Is there a higher purpose?

Question

The entire population of Earth if compared to the universe, would be infinitely smaller than a grain of sand compared to the sun. Maybe we should just stay in our place and live here on Earth instead of contemplating the “bigger” questions. Maybe all we are meant to do is have sex and die. My only problem with that is our intellectual ability has far surpassed the intelligence needed just to eat sleep and procreate. So what is the purpose given we are beyond microscopic in the physical sense yet seemingly unnecessarily massive in the intellectual sense?

Answer 1

Infinity is knowledge and the ultimate Truth. So, what is higher purpose is related to infinity, that Indians call Brahman.

Answer 2

Biologically, intelligence has had a purpose: it has given us a huge evolutionary advantage over other species. There was no "purpose", but there is a definite advantage of having this kind of intelligence. I think another interesting question is "how far could evolution have improved our intelligence if we had not been a success with the intelligence we have now".

Answer 3

Good question? Yes, there is a higher purpose... understand why god made the world and all would become clear-


When a Human Being makes a model, a static one, he initially is very happy over his invention for the first time. What next! He dreams of putting Life into it ... make his model dynamic ... more about as a robot under his absolute command.

Similarly, when the World was made by god, he did not feel happy for there was neither pain nor happiness to be seen anywhere. He put Life into the model and was created a dynamic Universe ... full of inherent powers for one to realize. The so called Life and more particularly the Human Beings are but models for the Omnipotent god for there is no purpose in their creation. Once the Atman the soul within every Human Being "Realizes" self, the existence of that Human Being becomes liberated forever from bondage of Life.


The balance of the Cosmic system always remaining nil ... Atman the soul within which always existed unattached to its manifested form has become free forever. Human being, which is but a cluster of organic compounds gets back to its original form after the Atman the soul within leaves the body ... the Cosmic balance remaining unaffected.

What existed before the big bang to place? Well ... what exists before we puncture a full-blown balloon! From where did all the air in the balloon come from. Try to understand this small Cosmic phenomenon and your doubts about the creation and existence of the Cosmos would become clear. Ether and only ether occupied the huge Cosmos before the occurrence of big bang.


Can you measure the size of the Cosmos? Not possible ... can you trace center of the Cosmos? These are questions the answers of which have been barred from an average Human Being to understand. Every Human Being has the capability to interpret and understand all within the confines of his intelligence based on the use of five senses given to us. To be able to comprehend the answer to the most intricate questions concerning Cosmos is beyond his capability. Only persons who have realized god ... the Arihantas (as in Jainism) are capable of knowing the answers to such questions. To understand the system, where only pure consciousness prevails ... one has to realize self!


Every puny Human Being ... in spite of the physical weaknesses is but all powerful because of an Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent Atman the soul within being present within the body ... always and ever ready to guide him on the Cosmic journey. Introspect ... you shall never be able to unveil the truth! Answers to your most potent Query ... as to the size of Cosmos and its center remaining unsatisfied ... you have but to delve deep into the domains of " Bhagvad Gita" and various "Upanishads". You will ultimately learn that the whole World is an illusion, a World of "Maya" ... a mere thought of god!

You realize self ... and the game of god is up! Weird, it may seem ... the Cosmic truth always remains the same. How many of you realize that it is possible to live Life following the path of Truthfulness ... neigh become a symbol of one. Mahatma Gandhi found no reason which required of him to be untruthful in any matter whatsoever. He followed Truthfulness religiously and became a living embodiment of Truthfulness. Riding high on the path of Truthfulness ... we shall one-day unveil the hidden passage to god, the Omnipotent Creator of the Cosmos.


God ... the all merciful Creator though possessing all powers within the creation never tends to annihilate anything whatsoever. Every phenomenon, every act is the result of a happening elsewhere for a lay Human Being can never reach the sublime truth ... unless one clears self of indulgences at each and every stage of Life. The truth of the self, of the pure consciousness present within us, the latent powers can only be exercised by being truthful and working for the benefit of mankind at large.

Come whatever may ... never lose Faith in the Almighty God for he alone can annihilate all our miseries we have indulged ourselves in. Your body may be cut to pieces ... your family may be wiped out due to a Cosmic curse ... we must refrain from blaming god for our miseries. He shall guide us, our Atman within and speed up our Cosmic journey. What matters for god is not our physical self, but the Cosmic self on a Cosmic journey changing one form after another ... in a hurry to realize self at the earliest. More on higher purpose of life here- http://www.godrealized.org/why_god_made_this_world.html

Answer 4

Stop Thinking!

Answer 5

Yeah, humanity has a higher purpose. But not me.

Answer 6

one of the characteristic features of the intelligence is capability to solve problems.a person's intelligence is to be used to solve the problems of the mankind,.

Answer 7

we have conquered how to survive life but we still do not know how to use our intelligence to live life.

Answer 8

no purpose
nor higher purpose

only possi
bilities

Answer 9

Who knows!.. We can only guess...