the intensity of emotion we feel about the abstract things we try to articulate as meaning and purpose for your lives would disappear - because the need to justify ourselves would be cancelled out?
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If we knew that we would be here eternally, all people  over the world would be totally different. The idea that we are finite beings, seems to work out well for most of us. I personally would love to know that, through all of my efforts, that I will be in that final number. I want to be infinite and meet with the Lord because I followed his rules and treated my fellow persons with respect. I am a happy person because I am justified in the Lord. God Bless.
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No.  Our minds die with our bodies.  Our "mind" lives within our brain and when our brain dies, so does all sentient activity.\n\nThe REAL question is... would abstract concepts like "love" and "justice" still exist if there were no minds to conceive of them?
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when all thoughts have subsided and the mind is dissolved in the self (the source) the mind expands instantaneously covering the whole of creation then all is known even the unknowable,you realize your identification with the supreme self and that's there is only oneness everywhere,nothing else to see,hear,learn its the goal of existence.its difficult to describe the indescribable it has to be directly experienced by ones self
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Let me ask you this.  If you had a time machine and could change any event in your past, would that make you feel better about yourself today?  If it would then realize what it is about that event that is sabotaging you today.  If it is a past thing, often times we know intellectually that we are ok but our emotions are still tied to that past event.  Emotions stay the same no matter how old we get.  We cant stop the pain in life sometimes but we can increase the tools to deal with it.  When you dropped something as a young child you cried.  You can drop the same item now and it is ok, why?  You have information now that tells intellectually it is ok.  The emotions are the same but the tools to deal with that event are in place.  You have already experienced that event and it no longer shocks you.  So what is it about your life that is shocking you now?\n\nWhatever the issue is past, present, you need to see what is eating away at it.  It is ok to feel bad, it is the flipside of the coin to feeling happy.  The problem is if we become depressed about it, all life's issues become sensative and bigger problems than they are.\n\nYoung or old we all feel down at times.  Some just hide it better or keep themselves occupied to endure those moments.  Sometimes we feel like we are being taken somewhere and have no way to steer it.  The key is planning what you want to do.  Life is 90% how you react to it.  If you think you are successful and a good person, people will be convinced of it too.  Most reality comes from someone's perception.  They believed it and it became so.\n\nDepression is impression without expression.  Something gets you down, find a way to express it.\n\nIf you kind of hate yourself then you have not completely made full judgement on yourself yet.  If you hate yourself than you are having an expectation that you are not at yet.  Find out what that is and is it a valid expectation?\n\nGood luck to you!
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It is always preferable to talk and to express out all..everything that you retain and satying enclosed inner you affects your mental and phisical health..So boldly,go ahead..talk..share,,
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Human nature, people don't always show they care for whatever reason when you are with them. Once you are not, they think "I miss them", then they decide to show how they feel.  Not always a wise choice in both cases, but, it's how humans are.
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Hmm, yes, it's not just material things that one needs to detach or let go from, but also views, thoughts—or mental faculties that block us from seeing things as they are. For example, are you willing to detach or let go of the label "Pagan" to describe yourself? Or even the label "Buddhist" for that matter. (And BTW, this is not an attack against Pagans or Buddhists by asking such question. I'm merely putting forth the question so that we do not exclude anything out as we examine the human condition and its "empty" nature.)\n\nI think one of the things that thread the teachings is its paradox nature. Yes, it's beneficial to see separateness, but it might also be the very thing that hindrance us from seeing the big picture of our interconnectedness.
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I need a break when nothing makes sense anymore.\nAnd when the break is over... i don't feel refreshed (or maybe just  a little) but mostly I'm angry that the break is over.
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I think its a deep rooted instinct that makes us strive for things just out of reach. It probably helped our evolution.\n It also says something about our imagination, that we exaggerate the positive aspects of what something may bring, and ignore those aspects which are negative or not useful.
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Depends on the person.  Some people can brush of feelings like turning off a lightswitch.  Other people can't.  Work through your emotions but make sure you get out and meet new people and move on with your life.  Don't get hung up on what might have been.  It's nice to think It would have been nice if... but thinking too much, dwelling on it too much only consumes yourself with doubt and fears that you will never find something like it again.
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If you realize and recognize what it is that keeps you in samsara (become fully aware) then your very awareness of it will allow yourself to identify the emptiness of that attachment you give to it, thus it will disappear.
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This feeling applies to nearly everyone.  A simple fact of human nature is to seek familiarity.  This is why we feel most comfortable around those we love and know well.  This is why we feel sorrow when we lose a loved one or when a normal routine is permanently removed from our lives. The longer that "thing" is a part of our lives, the more we miss it when it's gone.\n\nAt the same time, we are adaptive creatures.  We adjust to new things, often slowly at first, until they become common place in our lives.  The cycle is repeated hundreds of times throughout our lives...and it's all part of the human experience.
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Aha, I sense some "feelings" stuff here... ;-)\n\nYou now feel like you don't used to be, or simply because you're wanting more because you're starting to feel something...\n\nBe open and just be OPEN my friend. It will answer all your questions and FREE you from all anxieties.
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The problems seems to be conveying your feelings, that is what i could see in your question, and if you can't express properly nobody can help you.
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I Corinthians 13:11  ("When I was a child, my speech, feelings, and thinking were all those of a child; now that I am (grown), I have no more use for childish ways.")\n\nCertainly, as we grow, those things we once thought important fade away and are replaced with new values. The Red Ryder BB rifle I wanted for X-mass as a child is set aside as a laptop takes its place.
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You need to look at the root of the little things that are annoying you.  I used to get so upset and frustrated with people because it seemed like no one understood what I was trying to say, and I would get so pissed & then it would be nothing! I was taking a situation from Point A (Something happened, it could be just that someone said something) straight to Point Z (they're idiots and the world is going to fall apart) bypassing Points B, C, D etc and when I stepped back I realized there's always a step B,C and MAYBE D. Then I went to this lecture and this professor said that everytime we feel like that it's due to a specific something from our childhood ( I KNOW EVERYONE SAYS THAT< AND EVERYONE HAS HEARD THIS) but he was specific about a certain thing (that you WILL remember),  that happened that makes you feel this way.  And I did!  I remembered exactly what caused it, and my whole base fear in my life revolves around the fact that I am terrified that no one is listening to me, or no one understands what I'm saying, not in a logical 40 year old woman way, but in a 5 year old child "no one believes me" way. It was an epiphany and I've learned since to distance myself from the emotion of everyday things, because reality is, for the most part, no one really gives a rat's ass about making your life miserable, or thinking about how you're feeling. So it's you reading emotion into something that's not there.
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Unless you can express yourself much better, you will have some real problems. Start with a statement, qualify that statement (explain it), and then in your conclusion bring out the major points and justifications.