The Meaning of Life... (Page 1 of 2)

How about to realize that ultimately there is no "other" and that we don't need to learn or do anything?  Obviously I'm not there yet, but I feel a lot of resonance with daoist teachings (a scholar learns something everyday, while a man of the dao forgets something everyday).

titmouse:
I wasn't thinking just about the current Earth life.  I was thinking overall.  But, being specific I don't see anything wrong with your theory.  I identify Earth as being both heaven and hell.  I got my itinerary to split off to the heaven side when the energy has gotten high enough.

Astrology, I see as being something to integrate.  Consciously choosing to embody and balance the influences from all houses.  It kind of reminds me of a god split into 12 pieces.  Combine those pieces and you got your god back together.

limukala:
I see that angle as well.  So what is the purpose of the One (All)?  Why create a bunch of mini-me's?  That level is included.

I see the 'forget something everyday' as getting rid of the ties that bind.  That for me being the ego and the negative thoughtforms I still allow myself to hold onto.  By forgetting a part of that pseudo-self I created in response to this world, I'm getting closer to the true self.

pictus:  May I request a picture showing a representation of expanding consciousness?   = )

Nothing... We're just superinteligent monkeys trying to make a dollar.

Heheheh
As you whish...

Why does life need meaning?  If it had a "meaning", suddenly that would be the "goal", and everyone would forget to smell the flowers even more than they already have.  The meaning is uniqely tailored to the individual and cannot be identified or quantified by our understanding.  We just "are" for the time being, and that should be enough in knowing.  It's the experience that brings us meaning.

Just my 2 cents

Hi Captain

I can see what you're saying.  It's more of a linear progression through reincarnation, and that may very well be our purpose.  I've just gone around and around in my own mind over the years with the question, as I'm sure most people do from time to time.  From looking around this world and interacting with and watching many of it's inhabitants, I'd say that the type of ascension you're referring to is not one that's suited for the species of this planet right now.  I've often wondered if there were a dozen Christs (or other Ascended Masters) that appeared at once, tomorrow, and said, "Alright, the time has come to teach you how to live in higher realms." .... how would the world react?  Just think about that one for a minute.

To me, it must be taught and understood through and by all, as we really all make up this reality.  To take the next step, we must all be on the same page, so to speak.  And to truly understand it, we must first experience the meaning and motives of every living thing on this planet, and the planet itself.  Then we must learn to live in harmony through harmonizing.  Telepathy would be a necessary evolutionary step.  I wonder what mayhem would occur if everyone woke up tomorrow with telepathy.  Also, understanding our bodies, inside and out, and learn how to use these vehicles we are given to their best capacity without destroying them.  We still have much to learn about the human body, especially the brain.  Currency is useless if everyone would stop focusing value on material objects.  It's only man's belief in currency that makes it valuable.  It's a figment of man's imagination that was a necessary step in evolving the species, but in the future, it would be absolutely necessary to move beyond the need for currency.  Imagine trying to explain money to an entity of pure energy (or a member of another planet who's species has never encountered the concept of currency).  But such logic does not apply in our present world, and I'm quite aware of this.  We are too saturated by the experiences we are taught we ought to have when we are born here.  We learn from what we are exposed to, and right now, it's not getting any better.  We're digressing as a species.  This illusion of progression is only because we have progressed with technology.  Technology that was artificially introduced to our species.  Whether reverse-engineered or bartered in exchange for human commerce, it is not native to our natural progression of tools.  Unfortunately, instead of using that technology for the evolution of our species, there are those in power who are twisted by power and greed and have no interest in our spiritual evolution.  This is a massive problem.  We, as a human race, have not been able to establish a truly honest and fair distribution of responsibility.  (notice, I don't say "government" or "distribution of power"....such concepts are archaic and draconian)  Basically, my feeling is that the human species hasn't learned everything there is to learn of this dimension.  Once we do, it will be time to move on, and it won't be a big "whoop-dee-doo"...it will barely be noticed at all, and will be a natural progression and understanding of what is occurring.  But, in the meantime, we've got to become more aware, and that awareness comes through experience and communication. (That's what I was speaking about in my previous post....on an individual basis, right now, the meaning is still beyond our comprehension, so presently we must enhance our awareness through personal experience and "connecting the dots".  I believe every response in this thread is correct and accurate, even though they don't all intially seem to agree with eachother.  Divisions in thought of any subject is just a process to increase the overall complexity of meaning of the whole awareness of that subject.)

I know it all sounds like "foo-foo", fluffy, new-agey bullshit, but I assure you... humans are not ready yet (for a complete earthly ascension).  There may be Ascended Masters walking around right now, but they're well aware that if their presence was discovered, they would be discretely eliminated by TPTB, and no one would have ever even heard their name or seen their face, much less, be able to glean their purpose for incarnation.  These are the misunderstood times that we live in.  Why are Ascended Masters only recognized and their validity debated after their physical death?  I have a feeling that the only "Rapture" is going to be the beam-me-up type, to the ships who's representatives have some vested, on-going interests here.  By that, I mean, either lineages relating to their species blended with humans on this earth or those of their species that volunteered to incarnate as human on this earth.  Those humans who's vibratory rates/astral frequencies will allow them to live elsewhere in the universe(s) will be transplanted to other locations.  Planetary vibrations are specific to the life that lives on them... they're connected, and humans with earth-bound frequencies (or vibratory rates) cannot be "transplanted" to a different world, because they wouldn't "sync-up" with the frequencies of that new planetary system.  Disorientation, confusion, leading to madness, and possible cellular deterioration are all possibilities that could occur.  I know there is no way that humans have to verify this little fact yet, but I'm sure, even today, there are some more free thinking exobiologists who may concur.

I'm thinking that tomorrow, I may regret hitting the "submit" button, but that's life, and those are just some of the conclusions I've drawn from pondering "the big questions" for many years, and thinking myself into circles, seeing the madness of the world spiralling ever outward, and wondering "why".