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I know and believe what my purpose in life is,
do you know yours?
And whatever you believe, could you please explain how have you reached this conclusion?
I believe my purpose in life is to be the best I can be, always improving myself,being a better human being,
to work more for the hereafter and less for this temporary world which we call life.
To work on always being a better mother, a better wife, a better friend...
I may fall,but it is up to me to get and get going..
chek,
not to sound dumb, but could you elaborate on "perpetuate itself"?
Thanks
Firmbeliever, you are not dumb. Just wanting more information. Let me explain, I'm a weird duck. At least I have never come across someone like me ... not that I'm this great shining example of humanity ... just different than most in my beliefs and perspective ... no doubt somewhere out there with my kind of thinking, but I stick by it, regardless.
I will try to clarify what "I believe" about the purpose of life. Life in EVERY aspect, form or shape seeks to perpetuate itself ... to maintain it's own species. Else their wouldn't be as many species as there are. All species seeks to survive! I can see no point to species compartmentalization, otherwise.
Of course most humans prefer a more lofty explanation that that the only purpose of life is species survival. So life (a cunning fellow) built in a few elaborate tricks to disguise that fact. This allows the human psyche to accept and/or prefer other possibilities more readily. A few neat tricks are spirituality: procreation, and perhaps death awareness. There are others less obvious but these I feel are the top catalyst behind that little walk we all take as we go from point A to point B. Life's little helpers: emotions, aided and abetted by a strong need to be part of the "pack" help in keeping with life's plan.
Would you not prefer to believe in a higher purpose? Of course you would. But quite frankly, we are no more privileged than a tulip.
Btw, I do not possess a degree and didn't graduate high school which by the way I believe to be a good thing having limited exposure to institutional teachings. I just tend to look around and look deep into things and what's behind them even beyond the Nth degree. And from such observations I concluded the above. I hope this does not offend you. I'm a good person, feeling my heart ache everyday as I witness the carelessness with which we treat each other.
Firmbeliever, you are not dumb. Just wanting more information. Let me explain, I'm a weird duck. At least I have never come across someone like me ... not that I'm this great shining example of humanity ... just different than most in my beliefs and perspective ... no doubt somewhere out there with my kind of thinking, but I stick by it, regardless.
I will try to clarify what "I believe" about the purpose of life. Life in EVERY aspect, form or shape seeks to perpetuate itself ... to maintain it's own species. Else their wouldn't be as many species as there are. All species seeks to survive! I can see no point to species compartmentalization, otherwise.
Of course most humans prefer a more lofty explanation that that the only purpose of life is species survival. So life (a cunning fellow) built in a few elaborate tricks to disguise that fact. This allows the human psyche to accept and/or prefer other possibilities more readily. A few neat tricks are spirituality: procreation, and perhaps death awareness. There are others less obvious but these I feel are the top catalyst behind that little walk we all take as we go from point A to point B. Life's little helpers: emotions, aided and abetted by a strong need to be part of the "pack" help in keeping with life's plan.
Would you not prefer to believe in a higher purpose? Of course you would. But quite frankly, we are no more privileged than a tulip.
Btw, I do not possess a degree and didn't graduate high school which by the way I believe to be a good thing having limited exposure to institutional teachings. I just tend to look around and look deep into things and what's behind them even beyond the Nth degree. And from such observations I concluded the above. I hope this does not offend you. I'm a good person, feeling my heart ache everyday as I witness the carelessness with which we treat each other.
Thanks chek,
for sharing your thoughts.
And I for one do not look at one's qualifications from school or college, I like to hear people's real life experiences.Some I believe are more smarter than institution learners.
The hard knocks in real life tends to shape some for the better while others whither away.
I do believe in searching, and finding true Peace, and everyone should keep searching...
I have found my path to peace, the hard work will be keeping to it and finding my eternal peace at the end of the path.
Firmbeliever, I am closer to point B than I am to to point A, which places me strongly in the center of a very crowded arena for those "who want to know like NOW!" Meaning those of us who are trying to make sense of it all ... especially those that are pretty near done with life. Oh, I have a ways to go, yet, but when there are more of your dreams behind you than in front of you, well ... whether you know it or not, you're already done.
