What does a Yuva mean to you?
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yuva in hindi language means "young"
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To me being spiritual means that I can constantly finding out who I am really as a "spiritual being" rather than a physical being. It means that I am always working on bettering myself. It just also means being more aware of what I create in my life. I find that people who follow a spiritual path are much more in tune with who they are and much more sincere. I find them to be more loving.\n\nReligion is more of a cultural aspect and way of life with rules and practices. Religion serves so many different purposes for different people. Some religious people are not spiritual and some are spiritual. It just means that they truly apply the teachings and wisdoms from their religion to themselves. There are religious people that do not make an effort to understand what it really means to follow the teachings with love in their heart.\n\nAlso people who are spiritual are just more open-minded and aware that God exists everywhere and that one does not need to be religious in order to experience and understand God.\n\nI follow the teachings and wisdom of Sri Mata Amritanandamayi Devi. She only teaches love. I am not religious at all as I only walk a solidary path. I follow my own inner teacher.
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Noura good day !! Honestly, I do love my colorful and difficult life because I had the opportunity to understand the meaning of our existence. I also had the chance to have the divine faith in the supreme being and I accepted Jesus Christ as my savior. It is the Christian faith Noura.  You may have a different faith and I hope that you shall have the chance to understant this and the meaning of eternal life. \nYes. I do enjoy my life although we are not rich in material blessings. Our family is at peace with the Lord and we hope that you also do in your family. Take care.
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I agree. I think deities are metaphors for something too immense, infinite, and eternal for the human mind to understand. It's a way of trying to comprehend the incomprehensible, to define the indefinable. And think the more we define it, the further we get from the truth.
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Well friend,\nI am a christian.\nAnd this is what that verse means to me.\n\nThe main problem with christians is that they always like to read such verses from a worldy perspective ignoring the spiritual aspect of it.\n\nLook at the begining it mentions of future and hope. Thats what we should be aiming for NOT earthly fortunes or satisfactions.\n\nSeeking the Lord comes with calling upon our Lord as well as praying to Him NOT just sitting around and trying to "argue" out things in your mind. Honesty is important here.\n\nNow consider, the phrase...\n"will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations and all the places where I have driven you, says the LORD, and I will bring you back to the place from which I sent you into exile."\n\nSome people like to take the that and say, Hey, God will bless me!!\nIt is true but does it mention necessarily EARTHLY blessings? No. I believe its more spiritual blessings that you will inherit one day in the afterlife. For the spiritual blessings are eternal as opposed to the temporary blessings on earth.\n\nWell, dont seek after earthly things as others do, these are all vanity.\n\nAs for me,\n"Jesus is enough"\nNothing else I want.\n\nRegards
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To me it means a love one departed, yet in moments returns touching the soul. In those times the individual here is lifted higher to experience the freedom of the two souls as they  express & experience a longing for each other. The dream is there being together which was destined before time, and their island will be when again they are one, together for eternity. (I like it)
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If a celestial entity can be construed as a "someone", then my answer is The Is.\nIt wants to hear how well I am doing in life, how kind I am being to others (when I can muster up the patience) and what I am doing to make the Universe a more fun, productive and gentler place to live.\nOr maybe it's just my daddy.......
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I am going to be completely serious with you\n\nPros: Truly believing in something is comforting, a built in support system of people who will be willing to help you, and the feeling that you are only living in a harsh and unfair world for a short period of time before you get to go to "heaven"\n\nCons: Limitations on what you can do of your own free will, Guilt, and of course people like Jerry Falwell
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In Hinduism, an avatar or avatara (Sanskrit अवतार), is the incarnation (bodily manifestation) of an Immortal Being, or of the Ultimate Supreme Being. It derives from the Sanskrit word avatāra which means "descent" and usually implies a deliberate descent into mortal realms for special purposes.
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I am an atheist or an agnostic depending on the definition of God one starts with.  I do experience very deep emotions about the world around me, and I in fact feel an affinity and a connection to a religious denomination called Unitarian Universalism, which is open to people like me, and which tends to eschew the mention of God in its services.  I suppose my affinity to that denomination says something about my moral values: I believe in the inherent worth and dignity of every human being.  Also, as an atheist, I am fond of Judaism, simply because of the old adage according to which atheism is but a branch of Judaism, not because of any particular religious beliefs orthodox Jews may hold.
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karma in one way literally means deeds. each action has got a reaction. only when we finish  an assignment or task then onlly we will be able to comprehend the results whether good or evil, whatever our intention was.   an action which was already performed or completed cannot be changed or revised.   likewise the cycle of bith and death are beyond our desire or control.   we deserve the rewards whether we like or dislike for our deeds, good or bad.    so that is rather justifying our reward and the natural course decides the phenomena of our birth to reap the consequences of our past deeds.    since it ils rather unknown while being alive we do not regard them much and think only our mind and self  are  the supreme authority and indulge in activities in contrast to the dharmic karma- the righteous path- and repent in leisure.   still  GOD  is gracious enough to tread our path with options and if we chose the right one we get not only consolation but also salvation.
