Post #170 "Seeking Purpose"

Of course, the question of what is the purpose of human life has been asked thoughout history. Has there ever been a satisfactory answer? Has not religion been looked to to provide the answer? It is true that many do look to religion for the answer, however, it seems that as time moves on, fewer and fewer people accept that religion has the answer. Would not the most popular answer be that most people seek happiness? But what do most people do to attain happiness; is it not to accomplish this goal through the pursuit of perfection? Is not perfection that which is most coveted, and worshipped? Is not perfection that which determines our heroes and brings forth from our very depths-worship? And, are not our gods determined by that which we worship?

Let's probe deeper. What is the root of our longings? What does the desire to become God come down to? Is not Fear at the basis of our identity? Going back to the mythological stories of Archangel Lucifer and Adam and Eve....what was their immediate reaction to what resulted from their choice to become God? It did'nt work out. The result was far from what they dreamed of, desired, and Chose. But we can see, can't we?.. that what was desired-to become God, was utterly an impossible hope. Somehow in the process, Intelligence realized or should have realized that something went wrong. The wished for transference did not take place, better yet, what happened was not at all what was planned. Strangly, the desire has not been eradicated but seems to have been genetically implanted and entrenched in consciousness. The Choice was and is the choice of all consciousness. That makes sense, of course, as consciousness is, as consciousness in Collective Consciousness. Some religions recognize this condition as the Original Sin. Surely this primal fear stirred the primal waters of pre-creation into a churning chaos. Creation accured as the result of fear of not becoming God, or not becoming Reality. How could there not be chaos? Was not the idea of god, gods or God born of this fear. Intelligence faced the threat of non-existence or non-reality.