Imagine

Imagine there's no heaven
It's easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the peopleLiving for today...


Imagine there's no countries
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the peopleLiving life in peace...


You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the peopleSharing all the world...


You may say I'm a dreamer
But I'm not the only one
I hope someday you'll join us
And the world will live as one

~john lennon


Sometimes, there is no better way to explain something than with a song. Although it is so hard for us to imagine that we do not have a purpose, try to think for a second that our only purpose was to live. It does not have to be monotonous, thats the beauty of it. What is it to live? What does it mean to live as a human being? We naturally desire for a higher cause, for a higher purpose. What is so wrong with that? So if you were to imagine that there was no higher meaning to life, why would you think that to just "live" is to just survive?

Imagine that we had the ability to make our lives what we want them to be. Thats not so hard. Imagine we had unlimited capabilities, the ability to work towards our dreams. Its easy if you try. Why should a person despair if they do not immediately satisfy their goals? Why should a person desire to live forever? Why can't a person be content with giving another person of their blood the ability to thrive? Take a second to think about the human race as a whole, beings that have the capability to comprehend their environment, themselves, time, existance, everything! Wouldn't we have the capability to solve this life problem? can't I as a human comtemplate the life problem itself, whether there is one or not?

What if I was happiest living a life with an end? What if I was happiest living a life of discovery? What if I was happiest living a life of malcontent? What if I was happiest with life being a journey??

What than would heaven be for me?

What than would heaven be for the people who do not want their desires satisfied, and those people are out there.

What would heaven be for Jesus?

How would god's purpose be without earth; without man?

Is heaven/ hell based on the individual? Wouldn't that cause it to lose its purpose of being out of our control? Wouldn't that further our fate of no freedom of choice? Are we cursed to either not exist or exist forever with no way out when we are born? Should I curse my mother and father for bringing me into this world? Should I curse my creator for giving my soul the capability or fate to stay alive forever? Should I see life as just a passage onto the next life? as a part of the process? dare say, a catalyst for the next life? Or should I value life? Should I be given a life that I would enjoy fully because it is the only one I have?

Let me tell you what heaven kills; heaven kills glory. It defeats the purpose of any sort of recognition after you die. Heaven kills children, or more so the purpose for children. Why the hell do christians have so many children???? So contradicting! They are going to live forever, there is no need for procreation. If god wanted more children he could make more children couldn't he? There is no where in the bible that says you have to have children. If it is more pure to have children than mother teresa was one of the worst sinners of all. The bible does not say to embrace your natural inclinations, as a matter of fact these are considered evil. To want sex, is evil. To covet, is evil. It seems like to desire, is evil. A temptation that is not pure. It seems like what you said Eric, human nature is innately evil. hahaha! You interpreted it perfectly, Life is something we should be repelled by isn't it? Life is just something to be overcome right? So why is it a common modern christian ideal to maintain abstinance until marriage and have a shitload of kids? They are comfortable with that, but a true christian is not comfortable with that. Yes, Jesus did say to give away your possessions. As shocking as this is, people can see a family as something they posses. Life can be something you posses. Like they all say; lay down your life for the lord! Give it all up to him, right?

There are so many contradicting idiosyncrasies with christianity it is not even funny. But a religion shouldn't be something that we could understand right? It should be higher, something that is not mortal. All religion can be just as hypocritical or further from the truth. Ah, truth, what an optimistic desire. Truth can be a religion as well. I have been using it as one. That mayby, perhaps, there is one truth to all things. But who is to say there is?

That is why I love this song, Let us not invest our entire life into one truth, or have "faith" in one thing lets say; but rather, imagine the possibilities. Is imagination such a sin?

The lines of this song are perfect; above us only sky. What a free world this place would become. What is one of the explainations for an afterlife? Because it would hurt too much for there to not be one, because it is unimaginable any other way. But what I am trying to say is that it doesn't have to be. Suddenly the world becomes such a beautiful place when you have to leave it. Suddenly the lakes, mountains, trees, an all those other features become so beautiful. Is that so bad? Suddenly you love your fellow man more when you know that you will have to leave them. Suddenly all those things that you have been pressured by your fellow man (or yourself) do not matter when life was meant to be enjoyed. Is that so bad?

When you take away the need to work for a god, what do people do with that compassion to serve something/someone? I will tell you, They work for a better world and lives for their fellow man and children. Suddenly, without having to worry about your own damnation, children become more precious. Is that so bad?

So try to imagine a world with me, a world where it is just you, and your best friends. A place where nothing matters but your love for them. Your love for the world. Your love of life. A place with freedom. Everyday you satisfy your own needs, even your wants. Everynight you look your friend into the eyes before you sleep, just to wake up and see them one more day. There is no higher meaning than what you desire there to be. Suddenly there is a higher meaning that satisfies your soul. Everynight is an anticipation of the greater days to come. Isn't that what we have been told all of our lives? To live everyday like it is your last?

wouldn't the greatest joy of life to be living everyday like it is your last, while knowing that there will be so many greater tommorows?

I know it is the greatest joy of mine.