What is our purpose here in this life

[UnTheist]

We have no objective purpose in life, but I think the best subjective purpose of life is to be happy and life life to your fullest.

 

[xexon]

To serve others,(help the poor etc) be true to yourself, to always leave room for spritual progression/advancement(unless you've attained enlightenment, and if you have, please tell me all about it and how you were able to achieved it), and to work out our karma.

What is enlightenment but understanding who you really are?

This is a land of spiritual darkness. The light comes from the ability to illumnate the darkness around you so that the path is seen. Souls give off an intense kind of light, but it is covered by all the material mud we attract to ourselves.

Enlightenment is cleaning of the lamp so that the light can show you the way home.

Much like rubbing the lamp so the Genie comes out.

Just be a good person. The path will magically appear under your feet.



x

 

[Hacker]

What is enlightenment but understanding who you really are?

This is a land of spiritual darkness. The light comes from the ability to illumnate the darkness around you so that the path is seen. Souls give off an intense kind of light, but it is covered by all the material mud we attract to ourselves.

Enlightenment is cleaning of the lamp so that the light can show you the way home.

Much like rubbing the lamp so the Genie comes out.

Just be a good person. The path will magically appear under your feet.



x

Thanks X!

 

[roli]

hey, Roli.

my faith tells me that i am here to love, commune with, and remember God; to interact with others in good cheer and blessing, and to alleviate suffering where i can; and to respect myself and look closely on what is in my heart so that i do not offend God, nor think unrighteously about others. i believe that all of these 'commandments' are very much linked, and that i am expected to fulfil them in thought, word, and action.

That's awesome Gracie,I agree,thanks for your response

 

[roli]

We have no objective purpose in life, but I think the best subjective purpose of life is to be happy and life life to your fullest.

Do you think that if we live as we plaese,doing what we want when we want violating the conscience when we do do wrong we will have to give an account for our actions and behavior.
If this is the case might that fall in line with our purpose,that is trying to prepare for that day

 

[roli]

Our purpose is to learn, and pass on the best of that learning to others. Thats it.

Could you elaborate as to what morewe should learn specifically,we have gained more knowledge in the past 100 years than in all of history combined ,yet look at our civilization,we are barbaric,wicked ,evil people.
Killing lying stealing ,cheating hating ,fighting,alcoholism,drugs depression.
I don't think more knowledge is our answer to our purpose ,but that's my obswervation

 

[roli]

One's standard of perfection can only be an implication of one's own nature, since we are unique individuals, and it must be something achievable to oneself in principle, or else it wouldn't be one's own perfection, but someone else's.

I agree that we need heroes and rolemodels -- including fictional ones, which are better at simulating perfection than real-life ones. The story character "Jesus Christ" seems to fit that role for some people.

Nevertheless, while a generic standard can be helpful as a guide, one's personal perfection is non-generic -- it is specific to who one is as an individual. Therefore, our purpose is not to strive to be some perfect other person, but to be one's perfect self. It is this which is sacred above all else.


eudaimonia,

Mark

That is my point one's standard is based on one's nature and our nature's are wicked and deceitful,at least most of us .
If the light was exposed

Are you saying Jesus is a fictional character

 

[xexon]

Your purpose in life is to be a child that runs across the room to daddy.

The one who made you .

x

 

[gnomon]

We're simply here. Sometimes I'd rather be over there.

 

[Dirty Penguin]

you are here to do exactly what you are doing at the moment yo do it. Your purpose is (whatever).

I can prove that......

 

[methylatedghosts]

We are here to experience ourselves as not-God, so we may later re-member God, and be joined with the whole. We are all a part of God, and we experience not-God to know the experience of God.

(One cannot know up without knowing down. One cannot know God, without knowing not-God)

 

[explosivninja917]

Why we are here is the biggest question in this universe... People kill over it. A lot. Don't think you're the only one who thinks about it.

 

[astarath]

to serve god's purpose for our lives and share his love with the world so when you join him he can say to you "You are loved because you love me"

 

[astarath]

*error... loved me

 

[roli]

For LDS it is to gain a physical body, to learn to make good choices, gain experience, and to show that we can faithfully obey God's commandments.

What do you mean a physical body.

 

[roli]

Why we are here is the biggest question in this universe... People kill over it. A lot. Don't think you're the only one who thinks about it.

Yes that is why I asked,so why are we here????

 

[roli]

We are here to experience ourselves as not-God, so we may later re-member God, and be joined with the whole. We are all a part of God, and we experience not-God to know the experience of God.

(One cannot know up without knowing down. One cannot know God, without knowing not-God)

I see you speak of God several times here ,is this the God of the bible or another?
If it is the God of the bible,what does he say about this subject,should we be interested in that at all.

 

[roli]

We have no objective purpose in life, but I think the best subjective purpose of life is to be happy and life life to your fullest.

Is there anything you see with the naked eye,that has no purpose.
It does'nt seem logical to assert that when everything we look at seemingly has purpose,living ,non living,correct me if I am wrong ,in a serious manner

 

[roli]

To serve others,(help the poor etc) be true to yourself, to always leave room for spritual progression/advancement(unless you've attained enlightenment, and if you have, please tell me all about it and how you were able to achieved it), and to work out our karma.

Why should one tell you how to achieve it,are you afraid you may miss it and there must rely on others to show you the way.
People fail us daily in this life,why trust them in the process of enlightenment

 

[roli]

One's standard of perfection can only be an implication of one's own nature, since we are unique individuals, and it must be something achievable to oneself in principle, or else it wouldn't be one's own perfection, but someone else's.

I agree that we need heroes and rolemodels -- including fictional ones, which are better at simulating perfection than real-life ones. The story character "Jesus Christ" seems to fit that role for some people.

Nevertheless, while a generic standard can be helpful as a guide, one's personal perfection is non-generic -- it is specific to who one is as an individual. Therefore, our purpose is not to strive to be some perfect other person, but to be one's perfect self. It is this which is sacred above all else.


eudaimonia,

Mark

Rememebering that Jesus just was'nt your average joe,he was God in flesh and rose from the dead and sent us his spirit to guide us into all truth, to not leave us alone.
He redeemed us from our sinful nature and reconciled us to God etc.etc.
Is this not seem like a good standard to follow and does he not seem like more then a typical human.
Looking at it for a moment not only from a christian perspective but ,one that has extensive proof of it's existence
If man was left to his own perfect self,what kind of chaos and anarchy would we see in the world.
The law was set to govern man because self could not govern self