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I feel a sort of emptiness in me. I can't find a reason to live. Please advise
This shouldn’t be too difficult for you to correct
— your basic assumption just needs some tweaking.
The
ultimate peak of consciousness is to be fully
aware, open, loving,
giving and not at all to be empty. Perhaps you’re
confusing
emptiness with begin unattached to material things
— material
things won’t bring happiness. A fulfilling job that
gives you
the wherewithal to live comfortably and to enjoy
the good things of
life is a worthy goal where simply accumulating
things is not.
You may not yet understand why you’re here —
getting a grasp on that is often a life-long
pursuit — but
any thinking person will easily recognize that
there is a purpose to
existence, that the scheme of things is too grand
to be meaningless
therefore the pursuit of meaning is a true
spiritual adventure to be
experienced now during this life.
With that in mind, dying prematurely will only
subvert your purpose for
being here now and will merely postpone your
struggles, not remove them. If you keep having
this idea of suicide, please see a mental
professional to help you sort out your feelings.
Please don't do anything rash.
There is no better guide for living than to know
and to understand the
life Jesus led while here — that’s one
of the great
messages provided by The Urantia Book. Jesus came
to the world for
everyone, not just for Christians, and it’s up to
us to learn
about him, who he was, why he came, what his
message was —
that’s hard to do when filtered through
Christianity but is a
wonderful, inspiring story when told as the angels tell us through the
words in The Urantia Book. The life and teachings
of Jesus in The
Urantia Book gives Jesus to us before the
Christian Church got a hold on
him. So to get a good handle on your own life,
where you are, why you
are, where you’re headed you owe it to yourself to
read just
this enthralling portion of the book. You can read
the life and
teachings of Jesus on-line from our site or from
the book which can be
ordered from Amazon. For the on-line version, take
the left hand link
"The Urantia Book" on our home page at
www.truthbook.com and then the
link "Urantia Book Introduction." Scroll clear to
the bottom of the
page and take the "Go to Part IV of the Urantia
Book" link —
you may want to skip Paper 120 which ties Part IV
with the preceding 3
Parts and go right to Paper 121 to begin your
reading. I think you'll
soon find your spirits lifting and life beginning
to look more
promising to you.
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I hope you will not mind a second answer to your
searching
question...You got some great advice above, and I
agree completely.
Knowing the life of Jesus is the ideal place to
find answers, as Jesus
was our great teacher and the highest example of
how to live and why to
persevere, even when life is hard. He was the
original Son of God, and
he showed us how we can also live as sons of God,
which we are, in
truth. He is your spiritual brother and is with
you always. Reading of
his matchless life as a real human man, while also
a true God, is
endlessly inspiring. Even though his life was
lived over 2000 years
ago, his words ring clear and relevant to our
present lives. Please
follow this advice. Take advantage of our
Truthbook.com site. We are
here for YOU!
This emptiness you speak of is part of the human
condition. It has been
called "existential loneliness," among other
things. Many people have
experienced this, and so you must not feel as if
you are alone, even
though it does feel that way sometimes.
Why do we feel so lonely? We learn in The Urantia
Book that this planet
earth (Urantia) that we live on is a very
disordered kind of world. We
have been in spiritual isolation for a very long
time, and because of
this, we have to discover on our own the reality
of the spiritual life.
This discovery will change your life, as it puts
all of the sorrows and
hardships of our lives into a larger perspective,
and gives us a solid,
indestructible foundation from which to deal with
everyday problems and
moods of the mind.
You hold within yourself a "pilot light -" a spark
of God himself. He
has been inside you for a long time, and waits
patiently for you to
recognize his presence, so that he can share your
life, your sorrows,
your confusion - and your joys and spiritual
victories, too. When you
get quiet and ask for him, he will answer you in a
"still, small
voice." It is hard to hear this voice sometimes,
but when you really
desire it, you will hear. You are never alone, but
God does not call
attention to himself. He waits for you to turn to
him, and then he can
truly commune with you. Far from "emptiness," the
consciousness of God
is the highest consciousness that there is, and
worth every effort to
achieve.
Jesus came to establish the kingdom of heaven on earth. He
taught us
that all you have to do to enter this holy kingdom
is to believe that
you are a son of God. Very simple. And after that,
the best way to
experience the joys of the Kingdom is to do
something for someone else.
Do some kind of service for another. This will
take you out of your own
problems, if even for a little while, and will
help you to see what
even a small kindness to another can do for
your self-esteem and your
own sense of self-worth. I am sure that you know
someone right now in
your life who could benefit from a service offered
by you in love.
It is a difficult world we live in, and I know
that sometimes, it is
very discouraging to keep on, when we see so much
emptiness - not only
in ourselves, but in the world around us. The only
thing that can fill
that emptiness is God. Once you have found God
within yourself, you
will become energized once more, and will have a
new reason to live.
God intends that we live lives of joy and
originality, and you have
within you all that you need to make this a
reality.
You were told that you cannot escape the business
of living and
spiritual growth, and this is true. Even if you
leave the earth by your
own hand, you will still have to make progress in
the next world. It is
just the way it is. We will always have to make
progress, for
"progress" is the watchword of the universe. When
you decide to enter
the Kingdom by faith now, you are making a great
step towards improving
your life - and the lives of all who will benefit
from your love,
understanding, tolerance, and brotherhood. And
that is real,
here-and-now progress...
As Jesus was fond of saying, "Fear not."
And he also said "the kingdom of heaven is within you."
Open up your life, instead of ending it. The best
is yet to be!!! And again, if you find you simply
cannot stop thinking about ending your life, I
strongly advise you to see a professional who can
help you through this time.
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