Life Purpose Vs. Passion

[abgespaced]

Life purpose is an expression of the higher self. It's the tiny tip of the pyramid for a reason: it's not necessary for an amazing life.

But passion... this is an expression of your core: your reptilian brain. Your being. "Who you really are" deep down (opposite of "higher" self).

Your core is your masculinity or your femininity. If men and women are apples and oranges then this is your tree. It is your feeling of vitality, of feeling alive.

If you live a life of passion, of vitality, of feeling alive, there in no purpose in a life purpose, other than as decoration.

"Actualization" is nice to have, but it will provide you marginal results. The tip of the pyramid.

Instead, we should aim for maximising our passion for life, expanding the base of the pyramid. This is your 80% of results.

And you can get this simply by doing what makes you feel more masculine (for men) or more feminine (for women). You don't need purpose to do it.

This should be everyone's goal. Maximising the expression of your core in a durable way. The actualizing will take care of itself.

[Sevi]

@abgespaced

On 4/6/2017 at 9:38 PM, abgespaced said:

"Who you really are" deep down (opposite of "higher" self).

How come 'who you really are' can oppose your higheri self? 

On 4/6/2017 at 9:38 PM, abgespaced said:

If you live a life of passion, of vitality, of feeling alive, there in no purpose in a life purpose, other than as decoration

What does this mean?

[abgespaced]

16 hours ago, Sevi said:

 

How come 'who you really are' can oppose your higheri self? 

All I meant was that your reptilian brain and your higher brain are located on the opposite ends of the spectrum of your mind, not that they oppose each other, although they often do.

They are often in conflict because we have become very good at suppressing our natural instincts. Traditional femininity and masculinity has been shamed so much by our society that what we really are has become repulsive to us on an individual level. So we try to build a life with no "flaws", an "enlightened" life, a life of almost exclusively higher brain values. But this image of what we want to be and what we really are can be so different that it leads to cognitive dissonance on a deep level. And you see it expressed in all sorts of bad ways. E.g. religious people or public figures who seem so controlled on the surface, but then get caught for molesting.

16 hours ago, Sevi said:

If you live a life of passion, of vitality, of feeling alive, there in no purpose in a life purpose, other than as decoration

What does this mean?

Think of life purpose like a capstone. Just like on Maslow's needs hierarchy. It's the final part of the pyramid, the decorative part. Some people believe the capstones of the Giza Pyramids in were made of gold. But they needed to build an entire pyramid before they could place that stone. And then what purpose did it serve? All conspiracies aside, this stone was mere decoration, a salute to the Gods, the finishing touch etc.

Now you could argue that the entire purpose of the pyramid was to have the gold tip at the top. But you could put anything (or nothing) up there and it would still be a kick-ass pyramid.

One could also argue that it's the gold tip that guides the construction. As in, it needs to be placed at X and Y coordinates at a certain height, and then build a supporting structure to place it. That's a good argument. In this light I can see how it would be prudent to keep the tip in mind while building, but also to remain flexible as you may never get to place that capstone, or you may not have any gold when the time comes, or you may never finish building the base etc. This is where it pays to be grateful for what you already have, and I guess this is the gist of my initial post.

Edited April 9, 2017 by abgespaced