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better life

1. purpose

   1. Knowledge

   2. money

   3. reputation

   4. career

   5. marriage

   6. family

2. inevitable

   1. needs

      1. Food

      2. clothing

      3. living

      4. transportation

      5. economic

   2. aging

   3. disease

1. how

   1. dishonest

   2. ordinary life

      1. live for today, no transcendence

         1. unanswered or avoided questions

            1. purpose of life

            2. death

         2. accept my relationships-love will end

            1. everything ends gradually

            2. my beloved ones will die

         3. emphasis to my personal identity

            1. i want good reputation, depend on others

            2. antagonistic to survive

               1. fear of the other

               2. hide thoughts , ideas...

               3. fear to express opinion

         4. no ritual, no sacred in life

            1. no ritual for good or bad

               1. marriage

               2. birth

               3. death

               4. not sutisfactory consolation for sorrow

         5. would live to help others, my options are

            1. my teaching

            2. my job

            3. prayer= useless

         6. life is boring

            1. everyday routine

            2. negative attitude for life

         7. Topic

         8. not easy to be forgiven

            1. self punishment

            2. no peace

            3. painful memories

            4. guilt without end

         9. luck- superstitions

            1. ask fortune tellers

            2. ghosts

            3. bad coincidences

      2. the many above the person

         1. obedience instead of equality

         2. no free thought, must obey the authority

         3. questions are considered offensive

         4. the common interest above personal feelings-wishes

      3. some transcendence

         1. i must take care to survive after death

            1. find decentands to bai bai for me

            2. fear become hungry ghost

            3. reicarnation

               1. no love uniquely & for ever

                  1. many wives husbands

                  2. marry my kids

                  3. karma-controls life

                     1. feeling yuen tzan

                  4. morality becomes obligation because of punishment

               2. no personal identity=no love

                  1. love whom?

                  2. who loves?

                  3. no attachment = no love

               3. no forgiveness, you pay for sins

         2. life is pain

            1. fear to enjoy

            2. i must escape from life

               1. no personal identity

               2. no attachment

               1. no love

                  1. no truth, because no subject

      4. live for love

         1. love exists

            1. God is love

               1. co-existence 3 persons

         2. god is source of love

            1. god loves us personally

            2. loves us by offering himself to us

               1. god becomes human

               2. we become his family

               3. god becomes the source of life to us

                  1. holy communion

         3. the love of god keeps me alive for ever, even if i die

            1. love never ends

               1. live for ever

               2. resurrect

                  1. no fear of reicarnation

                     1. i improve in the love, knowledge, joy for ever

                     2. the universe will be renewed

                  2. harmony of soul and body

                     1. body touches, see, offers for ever

         4. i can be united for ever with

            1. my family

            2. others

            1. be all one

               1. i love the others because they are members of THE ONE body, not only because morality says so

         5. love gives joy to my life

            1. i receive love - i give love

               1. not live only for money

               2. job

         6. love can overcome fate

            1. god can change the bad coincidences (about my time of birth, astrological guess etc..)

            2. i am completely forgiven by god so i do not afraid to pay in other lives

            3. 靠著那給我能力的、我總有力量應付萬事。 col 3:13

            4. god can stop any evil influence

         7. beautiful meaning of time

            1. immortality, eternal life is not boring

               1. love deeper, more people and things

               2. knowledge increasing

               3. joy increasing

               4. opportunities infinite to meet, love

               1. to understand eternal life you must taste it from now

                  1. sacraments bring eternal life from now

         8. i have an explanation for the universe COMPATIBLE with science

            1. science says about HOW is the world

               1. does not say WHY

               2. does not give MEANING to life

            2. church says WHO

               1. we agree in the order of creation

               2. bible dos not speak literally about days etc.. but periods of time

            3. universe

               1. exists and we observe or analyze is as object (science)

               2. is loved by god and us, and needs care (church)

         9. love helps me

            1. i am not afraid

            2. i am forgiven

               1. by god

               2. by others

               3. by myself

            3. i trust

               1. faith=trust god loves me

               2. even if something bad happens god knows, can turn to good

               3. i am loved, nomatter what, god loves me

         10. pain has meaning

             1. i participate to the pain of the universe

             2. i curry my cross

             3. lessons to understand life, be humble, pray more

             4. protecect me from something worse

             5. accept the love of others

             6. 現在我為你們受苦、倒覺歡樂、並且為基督的身體、就是為教會、要在我肉身上補滿基督患難的缺欠。col 1:24