Are some of our ambitions merely gateways to deception, disillusionment and frustration?

Question

In following our false dreams, do we lose our 'spiritual' purpose within a quagmire of confusion?

Mr X: Thanks for being the first to answer - not that it was much of an answer.

graham a: I fully agree that nobody, no living thing should ever be unneccesarily hurt in our journey to our goals.

pickme: you make a valid point. I agree with you that some 'dreams' are never fullfilled, because they are never pursued. However, this questions asks if we are consumed by a 'false' desire - (eg. the media) and therefore even if we do 'succeed' , have we really lost touch with our 'real selves'? Sorry to be complex.

Bubba and Frankly speaking: I thank you both for your insight.

Don W: That sounds like a frightening form of driven Mania.

Mikey and surfsav: Excuse me but I think you are making the same point - that being we ALL have our limitations. I have to agree , that's why in essense I'm a Utopian - we all need other people who can happilyn do those other jobs, thatb we can't.

Answer 1

You're delusional, as you think you are Sparticus!!!



Hahahaha!!!!!!!

Answer 2

Ambition outside of the drive to satisfy the needs of the organism for survival are completely fabricated and culturally driven by thought.
We are taught to want something 'more' or to find some kind of 'purpose' for living. Hence the question; 'what do you want to be when you grow up?' This programing defines our belief systems and shapes our perception of the imagined 'self' and the events that 'self' encounters.
Using this belief system can justify anything that happens or does not happen to the 'self' and will only cause minor adjustments to it's vision of 'destiny'.
In reality, the 'destiny' is the same for every contrived 'self' - permanent pleasure with no pain - called by various names - nirvana, bliss, moksha, heaven, happiness, etc.

All thought based ambitions have this goal.
The goal is the ultimate illusion and the constant pursuit is what causes the miserable ideas (deception, disillusionment and frustration) you've stated in your question.

Answer 3

How would we know what is not a deception unless we experience deception first?
(Hmm, did Eve really know what a sin was before the first sin was committed? What about the after effects of a sin?) Ambitions can only become illuminated and bright to us, after we've experienced the darkness and void before hand. Being an artist I realize that you need to use a dark mat around a light picture, and a light matting around a dark picture. Too much darkness and there is no contrast, too much lightness and the picture fades out and again there is no contrast.
Isn't it often that the best friend steals the girl?
It's best to be observant of leaving that gate open, that gateway will allow deception to enter as well as enlightenment, its what ever you allow to enter is what you'll experience.

Answer 4

Living has been disigned that way. Opposites stay next to each other, making the doer choose the thing that he/she decides to choose. happiness- sadness/ love-hate/ rich-poor/ truth-deception... the list is endless. We should not forget that the creator gave us the power to discriminate , to think, to choose.

We always take the soft options in life.We give in easily to the pulls of the sense organs We think anything spiritual is a lofty ideal and it is not for us. There are people who start off with worldly ambitions like all of us. But as they move along they find out quickly that most of these ambitions are short lived and not happiness giving . They start to look inwards and they get back to the right track.

No. I donot think that in following our worldly ( not false) dreams we lose out on spirituality. On the contrary. The sooner you go through those deceptions , frustration the faster you get into the path of realisation , otherwise called spiritual path.

Answer 5

No I think that if things do not work out the way we want with say ambitions in our lives we dig deep within I think Spiritually to find out the answers why????WHY??? WHY WHY???In the gateways and paths we choose in our lives there is a great to be learned spiritually from out of the abyss of our confusion when things do not work out as planned a great lesson is to be heard which if we look inside of ourselves and want to have purpose in our lives we will get to that pathway its a struggle that we all face in life :)))

Answer 6

Yes
My only ambition in life is to find the ultimate Truth.
And that is a path ( or gateway if you like) full of deception, disillusionment and frustration.

Answer 7

i think that in some way .. it is true.. some of our ambitions do fall through.. but that is how we learn .. how else are we going to be able to know what we want without falling at some hurdles
sometimes our ambitions do come through ..and that is what makes us stronger. this is when we realise that life has both its ups and downs .. and even thought there can be many more downs that ups... the ups are worth it.

Answer 8

It is a nice thought to think that one can do whatever one sets out to do. However, that is one of the biggest myths on the planet.
Can one who is mentally challenged become a physicist?
Can one who is physically challenged become a professional athlete?
Should one who is emotionally challenged become a doctor?

The "frustration, deception and disillusionment" come when one fails to accept one as one is; when one fails to face reality and truth.

Answer 9

it depends on how you define false dreams, i should think that would be completely different than not knowing whether you will succeed at a dream or not. how do you know unless you try? i think you only have truly failed at a dream when you never tried it in the first place..

Answer 10

If you are following false dreams then that is an aid to your 'spiritual' purpose, in that you are learning to decipher what is your true dream. Nothing is wasted, unless the mind fails to recognize its true purpose.

Answer 11

It rather depends on whether you are reaching further than you can stretch. Better I think one should think deeply about what makes one happy, and without inflicting harm upon others to achieve that state- go for it!