What are we born to do ?

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A thought stuck my mind when I was lying dead on the couch after a weary day. Why do we have commitments in life ? Are we bound to fulfill them despite our feeble spirit ? What is the ultimate purpose of life ? To me its not just travail. What is that which matters at the end of the day ? Is it to savor the fruit for which we ought to drudge ? Is this life ? Earn, Live, Eat and Die ?

What are we born to do ????

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Summer3

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Posted: 15 years ago

Originally posted by: silent-thoughts
A thought stuck my mind when I was lying dead on the couch after a weary day. Why do we have commitments in life ? Are we bound to fulfill them despite our feeble spirit ? What is the ultimate purpose of life ? To me its not just travail. What is that which matters at the end of the day ? Is it to savor the fruit for which we ought to drudge ? Is this life ? Earn, Live, Eat and Die ?

What are we born to do ????

Bhai there are duties and responsibilities with the first relating to the spirit and the second to the physical. Duty towards spiritual unfolding or discovery remains our purpose while hand in hand we have to fulfill our responsibilites like work, family, country etc. This is the general guide line, but there could be some variations and slight changes depending on our situation, station etc

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Posted: 15 years ago

Originally posted by: silent-thoughts
A thought stuck my mind when I was lying dead on the couch after a weary day. Why do we have commitments in life ? Are we bound to fulfill them despite our feeble spirit ? What is the ultimate purpose of life ? To me its not just travail. What is that which matters at the end of the day ? Is it to savor the fruit for which we ought to drudge ? Is this life ? Earn, Live, Eat and Die ?

What are we born to do ????

I feel at the end of the day, everyone wants to find and connect with themselves spiritually and want to find the true essence of life. People try to do this by yoga, worshipping gods, living a semi-sedentary lifestyle, but the true is that none of us can feel that essence unless we recline from the materialistic society and try living without the technology so convneiently provided to us, somewhat like what the stone, bronze age people did. Only then can we understand how to connect with nature and how to gain or attain the ultimate knowledge. Unfortuantely, not many of us are brave enough to do so, mainly because technology has corrupted us in a way, even though the benefits outnumber the negatives , we have forgotten how to truly live of with minimal resources, and yet be happy solely on aesthetics, where the ultimate reality brings a genuine smile to our faces.

Now I've gone and confused myself, but it's alright.

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Posted: 15 years ago

Sometimes it seems, to convert oxygen to carbon dioxide. Most humans seem to be really proficient at this.

Honestly, I'm not sure where I am going. But I tell myself, it don't matter where I 'm going - its the climb. I'm searching for answers. I hope by the end I will find them. I think for now its nice to be simply human - perfectly flawed specimens of creation.

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Originally posted by: debayon
I feel at the end of the day, everyone wants to find and connect with themselves spiritually and want to find the true essence of life. People try to do this by yoga, worshipping gods, living a semi-sedentary lifestyle, but the true is that none of us can feel that essence unless we recline from the materialistic society and try living without the technology so convneiently provided to us, somewhat like what the stone, bronze age people did. Only then can we understand how to connect with nature and how to gain or attain the ultimate knowledge. Unfortuantely, not many of us are brave enough to do so, mainly because technology has corrupted us in a way, even though the benefits outnumber the negatives , we have forgotten how to truly live of with minimal resources, and yet be happy solely on aesthetics, where the ultimate reality brings a genuine smile to our faces.

Now I've gone and confused myself, but it's alright.

I think she has the answer.

A smile to light up your life.😆

Debs there is no need to go back to the Bronze age. Just marry a Bronze Beauty.

But yes "simple living and high thinking" has been the Indian ideal.

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Summer3

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Originally posted by: return_to_hades
Sometimes it seems, to convert oxygen to carbon dioxide. Most humans seem to be really proficient at this.

Honestly, I'm not sure where I am going. But I tell myself, it don't matter where I 'm going - its the climb. I'm searching for answers. I hope by the end I will find them. I think for now its nice to be simply human - perfectly flawed specimens of creation.

this reminds me of the Great Mr. K and also Adi Shankar

"Who am I?"

Where did I come from?

Where am I going?

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Posted: 15 years ago

Procreate and keep our race going. Not that it will make any difference to the universe whether we exist or become extinct but it's a race that all organisms have engaged in from the time that the first organism came into existence.

Anything and everything else that we do are either to support ourselves in fulfilling the primary objective or to while away our time, while we wait to fulfill or while we wait after fulfilling the primary objective.

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Posted: 15 years ago

@ Souro – if we go by the procreation definition as reason for existence, then would humans unable to procreate have no reason for existence. Or can we redefine existence to be "contributing to the sustenance & survival of our species" whether by procreation or other means.

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@ Souro ' if we go by the procreation definition as reason for existence, then would humans unable to procreate have no reason for existence. Or can we redefine existence to be "contributing to the sustenance & survival of our species" whether by procreation or other means.

Their primary reason for coming into being is missing. But since they have arrived they might as well while away their time doing whatever they want to do before their time is up.

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Kankshita

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Interesting topic, silent-thoughts!

I guess, studyin-earning-dying are part of every human being's life. Am I not right? They are essentially needed to run the cycle properly.

And I believe, to be questioning is in human nature and questions about life are there in everybody's mind from a kid to an old man. And none of your questions can be answered until you hit the path of discovery of the thing you are born to be doing! Apart from the essentials human is supposed to do in his life, whatever he finds pleasure in, whatever makes him stand distinct from the rest is precisely what he's born to do.

I have a little idea about all that I just mentioned for, the purpose of my life is to study and earn. I am not in the state of seeking answers to these questions however, there would be a time I would discover the same. And till then, all I have to say is that whatever gives your happiness and you feel it is the ultimate thing you'd be doing for spiritual and mental satisfaction is what you are born for. =)

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