Journal 3

Dahamadra

• There is no superior being controlling or messing with our individual lives - This is important to me because i believe that life is a game of choice and not of submission. You are able to make your own decisions in life where there is no "superior being" telling you what to do. This principle developed in me after my realization that nothing is really helping you out when you need it and ask for it unless you yourself do something about it.
• There is no afterlife, you live in the moment - This dawned on me when i asked myself what happens to you and your thoughts after you die. I believe this because I think life was created to enjoy what is happening during it and not after it.
• Happiness is the ultimate goal in a person's life - Without happiness, life is generally not worth living. This is why I think it is the ultimate goal in one's life. People strive during their lifetimes and work very hard to gain happiness, not to lose it, and it is the one goal everyone in the world works towards to achieve.
• To lead a just life you must seek to aquire a good will - Seeking to acquire a good will allows for people to seek happiness in their life. This is important because by trying to do good, you may live a just and meaningful life. This happened to dawn on me after I thought of happiness and how it could be achieved.
• Life and the world is based on good rather than evil - All life is based on good, not evil, because if it were not, the world would destroy itself. Nature maintains a balance because of how life is based on good rather than evil, as seen through humans and their ability to coexist peacefully in many different areas of the world.
• Humans have a materialistic mindset towards life - This is because to survive, people need different possessions. They also strive toward this mindset in order to achieve happiness, and therefore, to achieve their ultimate goal in life.
• There is no such thing as fate - I believe this because I believe people have ultimate control over their lives and how they choose to live it. I don't believe in a superior being, nor do i believe in fate because people have choices and is a necessity for life and happiness.