Re: What is your Purpose?
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Wheatgrass Yogi
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Date: September 02, 2009 04:03PM eaglefly Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Its not that I am becoming a recluse again. > I just know I can fall back on seclusion and be ok > with it. > Thats freedom. There's a school-of-thought that divides Life into four 25-year periods..... 1st 25 years.....growing and learning 2nd 25 years.....working...raising a family 3rd 25 years.....seeking enlightenment 4th 25 years.....Living in Blissful enlightenment. I'm in stage 3....pleasant journeys to us all.....WY Re: What is your Purpose?
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Jgunn
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Date: September 02, 2009 06:21PM yes ive heard of that 25 year idea
and awww Coco ! yer the best ...Jodi, the banana eating buddhist Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/02/2009 06:22PM by Jgunn. Re: What is your Purpose?
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kwan
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Date: September 07, 2009 07:17PM Hey WY!!
You must be a really good motivator, because I had a mini-epiphany on my camping trip, and I now know 100% for sure that my life's purpose is to be an embodiment of unconditional love. Sharrhan: [www.facebook.com] Re: What is your Purpose?
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Wheatgrass Yogi
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Date: September 08, 2009 02:30PM kwan Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > ............I now know > 100% for sure that my life's purpose is to be an > embodiment of unconditional love. How Simple!!.....and so True. I might suggest you take Unconditional Love to the Next Level by turning it within. That is, every moment Love self...self...self. Become the Love you want to see in others. Others will see it in you.....WY P.S. Kwan....Good Luck on your journey. Have fun. Re: What is your Purpose?
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kwan
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Date: September 09, 2009 12:29AM >I might suggest you take Unconditional Love to the Next Level by turning it within. That is, every moment Love self...self...self. Become the Love you want to see in others. Others will see it in you.<
Yep, that's it... becoming One with the Love. It's a package deal and it automatically transforms you and makes you become the love you want to see in others. You got it. :-) Sharrhan: [www.facebook.com] Re: What is your Purpose?
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Wheatgrass Yogi
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Date: September 09, 2009 01:03AM kwan Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > That's it... becoming One with the Love. I guess that's right.....it's a becoming. A practice I like to use is 'visualization'. It involves looking in a mirror, seeing myself as I truly am now, and then imagining how I would be at my very Best. Keep looking...keep becoming. There is No-Limit to how good we can be......WY P.S. Regardless of what people say, Diet is the 'key' ingredient. "God's greatest gift....Unconditional Love. God's greatest promise....Unlimited Potential"..... "Conversations with God, Book 1"....by Neale Donald Walsch. Re: What is your Purpose?
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la_veronique
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Date: September 09, 2009 10:58AM to be able to take a ride in the flinstones - mobile
and be able to meet ronald mcdonald and ask him the secret of having such ultra red hair Re: What is your Purpose?
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Anonymous User
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Date: September 09, 2009 12:26PM It's blood from all the cows he murders, plus the deaths of indigenous people and animals when rainforest is cleared for pasture land for even more cows. sad.
On a lighter note though, we have a flintstones type car in the yard at home. It's made of plastic, true, but you drive it with your feet. You're welcome to come over and experience the flintstone-y-ness of it any time you like Re: What is your Purpose?
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Wheatgrass Yogi
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Date: September 09, 2009 01:00PM eaglefly Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > .......The only thing that > disturbed that peace was media influence saying > you had to have such and such.....a great > job,money,big house,wife and kids.......on and > on. Many of us here don't 'fit' the typical Middle-Class mold. All those distractions would take me away from my Purpose. Some of you here are limited just by being in a seemingly Happy Relationship. A good Relationship builds each Partner.....WY Re: What is your Purpose?
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eaglefly
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Date: September 09, 2009 02:28PM Wheatgrass,
All I can say on relationships is that I never felt as at peace in one as what I could attain being alone. It is taking alot of analyzing and soul searching to find out why this is true. Maybe they werent "the one". But anyway,at 45,it all seems less important.I am not just referring to relationships,but the whole package I mentioned. Interesting though is that diet,journaling,and meditation seems to be a real foundation for my purpose now and that direct route to inner peace. Vinny Re: What is your Purpose?
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la_veronique
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Date: September 10, 2009 08:17AM happiness
pure n simple Re: What is your Purpose?
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Wheatgrass Yogi
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Date: September 10, 2009 08:57PM la_veronique Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > happiness > > pure n simple Alright, let's expand on this..... Are you Happy now (for everyone)? What would make you Happier? ...now take it to the highest level....What would make you Happiest? Get busy....we're in charge here......WY Re: What is your Purpose?
