There are plenty of people that are at a loss, as to what our true purpose is in life, if they even consider that question, in the first place. The meaning of life is not actually all that difficult to figure out, for basically all around is, we so find, that when we are not in tune with the higher order of things, that our life experience is going to contain some degree of discontent, or perhaps a lot of dissatisfaction, which is exactly the way that it should be – for when we are not in harmony with that which is the very definition of harmony, then we aren’t going to be able to successfully feel at peace, until we get to that point.
We are provided with unalienable freedom, not so much so that we can go about and do stupid and destructive things, but rather as an opportunity to take the responsibility of having that freedom, and thereby doing something useful with it. That is to say, to have freedom is to have a free choice of what we will or will not do – with the expressed understanding that our thoughts and actions, most definitely have consequences to them. In this material experience, none of us are perfect, and none of us are expected to be perfect; however, what is reasonably expected of us, is to learn from not only our experiences, but to also pick up wisdom amongst our personal journey so garnered through our own intuition, our concentrated studying and learning, and by our mentor(s); so that though we may indeed flail and fail, our overriding objective is clearly set to learn what is correct and good, and thereby to make it our point to do those very good things in our social interactions, by our faithfulness to that knowledge, so obtained.
While there are plenty of things that serve to distract us from our primary purpose, it is always wise to focus on the only prize worth winning, which is to achieve that harmony with our Creator; which, doesn’t mean, though, that we need to be monkish in our person, but means rather, that we need to represent those noble virtues of God in our thinking and in our doing, or else we have been untrue to that which is Truth, itself. Remember this well, the change that we so desire to see in others, must first be represented well in our own persona, or else we are hypocritical.
This world is best seen as a “proving ground,” of which, those that are so sure before their incarnation that they will not fail, for they will always be good and just, are fairly put to the test to see whether they will match those vowed words, or else come up short. How it so ends up, comes down to our free volition, and many a person that takes their eye off of the ball, detours quite far from the straight and narrow pathway that they need to remain upon in order to arrive at the agreed upon destination. Those then, that lose their focus but eventually end up finding such, or always diligently keep such, represent those that have listened to that still, small harmony that calls them constantly to the bosom of that which is our Creator.