What's the criterion for knowing if you're on the right path in life?

Answer 1

reminds me of hermen hesse's sidhartha!

our paths are defined by the destinations we seek... do we even know what our destination is? can we know the path unless we know the destination? lucky and enlightened are those who know what they seek from life and from themselves.

finding the path is not difficult if you are clear of your destination.
the difficulty lies in knowing the destination, as that would disregard every other attachment in life.
if your actions and endeavours are towards the vision, you are on the right path.
you are on the right path, if you have the vision!

Answer 2

No matter if your happy or sad, you stay on the path you chose to follow from day one. We can alter some of the sites during our journey but we never sway away from our path. We're here to learn and advance our spiritualness, not for the here and now, but for the reflection back on our life while we're on the other side. Luckily, while there we no longer experience bad feelings, we become all loving with no remorse or negativeness. So when we review our life we will feel good about everything. If you don't feel as if your doing what your purpose is, then start taking steps toward it, you don't have to climb a huge mountain by next weeks end, but at least start on something concerning it.

Answer 3

One must be: gentle, kind, righteous (not self righteous), patient, loving, and able to SEE beauty in this world.......=)


other people have a different set of values that they consider criterion for being on the right path....but you seem (just a hunch here ) like you mean an enlightened state of being.....

=)

Answer 4

What is wrong? What is right? All are just means to live life.....all are man-made rules. What is pious to one is crap for other. How will you know or will we ever know ?
One life & so many choices to be made, decisions to be taken & then to worry about those decisions being right or not. star funda is simple, live your life the way you want to...making the most of it, just make sure not to hurt others & not to let others hurt you. You cant make everyone happy or save them from getting hurt. If you are sure there is no need for the other person to feel bad about your journey then keep moving.

Answer 5

For a good life, you need three things.
1. Do you have something to do?
2. Do you have something to love?
3. Do you have something to hope for?

Beyond that, the rest of your life is written by you. You are its author, and you choose your path, but every good path contains all three listed above.

Answer 6

It's difficult to answer this question. Generally, depression means you are OFF track.

If you are not on the right track, your body immediately knows and tells you via depression. However, you can be off track in many parts of your life and still be on the right road. If you are doing good and sticking to higher ideals, you need never worry.

Answer 7

"When you reach a fork in the road, take it..." So many paths! I don't think this could be put into words, & "seems" constantly changing as we evolve (hopefully). Whatever path you're on, if you're in harmony with yourself--it's right.

Answer 8

Contentment. When you experience it, you are on the right path.

Contentment exists when you stop wanting. Until you do, you won't know what contentment is.

The experience can be likened to wanting to eat a meal and then feeling content after having eaten. Once content, the desire fades.

Answer 9

There isn't "one size fits all." & isn't life more like branches in a tree? Is it a one way highway or can you turn off the enchanting little side roads?

Answer 10

I get a clear night sleep