Personally I don’t see one. It was hard for me to admit to myself at first and still is, but I’m growing to accept that there is no grand overarching purpose to existence. It just seems to “be” without any point or reason (reason implying meaning and not cause and effect). Then I see stuff like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PjZB9CoFfs
Short answer: Creation!The problem of rationally trying to answer the question: “What is the point of life?”
Leo starts out by denying an objection that people from the materialist paradigm might come up with: “Reality is just arbitrary.” It is just this physical, rigid system.
Life is not dumb, it is not accidental, it is not coincidental, it is not arbitrary. Life is intelligent and designed. You need to step out of your ego mind and rational mind to appreciate the brilliance of reality and the design behind it.
What is the point of the Universe? (macro-level)
The Universe is an infinite singularity: An infinite amount of dimensions, an infinite field of consciousness. It is completely self-aware and alive. It is all-loving and creative. It is God. The Universe subdivided itself into an infinite number of parts because there is ultimately no distinction between a division and a unity, it is all one. All possible subdivisions are already contained within the Universe and always have been. There is only one ultimate Reality, containing within it an infinite amount of sub-realities. It is radically all-encompassing, if you will. The only one thing the Universe can do, for all of eternity, is explore itself. Remember that the Universe is not dumb, it is vibrantly alive! It can desire! It desires constantly to know itself. It does this through your human life and an infinite number of other experiences. The only way in which the Universe can know or be itself, which are ultimately the same, is by living through every single infinite amount of possibilities. All there are within the Universe is an infinite number of perspectives. The point of the universe is to live through every single one of them in order to know and to be itself.
- The point of the Universe is itself. - The point of the Universe is for God to simply be Itself. - The point of the Universe is to experience all the parts and teh whole of Itself. - The point of the Universe is for God to experience itself being a creator. - The point of the Universe is God realization. For God to awaken to Itself. - The point of the Universe is for God to create Itself and to love Itself. - The point of the Universe is unity through division.
What is the point of your human life? (micro-level)
- The point of your human life is to realize that you are God. - The point of your human life is to realize that you created all of this, but that you forgot. - The point of your human life is to realize your own magnitude. - The point of your human life is to Love yourself. - The point of your human life is to become God-like. - The point of your human life is to be a consciouss creator. - The point of your human life is to conquer fear through unconditional Love. - The point of your human life is to embody Love and Goodness. - The point of your human life is to inspire others through your example. - The point of your human life is to experience the duality. - The point of your human life is to experience every moment fully. - The point of your human life is to help others to awaken. - The point of your human life is to evolve your consciousness. - The point of your human life is to align your will with the will of God. - The point of your human life is to create the most beautiful creation possible. - The point of your human life is to choose and define who you want to be.
“Consciousness has devided itself and it seeks to reunify with itself. This cycle goes on forever. You have an infinite number of lives, and you cannot die.” […] “You have nothing to lose in this process. There is no possibility of failure.”
OBJECTIONS:
“Life is meaningless!”
Life is meaningless, but that is not to be confused with nihilism, depression, lack of inspiration and motivation, negativity… Being is prior to meaning and it is much more profound. The point of anything is itself. Human life has a deliberate design. It’s part of a greater whole of which you might say it does have a function, a meaning.
“I thought that nothing mattered?”
Nothing matters, yet God must still be God. It must still experience itself. That is what it means for God to be God. Ultimately, Creation does not matter. That’s why God creates. It creates for the joy and delight of Creation.
“Isn’t this religious dogma?”
No. Verify the Truth for yourself.
“How could you possibly know all this?”
Through mystical experiences, contemplation, deep study and research of spiritual scriptures and books. Through intuition and direct consciousness of God.
All the answers about life you come up with are ultimately your own imagination. But everything within Creation is imagination!
“What if you’re deluded?”
What is the alternative…? Any alternative you give is also just a point of seeing the world. So do the spiritual practices and see for yourself if you are God.
“isn’t this contradictory to life-purpose?”
No. Life-purpose is a practical human realization about what you are passionate about as an indivdual.
“Can I fail at life?”
No. Death is an illusion. You are immortal. All roads ultimately lead to Nirvana. Don’t rush to enlightenment for the sole purpose of trying to avoid failure. As explained earlier: there is no failing this game.
“I just want to escape this life and suffering. Why don’t I just kill myself?”
If you do, you’ll escape to Nirvana. Eventually, however, you’ll want to polarize yourself again and reincarnate. Where you are right now is the perfect place where you need to be. When you die, you will be here.
"Isn’t this an ego driven explanation of the point of life?
No. It’s an explanation of the design or architecture of life.
“Doesn’t enlightenment mean there is nothing to do? You make it seem as though there is stuff to do.”
If you want, you can do nothing. Enlightenment doesn’t say anything about what you should or should not do in your life. It is simply the realization that you are ther Creator. Then, you can choose what you can create. There are no “Should’s” within the Universe unless you create them yourself!
“This explanation of the point of life isn’t in line with what I heard or believe.”
Spirituality is a broad concept and certain people will use certain words to explain certain things. It is a complex phenomenon.
“Isn’t reality perfect? So then why does it need improvement?”
This is a simplistic notion of non-duality. From the absolute perspective, this is true, yet practically you can consciously choose to improve your creations.!
And it makes me wonder the lengths that some people go to in order to cope with the void of inherent meaning in our lives. Meaning, as far as I know, is a human thing (or possibly the result of lifeforms with sufficient mental capabilities). To say the universe is intelligent is…wow. I really don’t know how they get that. But I guess I want to get at is “why do people think the blocked paragraph” and also “why is it so hard for people to accept that not everything conforms to our sense of order or reason”?
