Is It Wrong Of Me To Live This Way?

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I have changed a lot in these past few months.
And the people around me seem to think it is just a phase..
Simply put, I do not have a care of the things of this world anymore. Material things are of no value to me unlike the past.
Some people think i have become depressed maybe.
But that is not the case.. they tell me it is wrong to live like this. that I have become insane.
I have also written my will, of the little possessions Ii have including the donation of my organs after death. It has caused outraged reactions..
There is no purpose in clinging to the beauty of this world. Death is simply a matter of time and I should be prepared for it.
Why should I live like this world matters?

I'm not going to tell you why or why not. I'll offer you (and others looking for the same) something to think about instead.

Why did the demiurge (YHWH) create this physical, material world if he didn't enjoy it himself? Why do you believe your creator would leave you here, if he didn't intend for you to take pleasure in it somehow?

Well, good luck.
 
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I think your non attachment to material goods is a good sentiment as in not being avaricious. Remember also the Lord expects stewardship from us though: Acts 20:35. This sense of giving alms ( charitable donations within our means) is linked closely to prayer ( see Matthew 6:1-15 ). Basically, do what you can and just live a Christian life.

The Lord calls us to love God & neighbor ( Matthew 22:36-40 ), to treat others by this ( Matthew 7:1-12 ), to prove our love for Him ( John 14:23-27 ) and it is not easy ( John 16:33 ). He is not telling us to accumulate wealth but do what we can with what He blesses us with.

I also do not want to forget the other basic commandments of the
Lord ( see Romans 13:8-10 ).
 
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I have changed a lot in these past few months.
And the people around me seem to think it is just a phase..
Simply put, I do not have a care of the things of this world anymore. Material things are of no value to me unlike the past.
Some people think i have become depressed maybe.
But that is not the case.. they tell me it is wrong to live like this. that I have become insane.
I have also written my will, of the little possessions Ii have including the donation of my organs after death. It has caused outraged reactions..
There is no purpose in clinging to the beauty of this world. Death is simply a matter of time and I should be prepared for it.
Why should I live like this world matters?

Hi..........
Finding ways out of depression, or recrimination, or guilt, or just plain sadness can be difficult. Differing remedies can help different people. And so here are just a few that helped other people to rise up, come back, hang in, stay on, keep going or just find happiness.
Who knows? One or more of these might work for you?


1. Go and find the care-centres, or soup-kitchens, or any other help groups in your nearest town or city, and offer your help. Give your everything, put your every thought into giving as much of you to others-in-need as you can. And keep giving..... And slowly, moment by moment, day by day...... you may rise up, feel better. Galatians 6.2 Philipians 2.12 Matthew 10.8 Luke 10.9

2. If you are doing this, then stop beating yourself up all the time. Stop looking into the darknesses that have been you and go out to find some light, both physically, mentally and spiritually. Romans 12.19 Luke 12.29

3. If it was the company of certain folks that might have lead you into your darknesses, then withdraw from them for now..... and maybe for ever. 2 Thessalonians 3.6 & 14

4. Go walking somewhere that you like and feel comfiortable..... and while you walk, enjoying all around, think about what you might have done to cause your situation, rather than look to blame all the World for the place you are at now. And when you've figured out you're own faults, go and share them with trusted people and listen to what they say. James 5.16

These lists can just drag on.......... But if any of the above might help, why don't you try it?
:)
All the Best....... Eider
 
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I have changed a lot in these past few months.
And the people around me seem to think it is just a phase..
Simply put, I do not have a care of the things of this world anymore. Material things are of no value to me unlike the past.

Okay. Well, food is a material thing; so is water. Do you think these things have no value? How about people? They are "material things." Do they have no value, too? A shelter is pretty important. But its material. Do you think of it as valueless, as well, and live, then, under the sun and stars all the time? That would really suck in the winter, or when it's super hot or raining...

Some people think i have become depressed maybe.
But that is not the case.. they tell me it is wrong to live like this. that I have become insane.

"Like this"? What is "this," exactly? Are you a street person? Are you living in a cardboard box in an alley somewhere? If so, how do have access to a computer?

I have also written my will, of the little possessions Ii have including the donation of my organs after death. It has caused outraged reactions..

Okay. Well, donating your organs is a really great thing to do - provided they're in good shape.
Why would anyone object to such a thing? Strange...