The only sense I can make of ... let's say, "my life" would almost have to touch upon the realm of God. Let me explain: I was thinking the other day about how we tend to get smarter as we get older. The thought crept into my head after having read an article whereby the author posed the question, "How come we can't remember the future, but only the past?
The correlation for me being "getting smarter as we get older." I wondered about that. If one thinks back on their life, I'm sure they can summon up some regrets, maybe a few happy stances as well. The point I'm trying to make is, often as not, when there's regret, it weighs on your heart like an oak tree. You wonder how could you have been that stupid, or that careless as to have made or done such a terrible thing/mistake? When I start recalling some of the bone-headed things I did, I placate myself by thinking, "Ah, but I know better, now?" And that's the line that got me thinking -- why know better now? Why not before? But then we wouldn't make mistakes, would we? Utopia? A definite no-no. That would certainly put a kink in life's plan, wouldn't it? Seems almost like there's a lesson thing going on, here, don't it? Then again ... and I can come up with these "then again's" all day ... I counter with, "S' probably another one of those "tricks" good o' life likes laying on you, girl, just to keep you guessing: searching, moving on, and doing till your body hits the floor. Then again ............................. just kidding .............
Firmbeliever, I am closer to point B than I am to to point A, which places me strongly in the center of a very crowded arena for those "who want to know like NOW!" Meaning those of us who are trying to make sense of it all ... especially those that are pretty near done with life. Oh, I have a ways to go, yet, but when there are more of your dreams behind you than in front of you, well ... whether you know it or not, you're already done.
The only sense I can make of ... let's say, "my life" would almost have to touch upon the realm of God. Let me explain: I was thinking the other day about how we tend to get smarter as we get older. The thought crept into my head after having read an article whereby the author posed the question, "How come we can't remember the future, but only the past?
The correlation for me being "getting smarter as we get older." I wondered about that. If one thinks back on their life, I'm sure they can summon up some regrets, maybe a few happy stances as well. The point I'm trying to make is, often as not, when there's regret, it weighs on your heart like an oak tree. You wonder how could you have been that stupid, or that careless as to have made or done such a terrible thing/mistake? When I start recalling some of the bone-headed things I did, I placate myself by thinking, "Ah, but I know better, now?" And that's the line that got me thinking -- why know better now? Why not before? But then we wouldn't make mistakes, would we? Utopia? A definite no-no. That would certainly put a kink in life's plan, wouldn't it? Seems almost like there's a lesson thing going on, here, don't it? Then again ... and I can come up with these "then again's" all day ... I counter with, "S' probably another one of those "tricks" good o' life likes laying on you, girl, just to keep you guessing: searching, moving on, and doing till your body hits the floor. Then again ............................. just kidding .............
Chek,
Theres a belief in my faith that "If I had/had not" is a term that Satan tries to emphasise in our life, Satan makes us regret the things we did or did not do until we feel so bad about our past that it takes us near ending our life right NOW.
What I believe is that all of us makes mistakes ,we learn from it and become a little better than we were before and discontinue that mistake as we already know the result of it.Some do not realise the mistake and continue on a path to self destruction.
About remembering the future, we do not remember it because we have not lived it,but the past is where we have already lived and experienced.
As I do not believe we come into this world a second or a third time,but the only life we have is now in this present time,after death we are in another place,and we never could return to this world to right wrongs or correct mistakes or to live a better life or to be a better person.We only have this one chance in life.
In searching for peace, we have many obstacles in life, some get over the hurdles while others give up.If you Chek are still searching then you still have a life,but when you give up the search then it will be as good as you being not alive(Dont you think so?).
As for me personally I know I am on the truth,and would wish for those searching to know the truth I know and understand and accept the truth before our life ends,because I know and believe that ultimate peace cannot be had in this worldly life,but it can come only after our death when we find out the fruits of our labour we did in this world.
I hope I am not confusing you more than clarifying.I must say I love discussing this with you...
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