- Is there such a place as hell?
- Yes, there is. Hell is other people.
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-Why can't I do the things I want to do? There's so much I know I'm capable of that I never actually do. Why is that?
- The trick is to realize that you're always doing what you want to do. Always. Nobody's making you do anything. Once you get that, you see that you're free and that life is really just a series of choices. Nothing happens to you. You choose.
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- If God made everything, then why are some things bad, like, for example, the whole pain-and-suffering thing?
- Opposites. Without things that suck, you would have on idea what good was and therefore would be directionless. You smell shit and you walk the other way.
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- Do I have a destiny or is it all free will? Destiny or free will?
- Free will moving toward or away from a purpose.
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-How can I love him(his father) even though he's selfish and he's scaring me?
-I guess what's getting in the way are your expectations. If he would do "X", then you'd be happy. It doesn't work that way. I think you have to let go of that and maybe what you want will happen and maybe it won't. Either way, you're better off.
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-The monster destroys some people and spares others.
-So who is the monster?
-God . God is the monster.
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