Man's Search For Meaning - book by Viktor E Frankl

This is a very good book, also a bestseller.
Let me quote:
Life is not primarily a quest for pleasure, as Freud believed, or a quest for power, as Alfred Adler taught, but a quest for meaning. The greatest task for any person is to find meaning in his or her life. Frankl saw 3 possible sources for meaning: In Work (doing something significant), In Love (caring for another person), and In Courage during difficult times. Suffering in and of itself is meaningless; we give our suffering meaning by the way in which we respond to it.

What would a Christian say about his meaning in life?

The Impossible Encounters of Betty's Grandma (aka 135abc) - Part 3

By and By, 135abc remained in the Normalrealm. On the 21st day and 49th day of her arrival, she was allowed to return to visit the Physicalrealm. And after a few months, it was the QingMing period, she was allowed to visit the Physicalrealm again.

By and by, 135abc met her fellow soul-mates again.
"While in the Physicalrealm, we talked so much about religion. Religions divided the people. So many different ideologies and beliefs. So many groups trying to recruit more people to join their beliefs. People in the Physicalrealm did not know that in the Normalrealm, different beliefs could co-exist!" 135abc commented.
"Yes yes. Here, you go to the continent of your belief and reside there." agreed another soulmate.
"In the Physicalrealm, some people performed good deeds hoping that their good deeds could be translated to treasures in the Normalrealm. They did not know that treasures are not important in the Normalrealm." 135abc commented again.
"Haahaa. They were driven by their beliefs. They did not know the truth until they come back to the Normalrealm again." another soulmate agreed.
"In the Physicalrealm, some people worshipped this and other worshipped that. Some people worshipped everything. But in the Normalrealm, it really doesn't matter. Whether you have worshipped correctly, or have not worshipped at all, really does not matter." concluded 135abc.
"Yes yes. It does not matter." chorused the soulmates together.

This was Betty's Grandma's (also known as 135abc's)Impossible Encounters in the Normalrealm. They were there, still fluttering around.

Impossible...Impossible.

The Impossible Encounters of Betty's Grandma 135abc (fictional) - Part 2

As Betty's Grandma (aka 135abc) stepped through the door, she was 'zapped' to the Taoist-continent in the NormalRealm.
"I didn't know that NormalRealm is like Earth." She repeated to herself again. Then she saw Chinese soul-beings, India soul-beings, in fact soul-beings of different races, just like the different races on Earth.
A group of soul-beings fluttered to her and greeted her. She recognised them immediately. "Hi soul-mates 135aba, 135abb, 135abd, glad to see you again!" "Hi 135abc, now our soul-cellgroup is almost together again." one of the soulmates replied.
"But 135abe is not with us yet. She is also part of our cellgroup. She is still in the PhysicalRealm. One day she would return here to join us." said another.
"But by that time, some of us may be re-incarnated and not here." mentioned another.
"How long have you been in the NormalRealm, 135aba, 135abb?" BG asked.
"I have been here 150 years, and 135abb has been here 300 years already." 135aba replied.
"Yes, I'm a bit bore here. If there is opportunity, within the next 30 years, I would return to the PhysicalRealm for a change of environment." said 135abb.

- to be continued...

The Impossible Encounters Of Betty's Grandma (fictional) - Part 1

Betty's Grandma (BG) was 92 years old. One day, she coughed, then developed bronchitis. She knew that the time was near for her to 'go'. Her 'third-eye' on her forehead started to open, and she could see 2 familiar faces of bygone relatives peeping in through the window. She said 'Hi' to them.
By and by, after another 2 days, she breathed her last. Her soul left her body and hovered above the deathbed for a while.
By and by, there was a tunnel before her and she could see bright light at the other end. She drifted to the other end of the tunnel and a Warm- Voice greeted her.
"Welcome back to the NormalRealm soul-being number 135abc. You have been in the PhysicalRealm for 92 years. Now here are 10 doors. You will enter one of them."
BG looked. Sure enough there were 10 doors. One was marked "Christian", another "Taoist", another "Buddhist", another "Muslim", another "Freethinker", etc, etc.
BG asked the Warm-Voice "I am not sure whether I am Taoist or Buddhist. While on earth, I visited both Taoist and Buddhist temples! In fact, I don't know which is which."
The Warm-Voice laughed. "Hiyah, they are almost the same. From my records, you went to Taoist temples mostly. So you should go to the Taoist-door".
"If I go in, will you let me come back out again? You see, I am supposed to re-visit my people in the PhysicalRealm on the 21st day and on the 49th day, and every year during QingMing Festival."
"Don't worry." said the Warm-Voice. "You will be subjected to the Taoist- Procedures if you go into the Taoist-door."
BG said "But some of my relatives are not Taoist. Some are Buddhists, some are Christians. Once I enter the Taoist-door, will I see them again?"
The Warm-Voice replied "Hey, this is not the PhysicalRealm, you are in the NormalRealm. It is no longer physical. Sure you can see every soul in this Realm. The 10 Doors lead to 10 different continents in the NormalRealm."

At this time, another soul-being appeared and queued up behind her. The Warm-Voice greeted the new soul-being in the same manner.

BG moved towards the Taoist-door. She mumbled to herself "Looks like there is one door for each religion. How come the NormalRealm is duplicating what on earth ?? Impossible. Impossible!"

-- to be continued---