[The Wisdom Times] Purpose of life
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Swami Antar Anveshi
Feb 22, 2009, 7:17:10 PM2/22/09
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Ask yourself 'What do I need?'
Then repeat to yourself what you found.
TWIST Comment: We've all come to live life without ever knowing or being told what our purpose of life is. There are several theories and literatures that try to explain this. Some of them are ever more convincing that the others. My view of this is very simple.
If God appears in front of you tomorrow (I bet he will, but most certainly we will not recognize God), and asks, 'what do you need?'. Will we ever have an answer? Let it not wait till tomorrow. Instead, start asking yourself now. It might take a few minutes or a few hours or even days if you are really serious about answering it.
Assuming you come up with a few needs, think how far reaching it can be into your life to achieve those. If it's something you can achieve in 3, 5 or 10 years, then you'll have to do this exercise frequently. A better idea would be to think of something that you'll need for the rest of your life.
If you know what it is that you need for the rest of your life, then you have an answer for the purpose of life too. Nobody else need to spell that for you. It comes from inside you and there is no disputing the authenticity of it. If you do not feel you need it, you would not have listed it in the first place. If you've listed it, then you are here right now doing this, because that was to be your purpose in life.
Where to go from here? There is nowhere else to go, just start from where you are and the rest of it will find you. All you need to do is acknowledge the need in you. This can change over a period of time as your maturity in a role you play increases - do not dispute it. Accept it and life goes on.
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Posted By Swami Antar Anveshi to The Wisdom Times at 2/22/2009 11:58:00 PM
Then repeat to yourself what you found.
TWIST Comment: We've all come to live life without ever knowing or being told what our purpose of life is. There are several theories and literatures that try to explain this. Some of them are ever more convincing that the others. My view of this is very simple.
If God appears in front of you tomorrow (I bet he will, but most certainly we will not recognize God), and asks, 'what do you need?'. Will we ever have an answer? Let it not wait till tomorrow. Instead, start asking yourself now. It might take a few minutes or a few hours or even days if you are really serious about answering it.
Assuming you come up with a few needs, think how far reaching it can be into your life to achieve those. If it's something you can achieve in 3, 5 or 10 years, then you'll have to do this exercise frequently. A better idea would be to think of something that you'll need for the rest of your life.
If you know what it is that you need for the rest of your life, then you have an answer for the purpose of life too. Nobody else need to spell that for you. It comes from inside you and there is no disputing the authenticity of it. If you do not feel you need it, you would not have listed it in the first place. If you've listed it, then you are here right now doing this, because that was to be your purpose in life.
Where to go from here? There is nowhere else to go, just start from where you are and the rest of it will find you. All you need to do is acknowledge the need in you. This can change over a period of time as your maturity in a role you play increases - do not dispute it. Accept it and life goes on.
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Posted By Swami Antar Anveshi to The Wisdom Times at 2/22/2009 11:58:00 PM
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