This Work as a Life Purpose

[AtmanIsBrahman]

I did the life purpose course 1-2 years ago and wasn’t able to find an exact life purpose I was happy with, but I knew it had to center around truth, freedom, and creativity. After following actualized.org closely for these years, I’m convinced that doing “this work”— first principles thinking about reality— is my life purpose. Leo mentioned in the life purpose course that you should find your own life purpose and avoid aping him, but I think this work really is my life purpose. My top values as of right now are truth and pure understanding, with freedom and creativity being secondary ones that are also important. In the episode on truth being the highest value, Leo pointed out that there is almost no one doing this work, basically just him and Peter Ralston. I found that really inspiring, and I think doing that similar path of truth-seeking and understanding would be most meaningful to me. I’ve already realized many of the things Leo teaches (still have a long way to go) and had some independent insights about how reality works.

The question is how to fit this into a life purpose. I know what the overarching goal is, but the medium is much trickier. In a sense, making money in society just seems like a big distraction, but at the same time it’s necessary for survival to do the contemplation work. Ideally I’d like my source of income to be related to this work, but I know it’s very difficult (society doesn’t value truth 😂). Should I just separate survival and truth seeking entirely, or is there a way to connect them?

@Leo Gura

[LordFall]

Leo started out as a life coach which makes sense to me. You take your inquiry process and turn it into specific outcomes you offer people.

He then used the power of social media to amplify that to the point that he could then switch to a more passive income model instead of a weekly active coaching model.

The book "So Good they can't ignore you" by Cal Newport talks in depth about turning your passion into a lucrative endeavour and where common pitfalls are. 

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In a sense, making money in society just seems like a big distraction, but at the same time it’s necessary for survival to do the contemplation work.

I would be extremely careful with this mindset as money is much deeper spiritually that most people and seems like you included give it credit for. It's a universal account of value. Meaning it's a strong counter to delusion. You can sit in your room and ponder random stuff all day but being able to turn that into value for other humans is what makes your thoughts valuable and not random nonsense. 

 

Edited Wednesday at 06:23 PM by LordFall