The only right way
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If a person does not fill himself with such meanings, he should force himself to do so, think again about the risks mentioned in the previous chapter, and realize that he will soon disappear, and not only he but also his dearest and closest people will one day disappear forever, as if they did not exist at all. Then try to accept these events as if they were happening today because it is inevitable anyway. Maybe then you'll start asking the right questions and looking for the right meanings. Maybe then you will wonder if the path of faith you have chosen is true. For most non-believers, truly, realistically accepting this will be much more difficult than believing in the Original Source and His Word – the Scriptures. For me, the truthfulness of the Holy Books is obvious. We do not leave "as if we never existed". And according to the holy texts, we are inscribed in the eternal book of life, where it is recorded how we have passed our earthly journey. And we will enter the true and eternal world of God, where we will be held accountable for how we have lived our lives. This is the truth, whether you choose the way of unbelief or the way of faith that is logically justified!
If that day come
If today was the last day of your life.
Would you do what you're doing? For in the face of death, everything loses its meaning. That is, when you realize that you have 2-3 days to live, no more, the value of time in your mind increases so much that you start to focus exclusively on the important things. You don't care what kind of car you have, what kind of clothes you wear, what your co-workers are gossiping about, and in general, you don't care about anything at all. You don't even care about your loved ones, because you know that your family and friends will stay here without you. And they will go on living, breeding, and having fun, and you will not be here anymore. You're going away, and no one from this world is going to go to the grave with you. No one will lie in the grave with you, no one will want to hug your body and be buried with you. This is not a judgment on anyone; it is the truth, our nature. But when you realize things like that, whether you like it or not, the priorities in your mind change dramatically. In general, you know, death can be compared to an awakening. Because a person, just before death, looks back on his life and realizes that it passed like in a mist. So fast, so instantaneous, not clear, like in a dream. And now it is time to wake up. But in the case of death, awakening is a complete disconnection from the outside world and a transition to the world beyond, to another reality, to another dimension, where absolutely everything is different. So you no longer care about what happens here on earth. You only care about what will happen to you after death. And this is a very important question in human life. You can find many pre-death interviews of celebrities or bloody criminals. What's interesting is that when death came to any of them, it was like magic. They started to say things that were contrary to their life path as if they'd been replaced. They put aside all their philosophy, all their false theories about life, about nothingness, about God. It was as if they forgot, did not notice or remember everything they had done all their lives, how they had lived, and what they had done. Just look at the latest interviews of famous godless people, atheists, and criminals. What silly excuses they come up with to justify their godless existence. Their minds are clear and sharp, their pupils dilated. Now they see everything perfectly, hear everything, feel everything, understand everything, and are not as bold as they used to be. Why is that? Because they know what awaits them now and who they will be facing. Every soul knows – that's why. In modern society, it is not common to talk about death. It's a difficult subject for everyone. As one poet said, "Do not spoil our celebration of life." I'm not comfortable with that option at all, and I don't want to hide my head in the sand from our reality. I know everyone doesn't like death, but I don't want to push those thoughts away. I think it's silly to do that. Besides, I think that everyone should be reminded of their end periodically in life to realize the truth. This will help you go through life in the right way, the only right way. Death is inevitable, no one can avoid it, and therefore I will think and reason about it. I want to be clear about where I am going, what awaits me, and what I need to prepare for. That makes sense, doesn't it? Well, for example, before you move to another city, you pack your suitcases with everything you need in advance, find out the routes, and book hotels, and you consider that a reasonable approach to the question of moving. In this case, it's the same, so what's the difference? Even in the case of death, it would make more sense to have the most serious preparation and knowledge than in any other case. You're not going for a weekend, you're going for eternity. Where am I wrong? Doesn't logic just evaporate for most people when it comes to death reasoning? In fact, a lot of people are very contradictory on this subject for some reason. Everyone seems to be trying to advocate logic, rationalism, and sanity. But as soon as it comes to their immediate future, all these people behave like little unreasonable children. They just cling to some dreams of billions, companies, and mansions, or they just drown in alcoholism, drug addiction, idleness, debauchery, indulge in false dreams, and think that everything will be fine. And what about your impending danger, your future "bankruptcy"? Do you not care at all? How can you call such people reasonable? No one wants to think about death: neither young nor old. You can call this attitude short-sightedness, stupidity, cowardice, or whatever you want, but it is not at all reasonable, rational, or sane.