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la_veronique
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Date: September 11, 2009 12:21AM answer #1 ) yes for me
answer #2) I don't know if I am happy for "everyone". That is their prerogative , not mine. I wish them happiness but its not something I can coerce others to be. answer #3) to stay in a place of gratitude and to achieve the goals i set up for myself answer #4 same as answer #3. ONe is happiest when one is living correctly. To live correctly is to ceaselessly strive for what one believes in. answer #5) yes, i'm busy answer #6) of course we are in charge Re: What is your Purpose?
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Wheatgrass Yogi
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Date: September 11, 2009 01:10AM la_veronique Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > answer #2) I don't know if I am happy for > "everyone". That is their prerogative , not mine. LOL. I worded that incorrectly. I meant... Is everyone Happy who is reading this? (not just you La_V)....and to think I minored in English....WY P.S. A Poll for everyone...Are you pleased with the way your Life is going? Re: What is your Purpose?
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eaglefly
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Date: September 11, 2009 04:07PM For me I think I would be "happier" ie.more fulfilled or a sense of purpose,if I had more to do with the outside world.I just dont know.I work at home and am pretty reclusive.It seems natural for me.
Happy to me is always going to relate to feeling in tune with nature,or the seasons,and to be able to have a peaceful place you can go to and tune into what matters.Then partake of a hobby you can get totally absorbed in,and mix that all with the fine raw eating and a level of contact with others that is neither too much or too little. Vinny Re: What is your Purpose?
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Lightform
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Date: September 12, 2009 04:15AM To be.
I find that to look for another reason, is an excersize in some level of self resistance. As for what makes me happy... Every moment that I choose to accept something. Every time I acknowledge an admirable or appreciable quality in something. My happiness encreases the more I do these things. Re: What is your Purpose?
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Sundancer
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Date: September 14, 2009 02:08PM I think that ultimately my purpose is to embody love as well. I think that how I do that evolves as I go through periods in my life. I think it starts with self love and self care, because you cannot love others well if you do not love yourself (as in parenting yourself well, which is especially difficult if one has not been parented well). This is my biggest stumbling block right now. there have been times in my life when I have been better at this, but it takes conscious energy -- work. I know that when I am not loving to myself, I eat worse, don't exercise, am ruder to others, etc. I am struggling with this at this time (as opposed to other times, when I have been very clear about this). Right now, to exacerbate things, my oldest daughter is homeless with her two kids, and my oldest son is losing his mind, and there is nothing I can do about any of it, so I am feeling like my purpose doesn't matter (though I know that deep down it does). Maybe my purpose is to cry a lot. Re: What is your Purpose?
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Wheatgrass Yogi
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Date: September 14, 2009 02:22PM Sundancer Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > ...... I know that when I am not loving to > myself, I eat worse, don't exercise, am ruder to > others, etc. I am struggling with this at this > time............................... .........maybe my purpose is to cry a lot. I'd say your Purpose is to look at your Life, right now, and start Cleaning House. Then your 'real' Purpose will emerge.....WY Re: What is your Purpose?
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Wheatgrass Yogi
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Date: September 14, 2009 02:43PM eaglefly Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Wheatgrass, > All I can say on relationships is that I never > felt as at peace in one as what I could attain > being alone. I agree!! People who want to be 'truly free' don't want to be 'caught up' in another person, and all the time involved. There's a lot to say about Physical Love, but, Oh what a price to pay......WY Re: What is your Purpose?
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eaglefly
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Date: September 14, 2009 02:51PM Hmmm.
Wheatgrass, I tend to agree in general with that last post. BUT,I view this time in my life as a time of getting centered inside,so I can again be in another relationship and have it be more "right" than any previous ones.But at this point in my life I just want to keep close company with someone.Not live together,or get married. It really has been my experience,so far,that I find my most peaceful moments when alone. Its a very unexpected thing to discover.But true. And interestingly enough,the 'Physical Love' part of it I tend to be able to do without,and its the "price to pay' part of it is what I want.The relationship itself.The time involved. Vinny Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 09/14/2009 02:56PM by eaglefly. Re: What is your Purpose?
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RaeVynn
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Date: September 14, 2009 06:42PM I am an embodiment of the vastness of the Universe - a microcosm of the macrocosm.
My personal experience ultimately affects Universal experience. It's my purpose to be the healthiest, happiest, and most vibrant person possible, in order to positively affect the Universe, so it can be the most healthy, happy, and vibrant that it can be. We are all One. Live Well, Laugh Often, Love Much We are all in this together! Namasté Re: What is your Purpose?
