Dear shane:

“why the universe keeps tearing me apart with this unstable life moving, losing, finically struggling. Like why the universe is not rewarding me for my intentions?”-

I would like to try and answer your question, best I can. But before I do, I need to know your definition of “the universe”- what is it (as simply and clearly as you define it in your own words)?

anita

Hi Shane

I like Campbell response to the question of meaning and purpose. He suggested that there is no point in asking the question when YOU are the answer.

Life does not give you meaning, it does not assign you a specific task where only that one task can be experienced as being meaning and purpose. Nor will life ‘reward’ you was easy painless life experience after such a moment of purpose is experienced though life may reframe your definition of reward.  It is Being YOU that  gives meaning to Life. All of your thoughts, all your feelings, all your experiences are are purpose.

• This reply was modified 3 years, 8 months ago by Peter.

Dear shane:

I personally do not believe in a higher power, religious or not. That is, I don’t believe that there is an entity that has in mind individual people’s purposes in life, taking notes of what people do in their individual lives, showing them signs and guiding them, etc. But other members believe in such an entity. Therefore, I hope you have a positive experience communicating with other members on the topic of the universe as a higher power.

anita