What is the point of surviving/living? (Page 1 of 3)

A Golden Tear

To feel: the greatest gift we were given; the reminder we exist as part of a divine legacy.
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Sitting stone-faced in the glow of the PC screen;
Cellphone pressed to ear in a familiar self-important pose;
Dreams of growth in high-tech stock;
Years of networking off the clock

Commuting location to location at breakneck speed;
Coffee skillfully slurped over perfect teeth;
Self-improvement tapes wearing noticeably thin;
This is the pace we set to succeed

How high can we climb the ladder of dreams?
How far can we fly in pursuit of goals?
Where does this take us?
Will we ever know?
When will we get there?
How fast can we go?

The promise of prosperity
Requires uncluttered clarity;
A cubicle needs some clear-cut order
In order to see vaguely
What purpose for our propensity
To trade life for life after

The deceit of wealth and riches
Though hard for one to grasp,
It falls through our fingers
As we reach for the ring of brass;
A ladder has it's braces,
It's gaps of gaping spaces;
Offensive to the thinker,
While those above must tinker
With the rules that guide us;
Unwritten laws to follow
And why we often hide trust

A maverick sees the structure;
A glowing light uncovers
The lies;
The words not of the wise;
Electric phases,
Titillating phrases,
Of Heaven on sale,
The Holy Grail,
The Lord's gift
Wrapped in golden foil,
With bows of lace and ribbon,
The gift of life on layaway
For someone else to claim

In all the leaves that fall,
And all the falls before us,
Can anyone remember
Who didn't love to wander
Through a sycamore forest?
Hand in hand with nature,
Thinking of the souls that came here;
The ones that lived and loved before us,
Now singing in the angel's chorus

The treasures of a life mundane,
Seldom worth the time and pain;
If in the end as games are played,
The joy of playing outweighs the losses,
Winners we are over bosses;
The passion for a life of fashion:
Stealing glances,
Stealing chances;
Never knowing what it costs us

Think before your time runs out;
Before the time to think about
The purpose for a life and dreams
To climb the heights, to forge the streams;
Are you living in a dream,
Or just surviving as it seems?

To live another day
After traveling all this way;
Has it occurred that those on top
Haven't stopped to look about;
Or aren't about to look profound
And see the beauty all around;
For if they spend a lick of time
Pondering death while sipping wine,
They might decide to change the way
They dictate orders, and give the pay

Must we climb before we see
The majesty in a redwood tree;
Or the wealth of treasures in a life,
The simple pleasures with a wife,
The magnificence of the sycamore tree,
The riches given to the free?

We seldom choose the path we take;
To make a change we hesitate;
A life we love, a job we hate;
A chance to grow or vacillate;
In God We Trust reluctantly;
We chase our wants incessantly;
We save some cash, but never life;
When its gone its lost

For the image of integrity
The rich create prosperity;
From design to feel superior
The rich create the poor

The sun and moon, the galaxy,
Simply there for us to see;
Birds and bees eternally free,
As we can see the Joshua tree;
The bill for this, this majesty,
This sapphire rock of diversity,
This paradoxical opportunity,
Is lost when we are gone

Eternal life comes certainly
To those who pay the price;
For others who smother
The breath of life
From every one they hire,
They owe a bill they never pay,
A never ending cost

For all the souls who sell their life,
For all the gluttony,
For all the choices never chosen,
All the gold is lost

In the end we never send
To earth a royalty,
For all the songs we play and sing
For all eternity;
But if you like to hear the wind
A whistling through a tree,
Just ask yourself what song to sing;
And please remember me

~~carefulcarpenter (CC)

Hello there Goof, I am Spi.

Let me help you about those numbers you listed, remember, I don't speak for everyone. Noble Realms is made up of diverse people.

First, Life is not simply about existence. Moving on...

Learning: Life is less than of survival... Life is more like a school. We have hard times remembering our past lives because our DNA has not been activated yet, in fact, it was degenerated (I blame the Lizards). It can be activated by practicing spirituality, I have a friend that activated these 12 strands and starting to remember more and more.

