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How shall I live in this world ?

The following presentation is not objective.  That is, it can't be proven by logical necessity, nor by scientific studies.  However, those who have walked this path ahead of you would argue that it can be confirmed by their personal experience.  It is based on the work and experience of Kierkegaard as interpreted by Diogenes Allen¹.  What is presented is a vision of how we actually exist in the world as human beings and the steps needed to enter into a relationship with God.

THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO LIVE IN THIS LIFE

As we grow from infancy to adutls the way we think changes.  Not only do we accumulate new data, the way we are able to process that data changes.  For example, young children cannot understand analogies.  As we get older, we retain our old skills but attain new ones that allow us to see the world in from multiple perspectives.  In the same way, there are three basic ways to live and each builds on the other.  Your goal is understand each stage and figure out which stage you are currently at.

WHICH LIFE MOST ACCURATELY MATCHES YOUR OWN ?

Which level do you want to life at ? 

"It is only by striving to find happieness on our own terms and by the attempt to establish the validty of our lves by our achievements that we learn of our need for what is beyond us and beyond our world.  Only when we are aware of our need do religous truths become meangingfull and relevant to us...  GOd is hidden from those who fail to examine themselves."

 We find by step 3 that we cannot do what we want to do without supernatural help.  If we find the Christian life compelling, we see the need for a relationship with God - if God exists. There are a number of articles on this site that show evidence that God exists.  However, because God is so completely different from us, the first step we must take to get to know God is to undersand that

1. A summary of the work of Diogenes Allen.  All quotes unless otherwise noted come from:
Diogenes Allen, Three Outsiders: Pascal, Kierkegaard , Simone Weil, (Princeton, New Jersey: Caroline Press, 1983) 57 - 95.