Life is just a short trip of LIFE in the mortal world. Since different travel
routes lead to different experiences, we each arrive at different destinations.
At this point, it is not "All roads lead to Rome", but it is branching out in
different directions where any mistake can result in long-lasting regret.
How many regrets and how much remorse, bitterness, and anguish result
from taking the wrong routes, especially as we reach our twilight days? The
kinds of sadness, desolation, frustration, and remorse interweave into the
pathos of the Life song as all the tears dry, and only the last breaths remain.
There is no way to go back and start again. To whom shall we complain?
To whom shall we sigh? We can do nothing but regret.
In the terms of Lifechanyuan values, the best travel route is the one to
trek and climb to the highest realms of Life and LIFE. Our entire
daily lives are to make Life happy, joyous, free, and blessed, and to
prepare to arrive at our destination near the thousand-year world, the ten-
thousand year world, and the Elysium Celestial Island Continent.
When we know where to go and how to reach our goal, our Lives
becomes clear, as do our minds. The rest is the question of how to direct
our Life investment. When we invest our time, energy, youth, and other
capital into any project that makes it impossible for us to be happy, joyous,
free, and blessed, and impossible for us to attain our ultimate aspiration
towards heaven, then we must not invest more capital into it.
The Family
Religion
The State
National Independence
A Political Party
Accumulation of Wealth
An Romantic Endeavor
Running a Business
Family is the Life investment project for most people and many people
dedicate their lives to their families. From morning till night, whether for
education, work, doing business, or running a company, all they do is for
their families. Embezzlement and theft, overt and covert strife, scrambling
and squeezing, and other offences are ultimately committed for their
families. People have been trying everything for thousands of years to
pursue family happiness and success, and writers have been praising and
singing songs for families, yet unfortunately, despite all the secular forces
that have been proclaiming the familys benefits and attempting to maintain
the familys existence, they always bring more pain than pleasure. Families
are main sources of personal and social pain, so if we invest all our capital
into a family project, we will never be able to find happy, joyous, free, and
blessed Lives, and our Life destinations will have no chance of reaching
heaven.
Note: I am not arguing with those who disagree with this point. If you
think investing your life into your family is the most correct, valuable, and
meaningful thing for you to do, then so be it. Everyone has their own
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trajectory of Life and LIFE. No one should force their will upon anyone
else and you are the only one who knows if you are wearing the right
shoes. Why would I invest my Life capital in trying to alter your outlook on
Life? I would not! Therefore, you must make the investment that you feel
best suits your needs!
With the awakening human consciousness, more and more people are
realizing the malicious character of family Life and are gradually but
purposefully beginning to draw away from it. The puzzle is that if we move
away from the family, then where do we go?
The soul must have a resting place, therefore many people invest Life
capital into religions that they believe offer the most truths and join into
those religious communities. The two questions now become whether the
religion you believe in can provide you with a happy, joyous, free, and
blessed Life, and whether it can ultimately get you to the ideal realm? Do
not lie blindly and deceive yourself, but seek truth from the facts. I do not
want to hear your answers, just ask the question and answer it silently. I am
almost certain that you are perplexed, because any religions or faith groups
with religious natures have problems which often include theological
contradictions. All religious followers feel joyous and blessed for their first
few years, but as their thinking grows deeper with the passing of time, they
become increasingly confused, unable to find a way out, and develop
unresolved, internal contradictions. Unless you become a religious gambler
or a religious fanatic with a confused mind and soul, or you want to achieve
your non-religious purposes through the religious establishment, then if
you face reality and seek the truth from the facts, you cannot stay in any
religion for very long. Therefore, it is my opinion that if we invest all of
our Life capital into religious beliefs and activities, it would not the best
investment of Life. But of course, if you believe that religion is the best
investment of Life, so be it. No matter what play it is, someone has to
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perform in it.
Some people invest their Life capital into the project of safeguarding the
state. Is it worthwhile? That depends. To people who benefit from the
existence of the state, yes, but for people who suffer from the existence of
the state, no.The existence of the state is a good thing for the authority, but
for the majority of the people, it causes suffering. If there were only one
state lead by one government in the world, there would be many
advantages to the common people. What I mean to say is that putting our
Life capital into the project of maintaining the state is not the best
investment of Life. But of course, if you trust that this is the best
investment of Life, then invest as much as you wish, but as time has
proven, you cannot force me to stand up for your interests and values.
How about investing all of Lifes capital into projects such as starting a
business, running a company, or doing research? Such projects can
bring you fame and wealth and the admiration of many people or even the
whole world? Good! Nice investment! But all these are means to obtain the
best Life, not the purposes of Life. If you designate means as purposes,
then you are putting the cart before the horse. The purposes of Life are to
get happiness, joy, freedom, and blessing, to upgrade your LIFE quality and
eventually enter heaven. If you consume all your Life on means and totally
ignore the purposes, then you will regret it as you face the end of your
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LIFE. Therefore, the investment in such projects are not the best
investments of Life either.
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