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Post by johnallman on Jun 27, 2017 7:06:44 GMT 8
Speaking from memory, I suspect that the question what constitutes a good life, is a question that a few well-remembered Greek chaps used to discuss philosophically, about the time of Malachi. Possible Socrates and Plato.
In general, what do people here think is the criterion for assessing that somebody's life, or one's own, has been "good" and/or "successful"? Are "good" and "successful" the same?
How, if at all, does becoming a target for you-know-what alter that criterion, or even complicate it?
Please enjoy discussing.
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Post by J Doe on Nov 1, 2017 20:03:15 GMT 8
Hello John and welcome
Interesting question. I personally think living a good life means realising we are all linked; not just all people, but that we are also linked to the animals, the earth, and should live accordingly. When I see how our enemies want us split into angry paranoid groups, blaming and pointing fingers at each other, I believe this even more.
Success would be becoming the people we should always have been, as we shed and fight back against their control. Our goodness offends them, they hate it. We have lived a good life if we help others (by telling them what is going on in the world), if we don't let them infect us with their corroding hatred (pushing it away with constant prayer). When I was asleep I was full of bitterness and hatred towards all. That seeped away with prayer and I enjoy no longer being their instrument of hate.
Being a target complicates our life in many ways, including you may be the only person who knows you are a good person! It is harder to live by a good moral code when you are bombarded with implanted hate and anger, when people around you treat you like crap... but then it is even more important to do so. To not let them change us as they want.
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