Purpose of life / Meaning of life / Bliss

What the fuck is the purpose of life? Asking this question over and over again? Still at the beginning of "I have no clue"? Of course you are because you keep asking instead of living. Questioning is ok as long as you don’t get stuck in diving deep into the matter without ever getting back to the surface. You practically drown yourself with questions instead of enjoying what is. We always think that somewhere else we'd be more happy. Western Europeans dream of living on a beautiful ever-warm island with an amazing sunset behind palm trees and just chilling there on the beach whereas the people from the same island dream of a stable structured life in Western Europe with a BMW or Mercedes.

Ok, this is just a messy beginning to mess more with our minds but here are my other two cents on what I actually wanted to tell you:

Don’t search for happiness. Search for bliss. Truth is that there is no one who is happy all the time. Feeling sad is human, and being human is pretty great. My own formula for bliss equals peace of mind and joy. I find joy in being alive, whether sad or happy. Emotions show me that I truly live.  Peace of mind I get by accepting who I am. Good and bad. The important thing in life is to find one’s own purpose. Everyone in this world has a higher purpose that one needs to serve. You don't have to be world-famous or rich in order to be special (these people can be the loneliest people in the world btw), you just need  to do something that you love doing. Dedication. There is a difference between the words "job" and "work". When you find out what it is that you need to do here then you will find meaning in life. Oh yeah, how can one find out? The greatest secret. Stand still, pray, meditate, let go all the bullshit that is around you, all the heavy weight that you have been collecting since you entered the adult world. Get rid of the fear. This is what holds you back. Fear is what keeps you away from getting to meet your innerself and finding your purpose of being.  

Be Bob, the nice guy who cleans the streets. Otherwise the world would be dirty. What a great purpose. Maybe he will want to own one day his own cleaning company if he really loves cleaning and keeps on being an honest man who you can trust in. People will value that and come back. Be Emilia, who serves in a restaurant so some couples can eat outside and celebrate their love. What a great purpose. Maybe she will want to own her own restaurant one day if she loves serving good drinks or food with a smile. People will value that and come back. For Bob and Emilia it is not about the money, but it is about becoming rich with some friends, rich with experiences, rich with wisdom,  rich with the passion for what they do. Be yourself and find that love within yourself. If you don’t like what you do, remember that it might only be a stop during your journey towards finding your purpose of life. Stop worrying about it and enjoy it as life is in the here and now and that’s all we have for the moment.  

Nick, who was born without arms and hands enjoys his life. He has found his purpose of life - inspiring others to overcome their fears: 

The conscient search itself is part of your journey and therefore already included in the purpose of life. Finding enlightment doesn't come at a certain age. It hits us when we are ready. (P.S.: Once it does, we will also know which place & people are right for us to live in and with.)

Aşk olsun (let it be love),

Yilmaz

Seelenruhe (Peace of mind)

Ich sehe deine herrliche Pracht -

so wie du bist und nicht anders.

Deine unvergängliche Schönheit

Birgt die Wunder meiner Natur.

Dein verlockender Duft verzaubert Maikäfer -

Sie tanzen und taumeln liebestrunken auf mir.

Bienen beschenkst du mit kostbarem Nektar

Dessen Frucht der süßeste Honig ist.

Der wärmenden Sonne strahlt deine Blüte

mit glutroter Farbenpracht entgegen.

Gleichwohl einer anmutigen Ballerina

Schmiegen sich deine Blätter an den Wind.

In diesem Moment ist mein Herz

mit tiefer Inbrunst erfüllt.

Bei deinem Anblick bin ich nicht mehr -

Seelenruhe.

About Ying&Yang (and Life&Death)

Love and Hate. Past and Future. Man and Woman. Good and Evil. Powerful and Weak. Light and Darkness. Beautiful and Ugly. Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader. Life and Death.

Are all these really two polarities that do not belong together? Maybe it is true that both sides have to fight each other as long as time exists but it is also true that none will ever win the last battle once and for all.Starting with this important knowledge you can decide either if you want to continue to see them as separates or as a union.

Let us assess a little the eternal Ying&Yang circle. It has a big white and a big black area. These represent all dualism in life. However, they are together in the circle and only through this they can be perfectly in union building a complete and impeccable circle. In order to make it more touchable, let's also use one explicit attribute. Let's take Life and Death. Many people fear death (without knowing they also fear life, but that's another story). Life could not exist without death and death could not exist without life. If nobody died, then nobody could live in a physical world, either. At least we would be forbidden to have children. Our ego however always tells us that we have to live as it thinks that this life in this body is the only possible form that exists. This is the most egoistic but most regular approach that human beings have. This might also be the most common reason why many are afraid of death while I'm sure there are many more different reasons to explain fear of death.

