{{2011_02_16_t1.jpg}} {{2011_02_16_t2.jpg}} {{2011_02_16_t3.jpg}} [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/de/doku.php/jn_de_2011_02_16|Deutsche Version]] [[Start|| Wiki Start]] [[topics_collection_iii|| Topics Collection iii ]] ======Faith Journey 13a - Basic Questions ...====== Wednesday, Feb 16, 2011. Do you talk about the meaning of life with your friends sometimes? Do you remember our homework from the preceding session? We asked: what is the meaning which your friends and colleages see in their life? The question has several different aspects, you will have realized that. There is, for example, the question "What for?" ... {{2011_02_16.jpg }} **What for? ...** There are many partial answers to this question. For example, I attend school to learn something, to be able to work in some profession. I learn some profession to earn money and earn my living. There are other things which I do just for fun. I learn to play an instrument, for example. I go dancing or do some sports. We all do particular things just because they are fun! But we also realize that the question of fun cannot be the final answer! Quickly there is the question: can this be all? Is this the end? Has this been my life already? {{ 2011_02_16_2.jpg}} Some people get scared at this point! They try to escape and turn to many different things, to avoid the full impact of the question for purpose of our life and often to avoid other problems. There is one who uses alcohol to drown the problems. Another tries to to bury it under heavy workload or ambitious goals. Another one is trying to have as many relationships as possible, others search for paid lust in special etablissements. Others again use drugs, some become bitter and begrudging. Each of these reactions tries to avoid the question for purpose, and at the same time they make it very public! Humans want to have answers to the question for meaning! Where from? Where to? ... The question for meaning or purpose also includes other aspects. There is, for example, the question "where from?" Where do I come from? Is there someone who wanted me to be? Where do humans come from? What is the origin of mankind? What was at the beginning? Does life make sense? And there is the question "where" or "where to?" Where do I go? Where is the "ship of my life" travelling? What is the harbour which I will be in at some point? There will be death, but is it the end? What is coming after it? Where am I going? [[http://www.jesusnetwork.eu/en/doku.php/topics_collection_iii|... more texts]]