Ultimate purpose of life

The ultimate purpose of life is to live it wholeheartedly. What do I mean? Life offers so much, maybe in an infinite number of ways, and to truly live is to touch all those infinite benefits in your lifetime or lifetimes. A sad thing to see is someone who kind of boxes themselves in a small space and stays there. Our purpose is to expand and grow limitlessly!

[Adrienne]

Originally Posted by Blue Dragon

The ultimate purpose of life is to live it wholeheartedly. What do I mean? Life offers so much, maybe in an infinite number of ways, and to truly live is to touch all those infinite benefits in your lifetime or lifetimes. A sad thing to see is someone who kind of boxes themselves in a small space and stays there. Our purpose is to expand and grow limitlessly!

Very nicely said Blue Dragon.

Dream Angel xx

[Emmalevine]

Originally Posted by Blue Dragon

The ultimate purpose of life is to live it wholeheartedly. What do I mean? Life offers so much, maybe in an infinite number of ways, and to truly live is to touch all those infinite benefits in your lifetime or lifetimes. A sad thing to see is someone who kind of boxes themselves in a small space and stays there. Our purpose is to expand and grow limitlessly!

Agreed totally! That's a very good way of putting it. Unleashing our potential can be expressed in so many different ways, whether we are aware of the Divine in us or not.

[psychoslice]

When you Realize that there is no purpose in life, you are then free.

Originally Posted by Starbuck

Since my awakening started just after Christmas my perspective on life has changed and widened. While discussing my experiences with another member it struck me that the ultmate purpose of life here - or certainly what it appears to be - is to realise who we are. We are evolving to know ourselves as part of the Divine.

This is something I've had in my head as a concept for a good few years but I've never fully grasped it. I believed it without truly knowing it in my heart.

I still lose sight of it sometimes but this morning I've woken up with a sense of awe. Life really is quite incredible - yet a lot of the time we (and I very much include myself here) can't see the wood for the trees. Many don't even see the trees. They see bills, TV on the blink, violence on the news, queue in supermarket...but not the beauty around us all.

I respect everyone's beliefs and know some might not agree with purpose but I want to share this today. If nothing else I think the world is a truly remarkable place.

Just when you think there is an ultimate, someone moves the goalposts :-)

[Emmalevine]

Originally Posted by Greenslade

Just when you think there is an ultimate, someone moves the goalposts :-)

Indeed but can we ever fix those goalposts!! There are many different forms of ultimate just as there are probably many universes

[Internal Queries]

Originally Posted by psychoslice

When you Realize that there is no purpose in life, you are then free.

when i realized i had no special purpose in life i became quite bored. now what am i suppose to do(?), especially since even my imaginary friends/guides/whatevers can't convince me there's truly anything meaningful about me or my life. i'm just one of 7 billion humans milling around a tiny dirtball spinning in space. **shrug**

being self honest can really suck sometimes.

[Emmalevine]

Originally Posted by psychoslice

When you Realize that there is no purpose in life, you are then free.

Ah but what if you've experienced evidence that leaves you in no doubt there is a purpose?

I don't mean necessarily individual purpose but purpose to existance, why humanity as a whole exists. When someone realises that life takes on a different meaning and freedom is found but in a new way.

[Internal Queries]

Originally Posted by Starbuck

Ah but what if you've experienced evidence that leaves you in no doubt there is a purpose?

I don't mean necessarily individual purpose but purpose to existance, why humanity as a whole exists. When someone realises that life takes on a different meaning and freedom is found but in a new way.

so ... essentially there's no purpose to or for the individual. purpose is found in some kind of species identity? in this context ... the meaning is? the freedom is found how? why am i getting up in the morning?

Internal Queries, Why are you getting up this morning? Because getting up and doing things, whatever they happen to be in your life (i.e. feeding animals), is more compelling that staying in bed. From the point of view of who you are, you have identified things you want to do, and getting up is required for you to do those things. It's not because you "need" to do those things; it's because your life is better, on your terms, because you do them.

You can come to the conclusion that you have a "greater purpose" as part of the human species, but, at the very minimum, you can and do formulate your own set of goals, wishes, desires, etc.

I have been down this path in my own life, and many of us look upon having a purpose as part of an ongoing journey. In my case, my purpose is to live the best life that I can on my terms. That means deciding to be more kind and loving rather than being vengeful and filled with hate.

Funny thing, but it turns out that there are many others who have had very similar experiences and who have come to very similar conclusions about who they are and why they are here. If you want to blame "imaginary friends" or anybody/anything else for the fact that you are bored and can't find anything meaningful, it's your problem, not theirs. There are some things in life that we have to figure out for ourselves...or not.

Being "self honest" can be a very freeing and uplifting experience. Perhaps you are not being as honest with your self as you would like to believe. Simply telling yourself that you are being honest doesn't make it so.