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Both seeker and hina are right. The word Avatar means incarnation. Many Hindu deities are believed to have taken an 'avatar' whenever sinners walked on the earth... and annihilate them.. what else?\n\nThe avatar is the virtual you on the net... represents your incarnation in the cyber world...
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What is the meaning of life?" is a question many people ask themselves at some point during their lives. Some people believe that the meaning of life is one or more of the following:\n\nSurvival and temporal success\n\n    * ...to accumulate wealth and increase social status\n    * ...to compete or co-operate with others\n    * ...to destroy others who harm you, or to practice nonviolence and nonresistance\n    * ...to protect one's family, no matter the cost\n    * ...to gain and exercise power\n    * ...to leave a legacy, such as a work of art or a book\n    * ...to produce offspring through sexual reproduction\n    * ...to seek freedom, either physically, mentally or financially\n    * ...to seek happiness and flourish, experience pleasure or celebrate\n    * ...to survive, including the pursuit of immortality through scientific means (see life extension)\n\nWisdom and knowledge\n\n    * ...to be without question, or to keep asking questions\n    * ...to explore, to expand beyond our frontiers\n    * ...to learn from one's own and others' mistakes\n    * ...to seek truth, knowledge, understanding, or wisdom\n    * ...to try to discover and understand the meaning of life\n    * ...to experience anything if not something in this world\n\nEthical\n\n    * ...to express compassion\n    * ...to live in peace with each other, and in harmony with our natural environment (see utopia)\n    * ...to give and receive love\n    * ...to seek and acquire virtue, to live a virtuous life\n    * ...to serve others, or do good deeds\n    * ...to work for justice and democracy\n\nReligious, spiritual and esoteric\n\n    * ...to achieve a supernatural connection within the natural context\n    * ...to achieve enlightenment and inner peace\n    * ...to become God, or God-like\n    * ...to experience existence from an infinite number of perspectives in order to expand the consciousness of all there is (i.e. God)\n    * ...to follow the "Golden Rule"\n    * ...to produce useful structure in the universe over and above consumption (see net creativity)\n    * ...to reach Heaven in the afterlife\n    * ...to understand and follow the "Word of God"\n    * ...to worship, serve, or achieve union with God\n\nOther\n\n    * ...to advance natural human evolution, or to contribute to the gene pool of the human race\n    * ...to advance technological evolution, or to actively develop the future human\n    * ...to contribute to collective meaning ("we" or "us") without having individual meaning ("I" or "me")\n    * ...to die, or become a martyr\n    * ...to find a purpose, a "reason" for living that hopefully raises the quality of one's experience of life, or even life in general\n    * ...to live, and enjoy the passage of time\n    * ...to protect humanity, or more generally the environment\n    * ...to pursue a dream, vision, or destiny\n    * ...to relate, connect, or achieve unity with others\n    * ...to seek and find beauty\n    * ...to simply live until one dies (there is no universal or celestial purpose)\n    * ...still some do not even think there is any purpose whatsoever
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yahoo dictionary: NOUN: \n\nThe incarnation of a Hindu deity, especially Vishnu, in human or animal form. \nAn embodiment, as of a quality or concept; an archetype: the very avatar of cunning. \nA temporary manifestation or aspect of a continuing entity: occultism in its present avatar.
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What does life mean to you? You have to give life meaning for it to have one. Your lifes meaning is a reflection of yourself.
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You know, I just listened to a recording by Kishori Amonkar, a Hindustani singer, and it was one of her really good ones that just takes the soul to another level.  For a moment, I honestly felt like I was experiencing the most amazing thing.  Let me try to explain it:  Basically, it was like I had here on this recording proof that "humans" exist!  Try to imagine what it would be like to have a recording of gods or angels singing, and it was proof that those entities really did exist.  Imagine how you'd feel.  That's how I felt when I heard this singing.  It was like I was being priveleged to listen to something absolutely amazing and unbelievable.  It was like, wow, they actually DO exist!  Here they are, human beings, singing to God.  They are really there.\n\nOk, this is almost impossible for me to explain, and I'm sure I didn't do a good job.  But my point is that we think there are apsaras or angels whose job it is to sing to God, and in reality, we know that humans exist who do this very thing.  So humans are astounding.  We should remember to appreciate this.  Humans are absolutely amazing when you think about it afresh.
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what does it feel like to you?----- Inner and outer love\nWhat does it make you think about?-----Nothingness\nWhat consists a spiritual/religious experience to you?---- Meditation