Its been asked time and again, throughout the ages. What is the purpose of it all? The purpose of family, friends, jobs, schooling, religion, god, morals, decisions, children, pets, houses, stuff, thoughts, beliefs.
It all seems a vicious cycle. We work to pay for stuff, we give the stuff away, or we keep it or we put it in the dump. We make decisions based on morals. We hold to the morals because..? It makes us feel good, or because that's what we've been taught, or because that's what our particular society dictates, or just for no good reason at all... Just Because.
That is a good answer isn't it? The purpose of it all is 'Just Because'. Just because we humans need something to 'do'. We need to feel successful, we need to strive for something. We need recognition, we need wealth, we need to feel better than someone else. We need ... we need ... we need.
What if we didn't need. What if whatever we had was enough. What if whatever situation we find ourselves in, we find it to be a perfect fit ~ Always. We don't question if it could be better, we don't judge what another person has or doesn't have. We don't compare, we just enjoy, relish and bask in the perfect fit - until the very moment that it changes. Because it will change. That's a guarantee. But then the change comes and we find that it is a perfect fit too. And we don't grieve over what we had, because we can see that now it would not be a perfect fit anymore. Our purpose has changed, circumstances have changed. We are ready for the next situation, stage, experience.
If this is how we lived than would the purpose just to 'be'? Just to enjoy each moment whatever the situation is? Not striving, not worrying about making decisions, not trying to do what is 'right'. Underlying this all, would kindness to self and others still prevail?
Maybe that is the ultimate purpose of life - simply... Kindness. Kindness to self, to one another, to creatures, to our land, to our perceived enemies, to our possessions, to our beliefs and the beliefs of others.
I'm happy with that. I can sleep on that.
My purpose is simply ... Kindness.
It all seems a vicious cycle. We work to pay for stuff, we give the stuff away, or we keep it or we put it in the dump. We make decisions based on morals. We hold to the morals because..? It makes us feel good, or because that's what we've been taught, or because that's what our particular society dictates, or just for no good reason at all... Just Because.
That is a good answer isn't it? The purpose of it all is 'Just Because'. Just because we humans need something to 'do'. We need to feel successful, we need to strive for something. We need recognition, we need wealth, we need to feel better than someone else. We need ... we need ... we need.
What if we didn't need. What if whatever we had was enough. What if whatever situation we find ourselves in, we find it to be a perfect fit ~ Always. We don't question if it could be better, we don't judge what another person has or doesn't have. We don't compare, we just enjoy, relish and bask in the perfect fit - until the very moment that it changes. Because it will change. That's a guarantee. But then the change comes and we find that it is a perfect fit too. And we don't grieve over what we had, because we can see that now it would not be a perfect fit anymore. Our purpose has changed, circumstances have changed. We are ready for the next situation, stage, experience.
If this is how we lived than would the purpose just to 'be'? Just to enjoy each moment whatever the situation is? Not striving, not worrying about making decisions, not trying to do what is 'right'. Underlying this all, would kindness to self and others still prevail?
Maybe that is the ultimate purpose of life - simply... Kindness. Kindness to self, to one another, to creatures, to our land, to our perceived enemies, to our possessions, to our beliefs and the beliefs of others.
I'm happy with that. I can sleep on that.
My purpose is simply ... Kindness.
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