Hello
According to the near death studies, I have heard that everyone has a purpose to fulfill in their lives. Some say that we have to stay without a choice until we have done this, but there is no proof that this is so.
I looked at my life and tried to work out what the purpose of it could be, and I think I have worked it out. I mean my personal purpose, rather that the 'meaning of life' generally speaking.
I looked at the patterns of events in my life that have tested me to the limits. A lot of the bad things that are, which some say we learn from in a spiritual sense (agian has no proof).
Out of all the problems or even some advantages I have had, the one thing in common that I have noticed is the big issue in my life is 'safety and security, and the prevention of emergencies'.
Not all the problems in my life are medical, not all of them are because of abuse, not all them due to misunderstandings, being unloved or hated; niether are they all to do with having little money, or are they all to do with mental health; though they all feature at in many stages.
But all of the problems and issues that I have had to deal with in my life has one thing in common; the subject of safety.
In the UK, there is an extreme but inapproapriate emphisis on health and safety.
I have also saved several people's lives, maybe 15 I worked out; excluding all the times someone has siad that they want to commit suicide.
I have had my life in danger more times than I can count.
I have problems persuading people to keep safe as well as keeping me safe.
I have to deal with abuse and security threats all of the time.
Even the most basic life sustaining systems are disfunctional, yet I have survived everything, at least so far.
It is very uncanny to see this relationship.
I also know about first aid, food hygiene, fire safety, a hell of a lot on medical topics which affect mental and physical health, and know a lot about security.
It is very strange how they all fit together.
The piont of my life, is that I learn about safety and the nature of danger, so that when I pass into the afterlife, I can protect people from danger.
What do you think?
You try it.
Think of all the things in your life that you have to deal with, and see what topic it comes under the most.
Is it security problems, medical issues, or problems with fighting and arguements, relationship problems? They will all feature at some stage, but what always features is something that may be to do with why you are here.
Tell me what you think?
CREED 42 Did you see 'Unbreakable' recently? It's a fantasy, you know.
>According to the near death studies
This is the core of your error. Everything else flows from this erroneous root. In some ways I agree with you but I think you are somewhat obsessed. It is not bad to be concerned about safety, yours and others, but I doubt it is your life's purpose, I could be wrong. Near death experiences have been debunked. Your brain when dying goes into a hallucinogenic stage. Also, most people that wake up after being brought back spout stuff to do with their particular religion. sorry that is way too long for me to read all of it.
but maybe the purpose of life is a test, to see if we are truly loyal to our Creator. I think that you are using Michio Kaku's name and image without his permission, that's what I think. No meaning of life.
but there are things worthy to live for and that is subjective,end of story. The first phase of God's journey is evolution. It is initiated from a totally unconscious God, as if an infinite Ocean were in a state likened to deep sleep. This unconscious God speaks the First Word "Who am I?鈥?This question disrupts the limitless, undivided, absolute vacuum, and its reverberations create individualized souls, compared to drops or bubbles within the Ocean. By speaking the First Word, God establishes the process of Creation, in which he assumes evolving forms to gain increasing consciousness.
Individuality is the vehicle of this quest. Evolution marks a series of temporary answers to "Who am I?" The soul traverses a multitude of forms, beginning with simple gases and proceeding slowly through inanimate stone and mineral forms. These early evolutionary stages obviously have only the most rudimentary consciousness and cannot provide a satisfactory answer to God's original question.
The original query thus provides a continuing momentum for the drop soul to develop new forms, each with greater consciousness, including the many plant and animal beings. Every evolutionary kingdom reveals new dimensions of consciousness and experience. Each also offers opportunities to gain different kinds of awareness. For example, when the soul identifies itself with varied species of fish, it experiences the world as a creature living in water, conversely, as a bird, it enriches its consciousness by flying through air.
When the drop soul finally evolves to human form, consciousness is fully developed, but an individual is still not aware of the potential of his or her consciousness.
So the original "Who am I?" imperative persists and inaugurates the second phase: reincarnation. Since consciousness is fully developed, there is no longer a need for evolving new forms. The individual's experience, gathered in early stages of evolution, is now humanized and expressed in countless lifetimes. The impulses gained in sub-human forms can play themselves out in the broader context of intelligence, emotions, choices, diverse setting and interactions with people.
But obviously no single lifetime can bear the burden of "humanizing" the entire evolutionary inheritance randomly or simultaneously. There must be a method for re-experiencing the pre-human legacy in manageable segments. The soul thus experiences alternately a series of opposites, organized according to themes. Accordingly, in different lives, the soul becomes male and female, rich and poor, vigorous and weak, beautiful and ugly. Through exploring the potential of these many opposites, one eventually exhausts all possible human identities and, therefore, has fully learned the entire range of human experience.
Here begins the third phase: involution, the process by which the soul returns to the full awareness of the Divine Force, which created him. As Meher Baba puts it, "When the consciousness of the soul is ripe for disentanglement from the gross world (the everyday world of matter and forms), it enters the spiritual path and turns inward."
Like evolution, involution has certain states and stages, consisting of "planes" and "realms." But individuality continues along this spiritual path. In fact, the book, 鈥淕od Speaks,鈥?quotes the Sufi saying "There are as many ways to God as there are souls...."
Each new plane denotes a state of being that differs from the states that preceded it. The first three planes are within the subtle world or domain of energy, "pran." There follows the fourth plane, the threshold of the mental world, where misuse of great power for personal desire can lead to disintegration of consciousness.
The fifth and sixth planes represent true sainthood, which is understood to be increasing intimacy with God as the Beloved. On the sixth plane, the mind itself becomes the inner eye that sees God everywhere and in everything. "The loving of God and the longing for His union," says Meher Baba "is fully demonstrated in the sixth plane of consciousness."
The seventh plane marks true and lasting freedom. Impressions go. Duality goes. The drops burst and again become the Ocean. God answers his question of "Who am I?" with "I am God." The Infinite has returned to the original starting point. He now knows, however, with full consciousness and full awareness that he was, is and always will be infinite, including infinite bliss, infinite power and infinite knowledge. And, he realizes that the entire journey has been an illusory dream, the purpose of which was the full awakening of his soul. |