Posted by:
Omega
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Date: September 15, 2009 03:14AM RaeVynn Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > It's my purpose to be the healthiest, happiest, > and most vibrant person possible, in order to > positively affect the Universe, so it can be the > most healthy, happy, and vibrant that it can be. Yes! Awesomely put. Re: What is your Purpose?
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Wheatgrass Yogi
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Date: September 15, 2009 03:51AM Omega Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > RaeVynn Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > It's my purpose to be the healthiest, happiest, > > and most vibrant person possible, in order to > > positively affect the Universe, so it can be > the > > most healthy, happy, and vibrant that it can > be. > > Yes! Awesomely put. I agree!! Now what are we going to do about it? Maybe...... 1) Have a plan 2) Implement the plan 3) Live the plan 4) Don't tell anyone what you're doing (it loses Power if you do) "The commonest thing is delightful if only one hides it".....Oscar Wilde Re: What is your Purpose?
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Anonymous User
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Date: September 15, 2009 04:24AM Wheatgrass Yogi Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > 1) Have a plan > 2) Implement the plan > 3) Live the plan > 4) Don't tell anyone what you're doing > (it loses Power if you do) I'm going to respectfully disagree with you on this one. I say spread the word, the more energy that's focussed on something, the stronger it becomes. Keeping positive things like that to yourself isn't as good as sharing it IMHO. Re: What is your Purpose?
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juicin' john
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Date: September 15, 2009 09:10AM wheatgrass yogi..
i have "purposely" refrained from posting on this thread which you have created until i had thought it over very well and arrived tp a lucid idea which would be worthy to contribute. please understand that i am do not consdier myself to be a guru, expert or anything of that nature....i am a hard working and sincere student in the art of living. some of my postings may seemingly be deficienct in tactfulness but none the less they are well thought out and in most cases not from the realm "impulsive blabbery". each day i discover myself to be getting smaller and smaller as God keeps on getting bigger and bigger. mans primary" purpose on this earth is the same for all.... that is.. to find the Kingdom of Heaven within themselves. the Kingdom of Heavan is the inner psychological developement of our born essence in contrast to our acquired personality false self. as it states in holy scripture "seek first the Kingdom of Heavan and all else will be added unto you". the Kingdom of Heavan exists in the Eternal Present Moment. all other "purposes" are secondary and are tainted with self glory,imagination,illusion,self love of a negative kind, egotism, and a host of related adjectives. extreme swings of the pendulum... with any kind of behavior... including diet fasting are to be avoided... in favor of balance and equanimity. yes .. there will always be a small group of gymnasts who become contorionist experts ..yet most of us can reapeat 99% of the benefits with a well though out consistently applied exer cie and diet routine. all true and sincere human purpose resonates with our search for the Kingdom of Heavan within. thank you for the opportunity to express these ideas. juicin' john Re: What is your Purpose?
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juicin' john
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Date: September 15, 2009 04:11PM here is an excellent quote:
"life's problems are different for each of us and each of us needs a different way of solving them. therefore each of us has to create his own method. if you imitate you will be wrong. you have to create for yourself." Taissen Deshimaru Re: What is your Purpose?
Posted by:
eaglefly
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Date: September 15, 2009 06:49PM Good one.
There are as many solutions to problems as there are people who have them. Vinny Re: What is your Purpose?
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Wheatgrass Yogi
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Date: September 15, 2009 08:01PM coco Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > I'm going to respectfully disagree with you on > this one. I say spread the word, the more energy > that's focussed on something, the stronger it > becomes. Keeping positive things like that to > yourself isn't as good as sharing it IMHO. It's okay for you to disagree with me, but I still think I'm right. If ones habits vary wildly from the 'norm', it's best not to say anything. I have a friend who has to let everyone know, wherever she goes, that she's a Raw Food Vegan. It's most unattractive......WY Re: What is your Purpose?
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la_veronique
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Date: September 15, 2009 09:49PM depends on yourself and the other person
two immature people : best to keep silent two people who are open to learning from each other and excited about change and improvement : share Re: What is your Purpose?
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Wheatgrass Yogi
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Date: September 16, 2009 12:46AM juicin' john Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > mans primary" purpose on this earth is the same > for all.... that is.. to find the Kingdom of > Heaven within themselves....... as it states in holy > scripture "seek first the Kingdom of Heavan and all > else will be added unto you". JJ...This approaches "Purpose" from a Christian point- of-view, and if it's 'for all' (as you said) it leaves out 2/3 of the World's population. That just can't be right. If you could take Jesus out of the picture, "Kingdom of Heaven" now takes on a meaning of fairness.....WY P.S. After Enlightenment, you still have to take out the Garbage. Sorry, only registered users may post in this forum.
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