I've looked at the answers to this most crucial of questions given previously. None of these answers satisfies me.
2007-06-01 21:01:06 · 25 answers · asked by menchie_sillano 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
The ultimate goal of life is to develop ecstatic love of Godhead.
Pure transcendental love for the Supreme Lord Sri Krishna is a billion times more wonderful than any of the so called wonderful enjoyments offered by the material nature. In fact, those things are all described by Krishna in the Bhagavad Gita as "springing from but a spark of My splendour".(10.41)
yad yad vibhutimat sarvam - and that all beautiful, glorious and mighty creations emanate from Him and pale into insignificance compared to Him.
The living entity is lost since time immemorial, covered by ignorance by maya, the external potency of the Lord. Thus, identifying with the material body and in a state of almost perpetual forgetfullness, we wander from one body to another, from one species to another, in a vain search for relief from the pangs of conditioned life.
In the human form we have the opportunity, by association with the absolute truth in the form of the pure devotees, the revealed bona fide scriptures and the Holy Name, to revive our dormant ecstatic love the Lord Krishna. Attaining this is the ultimate goal of life.
premanjana churita bhakti vilocanena santa sadaiva hrdayesu vilokayanti
yam syamasundaram achintya guna svarupam
govindam adi purusham tam aham bhajami
"I worship Govinda (Krishna), the primeval Lord, who is Syamasundara, Krishna Himself with inconceivable innumerable attributes, whom the pure devotees see in their heart of hearts with the eye of devotion tinged with the salve of love."
(Sri Brahma Samhita verse 38)
Beyond the pantheon of pharasaic and speculative religious processes lies the sublime absolute truth and divine love and spiritual ecstasy. For one in such consciousness all the dry arguments and mental speculations in the world are of no more value than dead straw.
2007-06-01 21:21:03 · answer #1 · answered by stokakrishnadas 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
First of all you will recognize when you hear it since it is built into you. It ain't taught so it is not God or heaven.
What do you want right now? You want the purpose of your life. It is perfect peace, total satisfaction, endless love and limitless happiness. The short article on the site below tells about this and how to actually get it, IF YOU REALLY WANT IT NOW. Maybe you want to suffer some more for now.
2007-06-02 04:29:06 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
We each have five keen senses and an inquisitive, reasoning brain. All of which comprise a finely tuned system for assimilating, interpreting, organizing and storing large amounts of diverse information. I see no logical reason for our existence other than the continual acquisition of knowledge.
The ultimate goal of life is to learn all that is learnable.
2007-06-02 04:10:42 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
To, when you transition to whatever you believe comes after, that you can go with an internal knowledge that you did the best you could to live this life well and pass on a feeling to others that they were happy they knew you because you brought joy to their lives.
2007-06-02 04:09:14 · answer #4 · answered by Lou C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ultimate goal of life is to remember who you are. Who you REALLY are. You're not merely who your personality suggests (introverted or extroverted, e.g.). Rather, you're God-like ... created in His image and imbued with similar powers.
Jesus, who performed countless miracles, said we'd do even greater things. Who was he talking about? He was talking about you and I. But, we cannot do these things--we cannot perform miracles--if we fail to realize we have the ability to do so.
Life's ultimate goal? To simply remember ...
2007-06-02 04:23:17 · answer #5 · answered by BlakWriter 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
To leave a lasting legacy.
To be wealthy and stave off death as long as possible.
It really all depends on the person...there really *is* no "ultimate life goal" set in stone anywhere (that I know of).
2007-06-02 04:07:48 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Happiness.
2007-06-02 04:02:42 · answer #7 · answered by Mickey Mouse Spears 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The ultimate goal in life is to serve Christ in everything that we say and do and to honor and glorify Him
2007-06-02 04:03:33 · answer #8 · answered by Dustin H 2 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My ultimate goal is to be happy in what I do with my life.
2007-06-02 04:11:23 · answer #9 · answered by Quonx. 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Many people confuse their goal with their destiny. Our destiny is to get to heaven. Our goal is to be like Jesus.
2007-06-02 04:47:24 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