Hello Farhad,
did you try praying to God to help you in this manner, or help you find a solution, or perhaps tell you in a dream how to solve it?
Karel
Dear Friend, Once more I do not know where to begin and how to put my ideas into words. I think I am just causing troubles for myself. To be honest, up to few days ago, I was doing fine, getting prepared for the MA exam in 6 months” time. But I do not know why I am feeling a lot of anxiety now. I will start my work as a high school teacher next month and I have to teach for the first time and at the same time to study for the exam. I am really worried about the future and at the moment I can not focus on my studies. Believe it or not, these days even the smallest things sabotage my concentration, leaving me unable to study until night. Time is running past quickly and if I do not make the most of my time, then the chance of passing the exam is too slender. I sometimes hate myself. Last year the question of life ( I have told you my story before) made me unable to study for the exam; Last year, I was in university, had no problem in terms place of study, food; I had no obsessions, but I did not used the opportunity. And this year, some new obsessions. I do not why these obsessions come to me. Last year, when I talked with a counselor, he said that I have a character which is in touch with obsessions. He asked me not to think about the obsessions and to keep my focus on my studies. Sometimes I think what would happen to me in future. What would happen if I could not manage my time to both teach and study? What would happen if the principle of the school caused me trouble? As I said before, these questions along with some others are bothering me. When they invade my brain, I can not study that day. So many negative thoughts have surrounded me and I do not know what to do. I know that these thoughts are just going to stop me and that I should resist them. But I do not know why? Please stand by my side and help me to devise a way out of this difficulty.
Hi Farhad, the bible mentions that we were created in or before our mother’s womb, and it does not mention that we were created in some other world and then moved here. But this passage may be limited to the “chosen ones”, who were crafted to serve God and have a greater likelihood to become one of his children. Otherwise, we are on this planet for the same reason as the animals (which the bible says are just like us, except they have different flesh) and plants etc. – because of the procreation of our parents. If during this lifetime we want to experience the Holy Spirit, which is of God, that is another issue. When it speaks of our death, it mentions that dust shall return to dust and what is God’s returned to God, so that might only refer to his Spirit (the Kingdom of God), which can live in us if we live holy lives of repentance.
Karel
Hi dear friend How are you? Hope all is well with you. Days ago, my friend and I were talking about God and he asked me a question that I failed to answer. Here is the question: If in the other world, somebody asks God why God created him and that he did not like to come into this world , then how would God answer him? For example, he says, ” my dear God, I did not ask you to bring me into this world, so why did you bring me? Thanks for taking the time to reply to the question above. Care, Farhad
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Yes, I can see that: how people are naturally. The bible refers to it as people acting according to their own instincts, but if you allow yourself to be spiritually transformed through the Holy Ghost you learn about selflessness and everything becomes an entirely different ballgame. It’s not necessarily an easy thing to hold onto, as it goes against our very grain and instinct for survival to surrender ourselves in faith like this. The bible says that the Spirit wages war against the will of the flesh, and vice versa. So the below is technically correct, because it simply describes the nature of man, which is basically the same as the nature of any living beast which must struggle for survival. But what Jesus preaches is something entirely separate from this. Karel
Dear Friend, I do hope you’re keeping well! As I’ve already told you, it’s about 7 months that I’ve started reading novels. I’ve managed to read 10 novels since—novels from George Orwell, Henry James, James Joyce, Tolstoy, Gustave Flaubert, Albert Camus– but I was deeply moved by Tolstoy’s Resurrection. In fact, it was not the first novel that I read by him; I had already got the chance to read one of his stories which was about 40 pages, The Death of Ivan Illych. I’m wondering where to begin and how to put my ideas into words. Tolstoy informs us of things happening around us–of course, we are aware of them inwardly– but we don’t stop long enough to pay attention to. He speaks of facts in connection with human nature which many of us don’t dare think of. In The Death of Ivan Illych, he emphasizes that human relationship is not based on love and friendship. Tolstoy has reached the truth about human nature. The reason that we humans are in touch with one another is that we need each other. In other words, I want to be in touch with, for example, my friends not because of themselves, but because I need them. I’ll be in touch with them as long as they would be helpful to me. If one day, I find them helpless, I’ll leave them. Tolstoy indicates how easily we forget friends, relatives, etc. who are no longer among us. In the story, when Ivan Illych died, no one cared about his death. Everybody was thinking of how to take full advantage of already situation. The death did not upset anyone in the slightest. We humans have to face the fact that we don’t wish to be with other people for the sake of themselves; we don’t love anyone for the sake of themselves; we want to be with others since we need them—need, a term that I disgust a lot. It really pains me to think that people’s relationship is based on need.This is what I call it The Theory of Need. Do you believe in the Theory? In Resurrection, he directs our attention towards the fact that most of the times we do things, to the detriment of other people. And afterwards we continue to live as if nothing has happened, without a single twinge of conscience. I admire Tolstoy for having had the courage to share this truth about human nature. Unfortunately, we’re living in a busy world; people are so busy that they often don’t manage to snatch one moment to think about their every day deeds. I do believe, as Tolstoy does, that there’s only a name left of humanity. I’m full of respects for Tolstoy. He’s quite aware of the fact that we human beings harm each other without thinking about the consequences of our actions and that we need other people not for the sake of themselves, but for the sake of their been helpful to us someday. Thanks for taking the time to read the mail. I would be glad if you let me hear your thoughts regarding what I mentioned.