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Originally Posted by Walperstyle
Spirituality is taught by most conventional religion
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Ya but most people who follow conventional religions do not practice spirituality at the least. IMO
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Originally Posted by theicecreamdan
I might almost like that explanation, but that sounds really boring.
Back when I never really asked questions I just believed heaven was a nice place where everybody was happy. Now I realize, that everybody is way too different to be perfectly happy in the same place. There are people that are happier by themselves, and people that are happy to be surrounded by others.
Basically, I feel like free-will, and universal nirvana are mutually exclusive.
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see now here is the thing. None of us knows exactly what Heaven is or even if in fact its the same for each individual. To know its a better place is to have faith.
To know that definitely has to be better than this existence is your answer. Its probably the best answer and at the same time a speculative one.
We have free will already. The ability to choose right or wrong when knowing the outcome is in essence free will.
The question to ask is, is it possible to reach universal nirvana? Oh and if you reach Universal Nirvana then you would not have to make choices.
Everything would be as it should and choices would not need to be made. Hence no reason for the existence of free will because you have erased the need for choices. Everything is Nirvana i.e. pure bliss.
Of course that is probably to simple as is the possible concept of Universal Nirvana. Would a soul want to exist for eternity in a always blissful state? Would that not be boring as you said earlier?