Why do I feel so empty?

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Why do I feel so empty?

Feeling bored, unfulfilled, like there’s a giant hole right inside me? Join the club, the emptiness is inevitable. The fact is, we were all made with a giant, bottomless, unlimited, never-ending, infinite sized hole inside us. And only something that is bottomless, unlimited, never-ending and infinite, can fill it.

I object to this.

I’ve heard from many who have said, I was onboard with the first part of this, but I am offended by that last part. Or. This video was great… right up until the end. I think what’s at the heart of the objection is the thought: so you’re saying only those who believe in God can be fulfilled? So the question is: can I be fulfilled without God? And the answer is, yes and no. Please let me explain.

Would you agree that what really fulfills us, what it all boils down to is: LOVE/TRUTH/GOODNESS. LOVE as in family, marriage, kids, friends, giving, helping one another, etc. TRUTH as in knowledge, learning, understanding, wisdom, and figuring out of life’s little secrets. And what is GOOD as in that thing, what ever it may be, that is right, that lifts up and bears fruit, and that is opposed to - all the things, that are not Good. And it is true we can be fulfilled in all these these things, even if we dont believe in God.

We would just say, that God is LOVE, TRUTH, and GOODness. So anytime we are fulfilled by the love of a child or a friend, we are in a sense, being filled with God. And when we discover some truth that enriches our world and our outlook, we are being enriched by God. And when we are moved by some goodness we see in another or even in ourselves, we are being moved by God.

So to say, we don’t need God to be fulfilled, to us is kind of like saying, we don’t need the source of all fulfillment, to be fulfilled.

What's the best thing we could want?

Which is the better?

• A little money or endless money

• A little sushi or endless sushi (or pizza if you don’t like sushi)

• A short vacation or a long vacation

• a little joy or endless joy

• A little life or endless life

Do you believe in heaven, the afterlife, eternal life?

Why not?  What is that is holds us back.  If we say science: science is not an adequate answer because the afterlife does not fall in the realm of physical science, but of the spiritual. If we say there is no proof, well show me the proof that it doesn’t exist?

But humor me, what if it’s real?  Would it not be the best thing we could want?

Imagine you are dying… 

You know you are dying.  The moment has arrived.  But at the very instant when death comes, you remain conscious.  You are still thinking, you are still knowing, still existing.  The pain, fear and suffering are all washed away in a flood of freedom, clarity, fullness. It’s as if your consciousness just broke free from its shackles and expanded from the little world inside your own head, to the size of the universe.  It seems you can experience everything, as if everything is part of you. But more so, you sense right away you are not alone, that you will never be alone again; you sense an incomprehensible love that knows everything about you.  Though you have no eyes to see or ears to hear, you perceive others around you, as if you are part of them, and they are part of you.  You know them, you recognize them, and you know they know you, and there is no hindrance of any kind in between you and them, only perfect love.  You discover right away, that everything is one.  If only I knew this before, you think. And even an eternity, would not be enough to scratch the surface of that loving - Oneness (God).  It’s a completely new way, a different way, of living… and it’s just the beginning. 

Near Death Experiences, (NRE’s) 

You may think it’s all nonsense, wishful thinking, there’s no proof, and once you’re dead, you’re dead.  While we can’t “prove” the afterlife, there may be some clues.  Given our advancements in medicine, med-tech, and our ability to resuscitate those who have suffered clinical death, more and more people have reported near death experiences, or NRE’s.  Now, because of the vast number of NRE’s (in the millions), countless peer reviewed, scientific studies have been conducted and found striking consistencies among them all.    

Are NRE’s real? If so, what can they tell us about God, afterlife, and the soul? A vast resource that evaluates only the scientific research can be found at: Magis Center, NDE’s

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