I spent a lot of my younger years playing sports and reading books. At about the age of fourteen to the age I am today, I got into drugs and alcohol and have not stopped. It has drastically slowed down my ability to evolve and live a fulfilling life. Fulfilling in the sense that I feel good about the way my life is going, who I am, what I am becoming, and the effect I have around those around me, meaning coworkers, family members, and the people I interact with on Bluelight.

For me has become an endless cycle of working and doing drugs. Quite recently I came to the realization that unlike all of the years that have passed, I do care about myself and those around me. My guilty conscience longs to end this cycle now and find out what life is truly about. I know it isn't about working to pay bills, making empty promises to myself and family, then just getting high in my free time.

Recently I have begun reading, meditating, and writing again, and realize I want to change. My plans are uncertain at the moment. But ultimately I want to travel. See the world from different perspectives. Meet more like minded people I can feel comfortable around. Just be content and not have to worry about work and escape. Life is about experience. But until I can make the necessary changes and gain the courage to take some risks, I will never know.

 

[infectedmushroom]

DO it CG (awesome-freakin'-name-btw!)

I'd say get travelling! Nothing changes perspective like travel - throw yourself out of your comfort zone, and do it for a while. Like, long enough that you forget about your old life.

You'll learn new things and hopefully feel like a new person, which it sounds like you're trying to become and TRUST ME - I was just like you before my recent overseas adventure a few months ago.

It is possible, stay positive, blah blah blah, etc. etc. etc.

Get up and go!

 

[Ninae]

I channeled so much higher-consciousness energy for a week I can't even remember half of what went through my mind. I just remember the general theme. But automatic writing is fast.

 

[Munchkoala]

ummm im almost 110% sure the theroy of relativity has nothing to do ones personal experiences and more to do with how the fabric of space and time bends around large objects and was proven by taking pictures of light bending around the sun... but i could be wrong....

I do believe that you are getting the special theory of relativity and the theory of relativity confused.

 

[P.o.T.u.S]

Most scientific laws/theories can be applied to philosophy/spirituality as well..that is most peoples problem they are not connected to nature anymore and think the natural laws or scientific theories dont apply to them.People are just a part of nature that developed reason.
its impossible to have life all figured out because life is always changing nothing ever stays the same.only when the sciences and philosophy work together will we discover more universal truth

 

[Ninae]

One part of the difficiulty is that the truth, or what we can know, is divided up into many sections which are opposed one another. There is no such thing as finding truth for a human being, really. It's made impossible expect from in a limited sense.

 

[PEACE4U]

City of Happiness,Lies in the State of Mind!!!

We live in what is called a dichotomy so to speak.To try to make this simple,we live ln a yes and a no existence simultaneously.Its like living in a spiritual world and physical world at the same time.Hard to do without some insight.Changing ones reality is changing ones perception.Changing your perception changes ones reality.In my opinion truth changes by the second.The only truth is the one you find inside of oneself. Its a lifelong journey not a destination.(There"s a polnt in your spiritual evolution where you may have to walk away from the old system,otherwise your constantly being jangled by the dichotomy of who you really are as an infinite being,and what you have to pretend to be in order to fit,The more infinite you become in your spirituality the more difficulty you'll have adapting to a very Restrictive,Manipulative,Society.)

 

[-=SS=-]

For me has become an endless cycle of working and doing drugs. Quite recently I came to the realization that unlike all of the years that have passed, I do care about myself and those around me. My guilty conscience longs to end this cycle now and find out what life is truly about. I know it isn't about working to pay bills, making empty promises to myself and family, then just getting high in my free time.

My life story has a similar strand to yours (I'm 27). I highlighted the part in bold because you ask what life is truly about and answer it in the same sentence I mean there's the ultimate meaning to this terrestrial show, which you could spend years trying to unravel through a spiritual path, but when it comes down to it all that really matters in the end is the relationship you have to yourself and to your friends, family, and community.

Go traveling. I haven't done it. But I imagine you'll probably see what I've just said.. people in a variety of different cultures and circumstances, trying to do the best for themselves and those around them. People smiling and trying to uplift each other. Just don't treat it as a holiday and repeat the pattern you're stuck in now. Go and observe how life is.

