purpose of life?

India
May 21, 2007 11:49am CST
friends, what do you think is the purpose of life? is there, in the first place a purpose of life or are we just puppets in the hands of destiny? does each one have a specific purpose which he is destined to fulfil or is it his free will to accept or reject it? what are your opinions on this?
4 responses
• India
21 May 07
How to discover the real purpose in life in just 20 minutes? If you want to discover your true purpose in life, first you have to empty your mind of all the false purposes you have been taught[including the idea that you have no purpose at all] Unable to understand? I will tell u a short story about Bruce Lee which sets the stage for this exercise. A master martial artist asked Bruce to teach him every thing he know about martial arts.Bruce held up two cups filled with liquid."The first cup"said bruce "represents all of your knowledge about martial arts.The second cup represents all of my knowledge about martial arts.If you want to fill your cup with my knowledge you have to empty your cup of your knowledge." Hope u understand what i mean to say from the story. So now i repeat the above sentence once again. If you want to discover a true purpose in life,empty your mind of all the false purposes u have been taught. Now coming to the million dollar question. How to discover your true purpose in life. The more open you be to this process the more it will work for you Heres wat to do: 1.Take out a blank sheet of paper 2.Writ at the top ' WHAT IS MY TRUE PURPOSE IN LIFE?' 3.Write an answer that pops into your head[any answer][it doesnt have to be along sentence a short phrase is fine] 4.Repeat Step 3 until you write the answer that makes you cry.This is your purpose. To many people this exercise may make perfect sense,some will seem utterly stupid.Usually it takes 15-20 minutes to clear ur head and the social conditioning about what u think the purpose in life is.The false answers come from your mind and memories.But when the true answer finally arrives ,it will feel like its coming to u from different source entirely For more queries reply me.
• India
22 May 07
well, there must be something called as originality - something that you can do best, better than anyone else and that's being yourself. You do not drink from other's cups, you create your own cup... i think i will try this exercise anyway today
@el_jeffo (750)
• Philippines
21 May 07
The true purpose of life is to live as happily as you possibly can. This is one thing that separates us from animals; that we can feel emotions and think. Why is it that you buy things you like, eat food you like, work to earn money, and achieve things in life? It's all because these things make you happy. It might seem to be a simplistic view at the purpose of life, but that's really all there is to it. Live it to the fullest. Enjoy life.
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@taurean83 (505)
• United States
21 May 07
Destiny,it is a very important factor of life.You cannot say that our life is not under its influence.But,we always have options to choose from,sometimes our choice is correct and sometimes it is wrong,if we made any wrong decision we couldn't blame our luck for that.Purpose of life or aim of life,is not really in hands of destiny,but one should be smart enough to make correct decisions.God has shown us two ways the bad and good one,now who has to choose one way that is US.I think it is all in your mind,once you decide to do something,no matter what is effecting you,no destiny and nothing could do bad for you.You should be strong enough to handle the out come and Not to blame your luck.Luck plays a vital part in life,but its just a luck,actual act is you have to choose,you have to do.
@Rohit20 (327)
• India
21 May 07
Human life is very precious which is given to us by God.He has given his highest creation in the form of human being.Let us work like a humble servant of Supereme father,let us live like a earnest devotee of Supreme father.Let us love each other like a lovely children of Supreme father.Whatever we achieve in our lives is due to his Supreme grace which can crown humble human efforts.