Burst Nine (For Youth):
Purpose of Life
- Very few clearly know the purpose of their life even though it is such a fundamental issue.
- The purpose of a bud is to bring out the beauty it has inside and blossom as a flower of color and fragrance.
- Life’s purpose is to blossom forth and express noble human qualities.
- Kindness, compassion, unselfishness, spirit to serve and courage to stick by virtue are noble human qualities.
- The purpose of an egg in a bird’s nest is to bring forth the sleeping beauty.
- Life’s purpose is to bring forth one’s full potential and find harmony with the entire creation.
- To love and to perceive love is the hallmark of a higher state of consciousness.
- We rise to a higher state by a personal discovery of possibilities.
- To be more precise, every one of us needs to detect personally one’s own false fears and erroneous attachments. Detect them, and then drop them.
- Many pressures, temptations or attractions generally drive (and shape) our way of living, which then lacks genuineness or depth.
- Insights coming from the heart embolden us to put aside all artificialities and discover real, natural life.
- A flame burns brightly then; recognized or not, wealthy or otherwise, small or big, we then live with a silent passion and a quiet energy of extraordinary quality.
Swami Chidananda
Monday, April 28, 2003