Love: Connects us to each other, as we hold hands, we are able to endure the rough edges of Life. If we detach from one another... It won't be good to say.

Test: A test of individuality. How we began to become individual then come back from this crazy adventure called Life.

Matrix: Physical realm is an illusion. If you find the astral realms to be hard to believe, OK - You don't have to believe, just know what is. To be clear, don't be pessimistic and think it's a trap, this is only part of the journey.

Life is an infinity not eternity. Life isn't fair, OK, deal with it. Be a Creator not a victim.

I don't think your memories are lost when you are reborn, but you don't have access to them. To access them is the fruit of attainment. Every lifetime you life brings you closer to that attainment, if such is what you move toward.

The 'zero-point' you mentioned in #4 is also available to you in life. It is always there, always has been, and always will. To win its knowledge is also the fruit of attainment. You can see it right this second if you stop looking. An eye cannot see itself. Only when it stops looking will it see, and when it sees it understands what it sees. In this understanding is self-realization, the true awareness of zero-point.

If one's identity is understood to be the zero-point and not the body or individual incarnation the pains and desires of life will seem small, much smaller. Some have said it takes eons and eons to reach the full awareness of this zero-point. But then, that's no time at all, because the zero-point is everywhere and everywhen. So what is a few billion years?

Abide not in the struggle and suffering of your body in this life. See that your body is a divine gift, a creature fully equipped to have the human experience. The human experience is a precious thing, and you are fortunate to have it. Even if you reincarnate millions of times, you can enjoy it. Better you forget the lifetimes, so you don't get bored. Experience the world and its pleasures, but do not be attached. When you are ready you experience the freedom you already have and you will no longer feel trapped here.

Ultimately there is only  force that can contain your conscious essence here on this planet. That is you. Your karma, and your mind. Accept your karma gratefully as it ripens, and add not to it so that become freed of binding energies. Your mind is the sky of this planet, just as expansive and beautiful. Maybe you have it caught in a snow-globe. Allow your awareness to fill the vast expansiveness of this sky, this mind. Your body will become the earth. You will understand the oneness and you will gloriously behold the glorious existence of your individual being-ness.

Ive contemplated this too.  And many times in quite a disparaged state.  I was reminding myself today of exactly why, and why we can't see this fact.  There has been some sort of veil pulled over our eyes hiding the truly incredible nature of existence.  I think that a discovery was made as to how to blind humans from this feeling, for what reason I don't know, only that it has been done because the potential exists and has somehow been kept from us.  I find that simply focusing only on positive thoughts has had helped me quite a bit to climb out of the dispare.  I think in some ways we exist simply because that is the only choice that is available to us.  I think some people are spiritually masochistic and may like this place we have here.  I think for others a place like this planet helps souls to realize why they don't want to be like the evil beings you mention.  It helps those that have fallen fallow in the heavenly planes, that upon coming here they are spurned into action.  They are driven by their unease of being here.  Possibly to make the world a better place, possibly just to improve themselves.  If nothing else I would say this planet catalyzes spiritual development in a negative or positive manner.

To celebrate and enjoy life.

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Look at the post before you, don't they help? I once had your perception on how things went, I keep questioning myself what is the point. You know what? You'll never find out the point if you don't hold yourself together.

With that kind of attitude, you will not achieve it. The density status are here to help you remember, if you are not motivated by having no apparent idea I suggest looking it up and finding out for yourself.

Life isn't fair.

If you don't agree with what we just said, then okay.

I believe you have answered your own question. I believe we are here to participate and experience. What perspectives we gain may be from what we have experienced and what questions we have asked of the Kosmos. To know thyself well opens many new opportunities to ask more questions.

"Ask--then listen profoundly with all of the senses, including the subtle ones. It may take a lifetime, though the truth will be astonishing and the heart will know these things that the mind cannot grasp!"
~~carefulcarpenter