I belong to a rather small religion knows as Universalist Uniterian. We're Basically a big mix of everything, core concepts and not much fluff.
We beleive in heaven but it isn't a permanent ending. Heaven is like a rest stop on a road, it's nice and beautiful but there's no adventure in constant perfection. In heaven we reflect on who we were in our past life and who we plan to be in the next life. Yes, we beleive in planned reincarnation and that life is merely an experience, a game of meaning to our souls.
The best way i can explain this is with video games, specifically Sims. The goal of The Sims is to experience a false life where you can do anything and be anything without deeper consequences. In my religion our bodies are the sims, our lives are the games, and our souls which are long lasting, eternal, untouchable; are the players.
If you've ever played The Sims you'll know that a perfect life is a boring life. The fun of playing isn't the win of having everything you want but in the satisfaction of fighting the forces and winning as long as you're smart about it and work hard. That's why people suffer and lose, because you have to in order to know when you win. Sometimes your soul does chose to lose completely so that they can understand what it feels like.
I never thought of religion this way before. I believe in going on to a next life but the whole, sims game similie, really made me think. It was a cool comparison.
ReplyDeleteI don't agree with a lot of this. I don't believe that we are here to just live life and play the game. We have a purpous in life. God has put us on this earth for a reason, every single person. It is just our job to choose how we want to live. It is not our soul that picks for us, it is us, just us. We as ourselves pick what we want for us. There are a multiture of reasons for what we pick, but it is just our choice for ourselves.
ReplyDeleteRaycharles I never said we can't choose what to do with our lives. In my religion we simply beleive that our troubles are trials we chose for ourselves. Everything is about choice.
ReplyDeleteAs for purpose i do beleive we have a purpose. Our purpose is chosen by our souls before us or we come in without one and we choose it now.