So death is a kind of obstacle, a barrier that everyone has to overcome because it stands in front of every soul and the object of its aspirations. Death is what separates every living soul from its Creator. The Creator is the one who made you, He is infinitely more dear to you than even your parents. And if I am true to myself, if I sincerely love my Creator – I cannot understand how I can hate death. If you sincerely love someone, you rush to meet him, despite obstacles and distances. And who can be loved more than the Creator of you and everything – God? No one. So maybe I should love death instead of hating it? The only thing that should be frightening is to come to Him empty-handed and with a huge baggage of sins that I have managed to commit in such a short time. Without the stockpile of works that He has commanded us to do in the Scriptures. This is the only thing everyone should be afraid of. The logical conclusion of this reasoning is that every person should direct all his forces, all his thoughts and actions to be pleasing to our Creator, to please Him, and to collect the best stock of good deeds before death comes. After all, you will have to answer for your life's path afterward. I believe that the goal of every rational person should be to prepare for the most important meeting of his life – the meeting with the Lord, the Creator. And everything else is just a speck of dust.
Inexplicable logic
I often communicate with unbelievers, whether for work or just with old acquaintances. I study their lives and their psychology, and I talk to them about various subjects. As sad as it may sound, in the absolute majority of cases I see that they are, unfortunately, mostly very unhappy people. But at least in my whole life, I have never met a really happy unbeliever, not even one! I try to explain all kinds of things to them, but as soon as they hear the word "God," their faces change, they are disgusted. I can see that it is not because they do not believe in God. A person who does not believe in something does not resent it and does not feel disgusted by it, because he does not care about it. He just doesn't believe in it, that's all, and it doesn't affect him in any way. But in this case, they have some kind of hatred and disgust. It's like a riot. But such a behavior is not impartial, it is the opposite. Besides, I don't know where they get such beliefs from: whether they are indoctrinated on TV, or whether atheist friends have made them so inclined, I don't know. But most non-believers consider people of faith to be second-rate and ignorant. They have convinced themselves that religion was created for a poor and stupid society. And in the ranks of the intelligentsia, to which they for some reason count themselves, faith seems to them something unacceptable or a relic of the past. I say, "Okay if you are so intelligent, highly cultured, civilized, why are you so unhappy?" After all, the goal of any normal person is happiness. Read any intelligent person. I don't know anyone who consciously wants to be unhappy. So if you have understood everything, if you are so intelligent, knowledgeable, and successful, explain to us "fools" why you are so unhappy. Is this your thing, or am I misunderstanding again? They are silent, they have no answer.
You know what else I've noticed – extremes. When a person is in ignorance and disobedience to his Creator, or when he is not limited by any norms – he does not know the circle of his duties to the Original. "Live as you wish" is what they call it. In such cases, people begin to go to extremes and go crazy. I've watched their attempts to cheer up their existence. They always end up with them professing some kind of animalistic lifestyle. Lots of attempts to justify their godless existence and living without limits, that's all. Drinking, partying, lying, careerism. At home there are always scandals, all family members do absolutely whatever they want. The husband does not report to the wife, the wife does not report to the husband, and children with the latest iPhones slam the door in their faces – there are no common rules, no common laws at all. Everyone has their own personal value system and their truth. It is chaos, total lawlessness. They think that believers are ignorant. Isn't that ridiculous, do you really think that this lifestyle is a worthy alternative to the life of a believer? Well, let's compare, everything is a comparison. The unbeliever eats and the believer eats, both get married, work, travel, and have fun. It seems like all the same things, doesn't it? But in the case of believers, they try to do all these things according to the reasonable, helpful, wise laws of the Scriptures that protect them from anything that contains harm. And unbelievers accept absolutely everything indiscriminately and without analysis. Who is more reasonable? Believers abstain from things that it would be logical to abstain from for the good of the family and others. For example, adultery between spouses, gossip, slander, lying, alcoholism, drug addiction, disrespect for elders, breaking kinship ties, indifference to the poor and needy, exposure of body parts, lewdness, shamelessness, immorality, and the like. And for the unbelievers there is no refusal at all: neither good nor bad nor harmful nor destructive nor disgusting – everything is allowed to them. Everyone may do what he wants, how he wants, and, as they say, it is his right. What are these beliefs based on?
A man was asked, "How did you come to believe in the Lord God?" He replied that he did not see any prohibition of the Lord God that he thought, "It had better be allowed." And also that he saw no commandment in the Scriptures of which he thought to himself, "It had better not be commanded." Maybe you will find unreasonable laws in the Holy Books, then you will offer a reasonable alternative, and then I will agree with you on something. Don't you think it's better to be a believer and live under the protection of a perfect Creator? What is the catch with non-believers? They probably don't have the patience to wait. They ask for and want everything at once. But everything will only happen if it is for good. And people's pride rebels: "I believe and want this, so why is it taking me so long to get it?" And they rebel, they rebel because of their pride and impatience. They lack spiritual fear. The fear and the realization of the greatness of God. Any sane person would realize that there is no better system for man. And even if there were no next life, it would still be more logical and reasonable, more profitable and correct to live according to the laws of the Lord God, and not according to the laws of man. But, thank God, there is a next life for all that. Therefore, to be a believer is actually doubly profitable, it means to be in favor not only in this life but also in the next life.
