give us this day our daily bread you give it a whole new meaning slip.
On May 11, 9:57 am, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > Welcome and Welcome Back, Liz > > Purpose has been shredded and rehashed in the past but there is always > room for new thought. > I've perused through some older threads to get perspective on the > contrasting opinions concerning purpose. Purpose is something that > has been delved into since the beginning of our time. > > My view is that purpose has different levels, with the first being > primary. The primary gives us definite purpose, eat, sleep, procreate > etc, involuntary without much thought about it. Basically we just > live, exist. As babies we ingest, digest and our purpose comes out the > other end. Yuk! > > The secondary level stems from socialization. School, sports, chores, > hobbies etc, become our purpose with some of it falling into the > involuntary category due to parental and academic confinements. We > are still at this point having to adhere to external dictates but much > of our purpose stems from personal likes and dislikes. Some parents > may ask if you want to join the soccer team or take piano lessons, > while other parents may simply decide what you should do, basically > defining your purpose. > > Third level purpose is that which we set out to do, a personal > decision without any regard to "recognition of true purpose", the > things we purpose to happen when we know we have the ability and > freedom to decide for ourselves, when we can purpose to do something > without social and familial confines. I would consider this level to > be the "exploration" level. We tend to rule out certain activities > and roles that through exploration we conclude are not within our > scope of personal purpose. Much of the purposing at this level is > done on whim without concern for consequence. Purpose at this point > is greatly influenced by peers and acquaintances. > > Those are the three basic levels of purpose after which there is a > vast area of random purpose from which to choose or discover. In > order to understand purpose one must first understand self. I stated > in the earlier post, finding purpose is reliant upon individual > understanding of self/ego and its relationship to the external. There > may be a purpose amongst the repressed and undeveloped potentials in > Jung's shadow concept. Purpose is about discovery of one's self and > the recognition of personal desire and trait. The more we rule out > purpose the closer we get to discovering our true purpose, the purpose > that is part of our personal ideal, not one that is given to us by > someone else. Purpose can be motivational or gravitational and for > some adhere to spirituality. At this stage we start to realize that > is was easier when someone just gave us purpose but because we are > individualistic beings we have to have our "own" purpose > > Still there remains the question of needing purpose. Maybe we don't > need to have purpose, we can just live and enjoy life, but that is > what I see as becoming purpose itself, the purpose to just enjoy > life. This is close to what I feel is the purpose in life, not to > strive by all means to amass great wealth and surround oneself with > gobs of materialism but to fulfill that yearning for happiness, simple > joy. Each day for me is another opportunity to realize that purpose, > of course much of my life has to do with the knowing of who I am and > what I'm about. The important thing about having purpose is having > direction and focus to achieve and bring it about, the fruition of > purpose through intentional action. > > Finding purpose requires a great deal of soul searching, delving deep > into your own psyche. Knowing what you don't like and what you don't > want to do is a good step in eliminating much of the confusion. > People waste years in what they thought was their purpose in life only > to come to the realization that it was the wrong path for them. This > reveals the importance of continual exploration and examination of the > internal and the external world. To stop finding new purpose is like > dying internally. As life changes and presents new circumstances, > purpose all changes. Purpose is inextricably connected with age and > physical ability and therefore your purpose today may not be your > purpose tomorrow. While purpose can change, I think there are aspects > of personal purpose that are constant, such as the purpose to teach or > to heal. We may move about the planet and change lifestyle but we > will always have that underlying constant purpose. People for some > reason are always searching for purpose in life trying to find the > answers to the why am I here questions. I have to conclude that I > don't really know for sure and that is why each day I look for my > daily purpose. > > On May 10, 8:25 pm, Liz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Yes > > > On May 8, 6:06 pm, Slip Disc <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > You must be asking how one goes about finding purpose in their own > > > personal life. Yes? No? > > > > On May 8, 4:13 pm, Liz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > It's interesting that "purpose" for life is being talked about. 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