Do you believe in afterlife?
Do you believe in the existence of soul or spirit as our true ‘being’ instead of the fleshly body?
Do you believe that this body we have will passed away one day, but the ‘being’ will stays forever?
Bible has an interesting analogy of describing our body as the tent or clothes
The day our physical body dies, we will be unclothed, we will leave the tent which our 'being' housed
For sure, our ‘being’ doesn’t aged like our physical body rotten as we getting older
If our being is everlasting, I wonder is that is a blessing or a curse
What kind of everlasting life we will live?
And do we have any control over that?
When we leave this tent, what are the things from this world which we can bring to after life?
Is our days on earth has any significance towards our everlasting destination?
I would say yes.
I don’t know do we forget all the memories we had on earth the day our spirit leaves our body
But I ‘m sure that there is a meaning behind the fact that our life start in this earth
The fact that we were born into this world in the form of flesh for 70-80 years
And that things which we did in this earth will somehow determine how our life will be in this everlasting
Our the quality of life which we led in this world will be a mirror image of the life of the afterlife
So, what is your 'being' means to you?
Do we treasure our body, the clothes more than our 'being'?
We thought about what to feed to our body everyday
How to keep this body in shape, to stay young and healthy
But what is the point of keeping this clothes on if the clothes is old and torn now
Why are we resenting the idea of shedding this clothes?
The day when we shed our clothes, will we feel ashamed like Adam and Eve, covering themselves with leaves, hiding in the bushes
We came naked when we are born into this world,
with no title, no assets, and certainly no fancy clothes
Why are we ashamed if we are stark naked in front of the almighty God
"Being" is the qualities constituting one that exists; the essence
However i like my own chinese definition better~存在
你的存在在于什么？
很喜欢梁静如崇拜里的一句歌词
“我的存在在你的存在”
你呢？
1 comment:
have u ever read the book `90mins in heaven'??
well, the author said that, as he died in the car crash for 90mins, he was in heaven and all that mattered to him at that moment was, he was going to see God, he also saw some of the ppl that he knew before, mainly loved ones but they didn't speak to each other.
so if u ask, will we bring any memories as our spirit leaves our body, i think so but i dun think it matters anymore. Cos you are in a better place with better things.
:)
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