 

[murphythecat]

My life story has a similar strand to yours (I'm 27). I highlighted the part in bold because you ask what life is truly about and answer it in the same sentence I mean there's the ultimate meaning to this terrestrial show, which you could spend years trying to unravel through a spiritual path, but when it comes down to it all that really matters in the end is the relationship you have to yourself and to your friends, family, and community.

the same for me. Im 27 years old, and I couldn't agree more. what matters is the relationship we have toward life, ourselves and our environments. how to cultivate happiness and find the true source of our happiness.

 

[Journyman16]

For me, happiness is not a destination, it's a journey. Given how life is and how much change is involved I think maybe the idea we can 'achieve' happiness is at the root of vast amounts of unhappiness. :D The founders of the USA never guaranteed anyone happiness, but instead tried to ensure everyone was entitled to PURSUE happiness. I think maybe they knew something.

 

[Traveler23]

its been a long strange trip

 

[Foreigner]

It's not a question of life getting more easy but building your inner resiliency from the culmination of your life lessons and experiences learned. I think if every person is honest they will notice patterns that weave in and out of their lives which have a unique flavor to their existence. As you get older you start to ride the wave a little more cognizantly even though you may be just as afraid or uncertain as when you were younger.

In short, you get more mature about shit. It doesn't mean shit won't happen.

 

[Voyager3]

Yes, it's all a matter of record....

"The meaning of life? Beats me, we're just stuck with it..."

Basil Fawlty 1975

 

[Ninae]

I've just noticed people age differently, as people I can remember are starting to grow old now. One thing that made me think, I just saw some pictures of two women I used get mixed up when I grew up as they had the same type of dark beauty and powerful spiritual energy about them. They started out very similar, so it's almost shocking to see how differently they've aged.

Or, Helena Christensen, has aged very badly and is almost unrecognisable from her younger self now. She looks like she's not dealing with her midlife-crisis well and looks depressed, bitter, and lost and also like an unhealthy life has taken its toll. While Tiffani Thiessen looks amazing for her age, extremely physically and psychologically healthy, and with the kind of strong spirit you mostly find in young children.

It's rare for someone to age that well/badly but strange that someone can change so much in 20 years time. I wonder what I'll be like, but at least it shows it's possible to be happy and look after yourself.

 

[One Thousand Words]

If you are judging people by the way the look under the hot glare of the red carpet lights through the eyes of a photographers lens then you have in no way figured out life.

I've met Helena Christensen, admittedly briefly a few years ago at a work function of a couple of thousand, and she is funny, intelligent and has her shit together. She still walks into a room and owns it.

 

[Ninae]

Yes, I saw some pictures of her in daylight without make-up where she looked really bad, but I think she's seen her share of abuse.

She might not have aged that badly compared to the average woman but she doesn't look like an older version of her younger self. I used to collect pictures of her, she was one of the most beautiful women in the world. Maybe she's just one of those women who doesn't age well. She has become very emasculated with age, maybe birth control pills, they can do horrible things to a woman's looks in just a few years. Awful stuff. Ever wondered why they didn't bother making a male equivalent?

(I know you're going to reply like you know it all, but maybe you don't?)

 

[One Thousand Words]

I used to collect pictures of her......

Is there really any reason why I would bother?

 

[swilow]

Ninae, you are merely assessing the the most superficial aspects of a person here. I don't understand why you are so sure that human beauty is vitally important. I have personally never seen a 90 year old grandmother (or grandfather ) that I find beautiful. Everyone ages. Everyone who is beautiful will one day not be. That's life. If beauty had greater meaning, surely it would be more permanent?

Can you explain how your post reference's the topic in this thread?

If you are judging people by the way the look under the hot glare of the red carpet lights through the eyes of a photographers lens then you have in no way figured out life.

Judging peoples spiritual values based on how they look in any context is absurd to me. I don't get it at all.

Ever wondered why they didn't bother making a male equivalent?

Are you saying that a male contraceptive pill was not designed because "they" didn't want to degrade men's looks? Whatever does that mean?? :D

 

[One Thousand Words]

I do believe they invented mustard gas and trench warfare to degrade men's looks.