Purpose of life
February 16th, 2010I have written about why I think the purpose of life is the service of humanity; and have mentioned that it is important to first get to happiness before we can give purpose it’s due. I also think that to get to happiness it’s own pre-requisite is that we first remove stress. [So, remove stress->reach happiness->and begin to serve]
That in this service of humanity contributions we make that are benign and benefit others survive through time; for more forces work to protect these than to destroy them. On the other hand everything that we create malevolent is eventually destroyed by people; for they work against it and find allies in those who help; so they eventually succeed.
Realize how simple happiness can be
Happiness comes through feeling connected with things. The thought for example that our dear uncle or aunt who we’re connected to are coming to stay for a while bring happiness to us for this reason.
The deeper the connection we have
the closer we are
the happier we become, near them.
My experience of being happy
Many years ago my cousins from America, Iran and Karachi came over to my house and we played a game called ‘catch the thief’. As we ran around the house my heart beating, I was completely engaged; the few hours the game went on I had wished that these moments be saved; that they stay with me forever; and I relive them always.
So that was a state of me being happy and all that was needed to experience of this magic called happiness.*
If you realize it
once you become happy
you’d want to know, what’s next?
The answer I find is “serving others”;
for the benefit of good done to another
spreads like a wave serving many more.
So an act of kindness to one
is act of kindness to all!
If one asks why we should contribute
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Each of us are reflections of one another
Because we are built the same way,
Physiologically and psychologically;
Just raised in different shoes,
[few genetic and environmental; difference]
Had we made the same decisions and had the same set of shoes
we would be ditto copies of each other
So contribution made to some other,
is contribution made to a mirror reflection of us
Good things that we have created,
are protected; for they benefit; so they are protected by us
Rumi was among us and his poetry shall survive forever,
Shakespeare’s dramas too; will survive till we do
even what the Greeks have left us has remained with us.
On the other hand all things that are harmful; we destroy them
The Roman Empire once corrupted, was destroyed;
as was Hitler; for forces emerged to counter the menace
All vile things are subject to the winds of time and change;
For eventually we eradicate them, ourselves!
Having achieved happiness,
One must contribute goodness,
So it survives for time eternal;
Making a difference to the millions of reflections
Know that even the Roman Empire has left behind legacies,
each thing that remains; in lesson or other form
Only the good of it remains; permanent.
If the purpose of our life is to serve
our efforts shall survive,
sustained by those present among us,
in the times to come.
Notes:
*Harmony the door to happiness
The only pre-requisite to being happy is to first remove stress so we enter the state called harmony.
So once you’ve got:
#1) harmony;
#2) have the capacity to connect;
We get to happiness.
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