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The Purpose of Our Existence

The purpose of our existence is to make God a reality in our daily life, to enjoy life, and not just to endure it. God not as male or female, but God as the highest, all-encompassing, loving, neutral force from whence all life emanates, therefore, fittingly referred to as It, not he or she. The injustices that appear are merely a balancing of what we already put in motion; we caused them. And that is what is called Karma, for which there is good and bad. No matter how bad one’s karma might be, it is not punitive, it is designed to teach us about love, freedom, and wisdom.

We can live a karmaless life by doing everything in the name of God. Instead of doing something for merely selfish reasons, we do it for God. The purpose of our existence is to manifest the God qualities lying latent in us. To grow in our awareness of who we are as conscious children of God. To recognize our divinity irrespective of our bank account, social standing, ethnicity, or age, or physical condition. To serve life selflessly. To cultivate our talents, interests, hobbies, and use them for the good of all and make life a joy to live for ourselves and others. To do the best we can under all conditions. To awaken to the fact that though our outer physical home may be sweet, it is indeed temporary and pales in comparison to our real permanent heavenly home.

Our true home is in the heavens, far beyond the lower heavens right into the pure God worlds, to the very hallowed home of God. So our purpose is indeed a noble one despite our humble outer conditions. And that is to realize and live an uplifting life, with a conscious knowingness that we are God’s children and for that, we are eternally blessed and grateful.