Comments on: Two Questions to Help You Gain Perspective http://zenhabits.net/2009/07/two-questions-to-help-you-gain-perspective/ Simple Productivity Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:06:07 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kevin http://zenhabits.net/2009/07/two-questions-to-help-you-gain-perspective/#comment-80183 Kevin Mon, 03 Aug 2009 22:18:22 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=3501#comment-80183 These questions provide a good way to integrate mindfulness into your daily routine. They remind me of Benjamin Franklin's daily routine of asking himself in the morning "What Good shall I do this day?" and asking in the evening "What Good have I done today?" These questions provide a good way to integrate mindfulness into your daily routine. They remind me of Benjamin Franklin’s daily routine of asking himself in the morning “What Good shall I do this day?” and asking in the evening “What Good have I done today?”

]]> By: Yune http://zenhabits.net/2009/07/two-questions-to-help-you-gain-perspective/#comment-80182 Yune Mon, 03 Aug 2009 21:22:06 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=3501#comment-80182 Woa.. you are deffinetly right. I wouldnt like to see what i will be like 5 years ahead.. that is why i always try to make productive things. Of course, there is no wrong in making fun/unproductive things once in a while. The only problem is... i dont know what else to make besides reading, house-chores, practicing things i kow. Could you give me some ideas of what else to do? Woa.. you are deffinetly right. I wouldnt like to see what i will be like 5 years ahead.. that is why i always try to make productive things. Of course, there is no wrong in making fun/unproductive things once in a while.
The only problem is… i dont know what else to make besides reading, house-chores, practicing things i kow. Could you give me some ideas of what else to do?

]]> By: A. W. Koblick http://zenhabits.net/2009/07/two-questions-to-help-you-gain-perspective/#comment-80181 A. W. Koblick Mon, 03 Aug 2009 20:03:36 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=3501#comment-80181 It is the old question of if you had only 1 week or 1 month to live what would you do? The best answer would be continue to do exactly what I am doing now. I love it when I talk to myself and say: you did what? or hmmm... that's uh different. and especially: that was really nice of you... By focusing on a life of giving and not obtaining you will find truth and fulfillment. It is the old question of if you had only 1 week or 1 month to live what would you do?

The best answer would be continue to do exactly what I am doing now.

I love it when I talk to myself and say:
you did what? or
hmmm… that’s uh different. and especially:
that was really nice of you…

By focusing on a life of giving and not obtaining you will find truth and fulfillment.

]]> By: Joshua http://zenhabits.net/2009/07/two-questions-to-help-you-gain-perspective/#comment-80180 Joshua Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:15:04 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=3501#comment-80180 "The unexamined life is not worth living." -Plato Timeless wisdom here. We would all do better to examine our lives. “The unexamined life is not worth living.” -Plato

Timeless wisdom here. We would all do better to examine our lives.

]]> By: Living in Malta http://zenhabits.net/2009/07/two-questions-to-help-you-gain-perspective/#comment-80179 Living in Malta Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:11:48 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=3501#comment-80179 Sometimes it's not easy to gain perspective, even after "trying to answer" the above two questions. What happens to me more than often, I to lose perspective bit too easily :P Great tips though, will try to follow your recommendations. Sometimes it’s not easy to gain perspective, even after “trying to answer” the above two questions. What happens to me more than often, I to lose perspective bit too easily :P

Great tips though, will try to follow your recommendations.

]]> By: Greg Marshall http://zenhabits.net/2009/07/two-questions-to-help-you-gain-perspective/#comment-80178 Greg Marshall Mon, 03 Aug 2009 19:05:44 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=3501#comment-80178 Gosh I cannot say how true this article is. There are so many times that I have asked myself that question. I always thought I was weird for doing personal reflection like that I am so blessed and happy that I have found this blog it is absolutely amazing. Thanks for the motivation and pushing us all through self reflection. A question I have found that really works for me is... am I accepting status quo because someone else said so ?? Why should I believe their realities when I have my own I can create. Thanks a lot and I loved your book. Gosh I cannot say how true this article is. There are so many times that I have asked myself that question. I always thought I was weird for doing personal reflection like that I am so blessed and happy that I have found this blog it is absolutely amazing. Thanks for the motivation and pushing us all through self reflection. A question I have found that really works for me is… am I accepting status quo because someone else said so ?? Why should I believe their realities when I have my own I can create. Thanks a lot and I loved your book.

