tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991690808698030627.post248853717387499064..comments2023-09-08T06:50:45.673-07:00Comments on Eternal Rounds: Why we do the things we doUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6991690808698030627.post-17368798501460915672008-06-09T14:46:00.000-07:002008-06-09T14:46:00.000-07:00This seems to be the ultimate question. However I...This seems to be the ultimate question. However I don't think the answer will be "42."<BR/><BR/>To begin to answer this I think we need to stop looking into the eternities and look at this life. <BR/><BR/>If we always look to be a God as our ultimate goal, than it doesn't seem to motivate us. I am a LONG way off of the selfless life that you talk about. I am pretty selfish, I don't even do my home teaching. The concept of becoming a God isn't that appealing right now in my life, I haven't spiritually progressed enough to see any benefit in it. <BR/><BR/>I think we need to take the punishment/reward into our immediate life.<BR/><BR/>For example I know that if I were to commit adultery, my punishment would be losing my wife and kid. They would leave me and I would be miserable. <BR/><BR/>On the reward side, I would love to see good heavenly angels and visions in this life. It could be some of my ancestry visiting me or visions other people have had (Orson F Whitneys vision of the Garden of Gethsemane comes to mind.) But I also know that if I start to have visions there comes a great responsibility also. Just like Spiderman "with great power comes great responsibility." I have a lot of sins of omission like selfishness, pride, and my temper that I need to work on before I can accomplish this. That is my Motivation not to sin.Dallashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09059980976554460215noreply@blogger.com