There is no purpose in clinging to the beauty of this world. Death is simply a matter of time and I should be prepared for it.

Why should being prepared for death mean you should stop enjoying the beauty of the world? Is that what you mean by "clinging"? Enjoying the world is clinging to it? I don't see that loving the great things God has given to us in His Creation ought to stop because death is inevitable. It seems to me the prospect of death ought to make the beauty of this world more precious, not less. God didn't give us flowers, and sunsets, puppies, majestic mountains, roaring oceans, and chocolate just so we could spurn them out of some morbid preoccupation with dying. It's hard to imagine a bigger non sequitur.

Why should I live like this world matters?

Why shouldn't you? So far, you haven't made any sort of good argument for sloughing off this world as unimportant. Am I missing something?
 
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Okay. Well, food is a material thing; so is water. Do you think these things have no value? How about people? They are "material things." Do they have no value, too? A shelter is pretty important. But its material. Do you think of it as valueless, as well, and live, then, under the sun and stars all the time? That would really suck in the winter, or when it's super hot or raining...



"Like this"? What is "this," exactly? Are you a street person? Are you living in a cardboard box in an alley somewhere? If so, how do have access to a computer?



Okay. Well, donating your organs is a really great thing to do - provided they're in good shape.
Why would anyone object to such a thing? Strange...



Why should being prepared for death mean you should stop enjoying the beauty of the world? Is that what you mean by "clinging"? Enjoying the world is clinging to it? I don't see that loving the great things God has given to us in His Creation ought to stop because death is inevitable. It seems to me the prospect of death ought to make the beauty of this world more precious, not less. God didn't give us flowers, and sunsets, puppies, majestic mountains, roaring oceans, and chocolate just so we could spurn them out of some morbid preoccupation with dying. It's hard to imagine a bigger non sequitur.



Why shouldn't you? So far, you haven't made any sort of good argument for sloughing off this world as unimportant. Am I missing something?

Hey, you..are amazing... Well, your mind actually.. :D

now to answer you and actually think myself...
Food and water and people... these things are important, agreed.
but valuable? why must an important thing always be valuable?
water is of no value to me because if not given to me i can die. the thing that was meant to make me live, the absence of it can kill me. i am dependent on water to survive.
this example is not very..right..
basically i meant to say that i do not want to have my happiness be dependent on material things.. that would be more correct to say..

'This'
Well, i am basically being all 'it doesn't matter whether i live or die, today or tomorrow, i am prepared to die any moment' that kind of a person.

About the,
'Organs Thing..'
well, i get the idea that my well wishers want a good corpse for funeral.. so selfish..

i did not mean to say that we shouldn't enjoy God's art.. just that to not cling to it..

the last thing..
'World doesn't matter'
because it is not eternal, the beauty can fade at any time, i can die at any time. so why should this world matter any more than an amusement park to me..?
 
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Food and water and people... these things are important, agreed.
but valuable? why must an important thing always be valuable?

Hmmm...How is something important but not valuable? Isn't a thing important because it's valuable? Don't you value something and so think of it as important? I do. I think, for instance, that air is extremely important. Why? Because I can't do without it. I'll die very quickly without air. Consequently, it's very valuable to me. It isn't like, say, peas, or spiders, both of which I can do without and suffer no ill effects at all. Does this make sense?

basically i meant to say that i do not want to have my happiness be dependent on material things.. that would be more correct to say..

Ah. I see. Well, that makes a lot of sense. I don't want my happiness to depend upon material things, either.

'This'
Well, i am basically being all 'it doesn't matter whether i live or die, today or tomorrow, i am prepared to die any moment' that kind of a person.

This is a wise state in which to be - so long as it doesn't make you morbid and ruins the joy you might otherwise take in the good things God has given to you in His creation.

the last thing..
'World doesn't matter'
because it is not eternal, the beauty can fade at any time, i can die at any time. so why should this world matter any more than an amusement park to me..?

Well, because God made it and He put you in it for a purpose. You aren't here just to wait around until you die. God's put you here on the earth for a reason. So, you're right: don't cling to this life as though it is all there is. But this doesn't mean you should shrug it off as a distracting amusement. God made the world to display Himself and all His excellent attributes. He made you for much the same reason.
 
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