No Purpose

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Beautiful post Gemini Wolf, I couldn't agree more

It is my understanding that purpose is a highly subjective concept. It can serve for self-analysis and giving oneself a direction. Every time you set your eyes on something you desire and wish to make it come true, you are using purpose to bring your idea to fruition. That being said, I have encountered in my life several people who get caught up in purpose to the extent they become greatly attached to it, going as far as defining their whole existence by it. I will generalize and say that most of the time it is in an attempt to structure their life that they pursue a transcendental mission to elevate the self. Otherwise, alone with themselves they find themselves directionless. Confused and filled with sudden despair, partially unable to cope with meaninglessness, they seek a higher meaning, in some cases an absolute meaning. Words like "graduation", "harvest", "ascending", "god's plan" and "life is a college" indicate a hierarchy, a concept which can only come from an awareness of belief (aka. meaning, significance, purpose) and the application such concepts in one's life, usually quite rigidly.

I believe one can get the best out of purpose once they come to the realization that meaning is subjective. Their mind then opens up to alternatives as well as to changing route when the path they previously followed is not seen as optimal anymore. In other words, purpose can be a great tool, but it can also be a prison for the mind when used too firmly, inflexibly.