Suffering from existence

Hunger needs food.

Thirst needs water.

Existence needs fulfillment.

Fulfillment of our existence is to find something so deep, that it gives us peace for today, hope for tomorrow, meaning for existence, direction for living, peace with God, peace with mankind, peace with suffering, peace with the world.

A worldview is not enough. Although we can live with absolute intellectual certainty about our worldview, we can easily not be fulfilled; our ideas about life might simply differ from our experience of life.

To not have fulfillment of life, is suffering from existence.

Fulfillment does not mean frustration about not reaching our goals. This is suffering from ambition. Existence reaches to the human core, the essence of who I am. Inherently, from who I am, the certainty of how to live and experiencing fulfillment.

Every statement requires a philosophy:

• Peace for today: “life is like water from a mountain, we must follow it” or “our lives are in Gods hand” or …
• Hope for tomorrow: “life flows, we must not fight it” or “our lives are in Gods hand” or …
• Meaning for existence: “meaning is what I perceive as meaningful” or “God has given the description of what meaningful is” or …
• Direction for living: “follow your inner compass” or “follow Jesus” or “follow Mohammed” or …
• Peace with God: “there is no God, so no need to be at peace” or “I believe Christianity is the truth and by grace my sins are forgiven; I therefor am at peace with God, because God is at peace with me” or …
• Peace with mankind: “Everybody does as he pleases, so do I” or “love my neighbor as myself” or …
• Peace with suffering: “suffering is inherent to this world” or “suffering has a meaning, it is the message that we have no remaining city on this earth” or ..
• Peace with the world: “I accept simply all there is as it is” or “the whole earth is in Gods hand” or ..

We can examine our fulfillment:

1. Am I really convinecd about my philosopy?
2. Do I suffer from existence?

If we doubt, or suffer, we are not fulfilled. The experience of fulfillment is not an argument for the truth of our philosophy, but the absence of fulfillment is an argument to revise our philosopy.

When in absence of doubt and in absence of suffering: count your blessings.

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