What is the Purpose of Life?
From a strictly
biological and scientific point of view, it appears, that all Life exists to
simply transfer information (genes) to the next generation. So, rationally
speaking, the true Purpose of Life must be to perpetuate itself. As humans,
we__you, me__are just a living organism that has a little more awareness than
other living organisms. This is where, in my opinion, spirituality meets
science.
I choose my words
carefully: spirituality, and not religion, meets science. Now, if humans are
endowed with a little more awareness, why is that so? Of what use can that
awareness be? Truly, the awareness is visible, is evident, in the way the human
brain develops and works, and has been evolving through the ages. But the truth
also is that apart from transferring this evolutionary genetic code to the next
generation, each human does not take away anything while leaving this planet.
But delve deeper. Obviously creation has a design, a profound thought, which is
why the human race is endowed with a greater awareness than all other Life on
the planet. This awareness, when it awakens the human, and flowers within, is
called spirituality. It is all about Self-Realization. When you realize your
Self, you discover these simple truths: 1.Biologically, we will all grow older
and eventually perish__albeit per different expiration dates! 2. Life’s
repetitive cycles is just about transferring genes to each successive
generation. 3. In the midst of such a pre-programmed Life, there’s still the
possibility to individually make a difference. When you know how YOU can make
that difference, you will have found your Purpose. When you are doing anything
purposeful you will encounter joy, you will ‘feel’ the power of this ‘extra’,
‘higher’ awareness that we as humans possess.
Across the human
race, just being kind, loving, compassionate and caring, can and always
delivers this joy. So, that can be, and is, a common Purpose to all of us
humans. But each of us also derives joy, feels blissful, doing somethings more
than others. When we know what it is, which is when our awareness delivers
laser-sharp clarity to us, we would have found the Purpose of our creation.
This Purpose is beyond wants and desires, beyond wealth and assets, it is about
serving, it is about giving up yourself, your profit and prestige, during this
lifetime, to meet a higher end that delivers value to the following
generations, to make this world a better place to live in, much after you are
gone. To Gandhi it was equality and ahimsa,
to Mother Teresa it was caring for the uncared, to Prof.Kachru, whose son Aman
was ragged and murdered at a med school in Himachal Pradesh (North India), it
is to eradicate ragging from the Indian University landscape, to Al Gore,
former US Vice President, it is to awaken the world to the perils of global
warming and so on.
Each human that
pauses to reflect and gets beyond the insecurities and fears of everyday Life, infact
anyone who takes a break from earning a living and even momentarily steps out
of this rat race, will find Purpose. She or he will find that there is an
opportunity to create unique value in this ‘readymade’ lifetime of ours. That’s
when we will all know that we are not human beings going through temporary,
feel good, spiritual experiences, but we really are spiritual beings going
through temporary human experiences. And so, before this
human experience ends, we must have touched a soul, provoked thought, inspired
action, wiped a tear, loved, led, cared and made a difference.
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