]]> By: Robin des Bonds http://zenhabits.net/2009/07/two-questions-to-help-you-gain-perspective/#comment-80177 Robin des Bonds Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:59:01 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=3501#comment-80177 Thank you very much for this nice reminder. These two very easy and very deep questions will help me become a better person. Thank you very much for this nice reminder.
These two very easy and very deep questions will help me become a better person.

]]> By: Then ask yourself what and how you would eat?-Off-Topic-Obesity Discussion Forums http://zenhabits.net/2009/07/two-questions-to-help-you-gain-perspective/#comment-80176 Then ask yourself what and how you would eat?-Off-Topic-Obesity Discussion Forums Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:38:48 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=3501#comment-80176 [...] yourself what and how you would eat? NOW I remember The second 2 questions came from here Two Questions to Help You Gain Perspective [...] [...] yourself what and how you would eat? NOW I remember The second 2 questions came from here Two Questions to Help You Gain Perspective [...]

]]> By: Lester Smith http://zenhabits.net/2009/07/two-questions-to-help-you-gain-perspective/#comment-80174 Lester Smith Mon, 03 Aug 2009 18:07:57 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=3501#comment-80174 The Destiny Of The Unsaved Concerning an earlier question of the fate of an unsaved soul. Jesus seems to answer this question with the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. The rich man at death was sent to suffer the flames, while Lazarus went to heaven and was comforted. Is the place the rich man is sent Hell and if so, is there any reference to the place of judgement before the rich man is sent to the flames? Q. Concerning an earlier question of the fate of an unsaved soul. Jesus seems to answer this question with the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. The rich man at death was sent to suffer the flames, while Lazarus went to heaven and was comforted. The rich man calls out to God to allow Lazarus to dip his finger in the water and place it on his (the rich man’s) tongue as he his burning alive and can’t stand it. Is the place the rich man is sent Hell and if so, is there any reference to the place of judgement before the rich man is sent to the flames? Thank you for this website. A. I don’t believe the story of the rich man and Lazarus is a parable because Jesus never named the characters in His parables. I think He was giving us a true glimpse of the after life before the cross. Traditionally, the rich man’s name was Dives. (Dee’-ves) Lazarus didn’t go directly to Heaven. Nobody did before the cross. They all went to Sheol, Hades in the Greek, a holding place consisting of two sections. The faithful were comforted in one and the unfaithful tormented in the other. Although they were in sight of each other, it was impossible to cross over from either section to the other. The section Lazarus went to was called Paradise or Abraham’s Bosom. There, he and all others who had died in faith of a coming Redeemer waited in comfort until Jesus could die for their sins and sprinkle His blood on the altar in Heaven opening its gates for all believers. Jesus and one of those crucified with Him went there and after His resurrection He took them all to Heaven. The rich man went to the other side, the place of torment, along with the other criminal crucified with Jesus. He and all unbelievers who’ve died through the ages are still there. They wait in torment for their final judgment, which will take place at the end of the Millennium. He asked Abraham, not God, to send Lazarus with just a drop of water to sooth his parched tongue, but Abraham explained that it wasn’t possible because of the wide chasm that separated one section from the other. This story is where we get the Christian concept of Hell, the English word for Hades. But it’s not the final destiny of the unsaved. In Rev 20:11-15 we read that at the end of the 1,000 years the dead are raised for their final judgment, after which they’re thrown into the “lake of fire” along with Satan. The anti-Christ and the false prophet had been thrown there 1000 years earlier at the end of the Great Tribulation. The “lake of fire” was symbolized in Biblical times by the Dead Sea. Crude oil used to bubble up to the surface where it hardened into a tar-like substance and was harvested for sale. Oil is lighter than water and so it floats. (Dead sea water is so saturated with salt and other chemicals that people float in it too.) Once in a while lightning would strike and set the floating crude aflame and the Dead Sea would become a “lake of fire”. Imagine being thrown into a lake where you couldn’t sink and whose surface was covered with burning tar. Then imagine that you can’t die and can’t escape and you have an idea what eternity will be like for unbelievers. The Destiny Of The Unsaved