In this life, you will live with ease and peace in your heart, as a great human being, not as an animal. And by keeping the laws described in the Scriptures, you and your family will be protected from all that is harmful and destructive. That's in this life. And in the next life, on top of all that, you will also receive the eternal pleasures of Paradise. What could be better than that? You will get eternal youth, palaces, and bliss in the gardens of Eden, in Paradise, where there will be everything your soul desires. And you will not be cast out there. There will be no suffering, no pain, no imperfections of body and soul, but only eternal vacations, fun, health, and joy. What more do you need?
What do unbelievers gain? I honestly don't understand you. Don't you think there is a contradiction in your argument? On the one hand, you talk about the reasonableness of godlessness and the unreasonableness of faith. Okay. But on the other hand, your way of life, your misfortunes, and your depressions themselves testify to the unreasonableness of the godless, animal existence and the reasonableness of the happy life of the righteous. And the most interesting thing is that many people look at them and even envy them. Beautiful photos on social networks, gifts, resorts – it is like a kind of idyll, "a model of family happiness and well-being". But nobody sees what's behind the scenes. It's different in real life. In the photo they are smiling, but behind the photo they are fighting. So why are family psychologists so prevalent in their midst? Among non-believers, there is a huge percentage of suicide, divorce, adultery, drug addiction, depression, and unhappiness. Most people do not understand what they are living for and how to live it. If there is no God, if there is no next life, if there is no hell, if there is no Heaven, what are you living for, unbelievers? What is the point of enduring pain, suffering, and humiliation in this life? Okay, if you were all billionaires and bathed in pleasure from dawn to dusk, then at least it would be somehow possible to justify your choice for a life without faith. But even if you are a billionaire without faith, it makes no sense, everything will soon be over forever and more, your end will be even more painful, and you will have to answer for everything. You have been given all this for the glory of your Creator, not the other way around.
But most people are ordinary office workers or employees of some middle-class companies. What do you live for if you do not believe in God? To eat, to drink, to sleep, to satisfy your needs?
You should seriously think about the fact that despite your education, despite the many mentors you have had in your life, despite the many life skills you have learned, despite the many books you have read, despite the many motivators you have had – all of this has not helped you to be happy in your life, to make up your mind, to gain inner peace, to be yourself, to be clear about what you are living for. Maybe it's time to try something else. Why don't you recognize your own experience? Look at your bookshelves. A bunch of foreign authors, beautiful covers, fancy titles, and names, alluring slogans. But there's not much truth in them. Maybe it's time to think about it, or are you going back to sleep? Even if you become very rich and buy everything you want and solve all your everyday problems, it will not make you happy. A few pleasant feelings and that's it. Happiness is not achieved by covering a momentary desire. Happiness is a permanent human state. We will reflect on this a little later, in a separate chapter.
The upshot of all this is one – the unbeliever has logic without logic, and the way of faith he has chosen is not true.
Material prosperity
Let's talk about what helps you succeed in material life. I guess everybody thinks about that. Many people believe in it, in material success. Is it true that this belief will help you achieve it?
In reality, everything contradicts those fairy tales that you have already been told by these modern coaches, mentors, business gurus, and so on. About how they supposedly work 24/7, sleep little, eat little. How they were very poor, but they had the mindset of billionaires and they fought and they didn't give up and they succeeded in the end. And in reality, you know, every single one of these stories always ends up about how one's father was the mayor of the city, another's uncle, I don't know, gave them a 0% century loan. It's all nonsense, and the reality is completely different. Ask any honest rich man where he got his worldly wealth, his money. He will tell you that he just got lucky at some point in his life, that's all. And he didn't even know how or why. He just found the right people, chose the right contract, and everything just kind of fell into place, and things started going well. That is, circumstances beyond their control happened to them that led them to success and wealth. Think about it. If financial well-being depended on ability, hard work, knowledge, and so on. Then, first of all, smart, energetic, high-spirited people would be the richest people in the world. Second, we would see the obvious superiority of some people over others because of their peculiarities and characteristics. Third, there would be tangible, real, controllable tools to force external circumstances to work for us. Fourth, everyone who knew about these tools would use them and become the richest man. But as we can see, there is no such thing – everything is just the opposite. Some toothless, unpleasant, unkempt, dirty man, who has not finished two grades, buys a tomato, sells a tomato, and is richer than all of us put together. And the same genius with three higher education, training, sales funnel, studying Robert Kiyosaki, with cryptos and tons of empty information, he just sits on such a man's salary and he can't do anything about it. That's how it is, can you explain that? I know a lot of smart, active people who are considered losers by today's standards. I also know a lot of hardened, inert, lazy people who have weak brains, and yet they are all rich. Even though none of them know what a sales funnel is, none of them have read Kiyosaki, and none of them have taken any training, they all have money.
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