Concerning an earlier question of the fate of an unsaved soul. Jesus seems to answer this question with the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. The rich man at death was sent to suffer the flames, while Lazarus went to heaven and was comforted. Is the place the rich man is sent Hell and if so, is there any reference to the place of judgement before the rich man is sent to the flames?

Q. Concerning an earlier question of the fate of an unsaved soul. Jesus seems to answer this question with the parable of the rich man and Lazarus. The rich man at death was sent to suffer the flames, while Lazarus went to heaven and was comforted. The rich man calls out to God to allow Lazarus to dip his finger in the water and place it on his (the rich man’s) tongue as he his burning alive and can’t stand it.

Is the place the rich man is sent Hell and if so, is there any reference to the place of judgement before the rich man is sent to the flames? Thank you for this website.

A. I don’t believe the story of the rich man and Lazarus is a parable because Jesus never named the characters in His parables. I think He was giving us a true glimpse of the after life before the cross. Traditionally, the rich man’s name was Dives. (Dee’-ves)

Lazarus didn’t go directly to Heaven. Nobody did before the cross. They all went to Sheol, Hades in the Greek, a holding place consisting of two sections. The faithful were comforted in one and the unfaithful tormented in the other. Although they were in sight of each other, it was impossible to cross over from either section to the other. The section Lazarus went to was called Paradise or Abraham’s Bosom. There, he and all others who had died in faith of a coming Redeemer waited in comfort until Jesus could die for their sins and sprinkle His blood on the altar in Heaven opening its gates for all believers. Jesus and one of those crucified with Him went there and after His resurrection He took them all to Heaven.

The rich man went to the other side, the place of torment, along with the other criminal crucified with Jesus. He and all unbelievers who’ve died through the ages are still there. They wait in torment for their final judgment, which will take place at the end of the Millennium. He asked Abraham, not God, to send Lazarus with just a drop of water to sooth his parched tongue, but Abraham explained that it wasn’t possible because of the wide chasm that separated one section from the other.

This story is where we get the Christian concept of Hell, the English word for Hades. But it’s not the final destiny of the unsaved. In Rev 20:11-15 we read that at the end of the 1,000 years the dead are raised for their final judgment, after which they’re thrown into the “lake of fire” along with Satan. The anti-Christ and the false prophet had been thrown there 1000 years earlier at the end of the Great Tribulation.

The “lake of fire” was symbolized in Biblical times by the Dead Sea. Crude oil used to bubble up to the surface where it hardened into a tar-like substance and was harvested for sale. Oil is lighter than water and so it floats. (Dead sea water is so saturated with salt and other chemicals that people float in it too.)

Once in a while lightning would strike and set the floating crude aflame and the Dead Sea would become a “lake of fire”. Imagine being thrown into a lake where you couldn’t sink and whose surface was covered with burning tar. Then imagine that you can’t die and can’t escape and you have an idea what eternity will be like for unbelievers.

]]> By: SIR PUNCHALOT http://zenhabits.net/2009/07/two-questions-to-help-you-gain-perspective/#comment-80173 SIR PUNCHALOT Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:57:50 +0000 http://zenhabits.net/?p=3501#comment-80173 No way! No way! No way, no way, Jose'! No way! No way! No way, no way, Jose’!

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