But let's look more into the Ying&Yang circle. Why are there dots on each side? Among other things it means that life also contains death and death contains life. This is reasonable as one (life/death) leads to the other (death/life). The next thing we might notice is the wave in the middle. It is not a straight line but on one end, it reaches deeper into the other side whereas on the other end it is more consumed by its adversary. This represents the giving and taking as well as the active and the passive. Sometimes life is more present and sometimes it is death which is stronger.

Furthermore, let's look at the amount. In the picture we can see that there is an equilibrium of both energies. Life and death always needs to stay in an equilibrium. It might move in waves from time to time, but in the long run, there will always be a natural balance.

Finally, if we look at all the attributes of Ying&Yang, everything that is contained within will always stay inside. It is a natural flow (remember the wave) of giving and taking, so when we die within the Ying&Yang we will not disappear. Our body might transform into dust, earth or food for worms and ultimately food for new babies who are born and grow adult by consuming this transformed energy that is always flowing anew within the Ying&Yang. Our souls also wander within the invisible world and will manifest in a different form, maybe visible, maybe staying invisible. Maybe as an angel. Maybe as another human being, maybe as a different star within the universe. Maybe as another universe within another macrocosmos. I don't know the answer and it's not important to me because I know the energy will never cease to exist - it only dies in order to go through a transformation into something else. A caterpillar has to die in order to become a butterfly. The water in the ocean evaporates in order to fall as raindrops over the mountains, uniting later with rivers and wandering back to the wonderful vast ocean.  If we can win against our ego and give up the fear of dying, then we can even embrace death and look forward to it when the time has come for our bodies and souls to transform.

Meanwhile, I think it is also not favorable to just stay around the edges of the Ying&Yang. We should strive to move into the middle (although the edges are important, too, as they bring extreme joy, but let's not forget that they will also bring extreme agony along). There at the threshold between life and death we have to meet, so we can always see both sides. With one eye we see life, with the other we see death so we will always be able to cherish both. On the corners we will become fearful if we dwell for too long in there as we won't be able to understand or accept the other side sooner or later. Sleep under the moonlight can be enchanting but the sweet rays of the sunlight remind us to come back and be alive.

The Ying&Yang circle can also be translated into God. It encompasses everything that exists. Outside of the circle there is only non-existence. Argumentum e contrario, all non-existence is not God and all existence is God. Someone could of course argue that within Ying&Yang one side is existence and the other side is non-existence...that I leave for you to decide. But what would this mean? Only the same thing. What exists is God and what doesn't exist, is not God. 

What do we ultimately derive from all this for our own purpose of being?

Saying "Good morning" one morning

One day, a wise man woke up and decided to say “Good morning” to everyone he would meet along his way.

He left his well-known house and met the first stranger out on the street. The wise man said with a gentle voice “Good morning!”. But the other man having other things occupying his mind didn’t even notice that someone else was talking to him.

The wise man, without getting discouraged, saw on the corner a woman and immediately said “Good morning!”. The woman, however, assumed that the wise man was a pervert and walked away.

A few minutes later the wisr man saw a boy and again said “Good morning!”, this time, with a louder voice. The boy heard something, but ignored the voice out of fear that it might put him into trouble. He remembered that his parents told him not to talk to strangers. So he was pleased and thought to himself that he did the right thing.

The wise man nevertheless still being confident said “I know there is someone out there who will hear me”. Just at a crossroad, he then saw a young man. The wise man said “Good morning!”. The young man was not used to a stranger talking to him out of no reason. He wanted to return the salutation but because of being taken by such a surprise, the young man didn’t know how to react so he just smiled back. After the wise man was gone, the young man regretted that he didn’t seize the opportunity that was being presented to him. So the young man promised himself that he will return the next greeting he will receive.

“Well”, the wise man thought, “Is everybody still sleeping or why does nobody return the Good morning?” So he continued and reached the edge of the town. There he saw another man sitting quietly on a bench. He  came closer and when he was just about to salute him, the sitting man already answered “Good morning”.

Convention for those wounded in love (by Paulo Coelho)

General provisions:
A – Whereas the saying “all is fair in love and war” is absolutely correct;
B – Whereas for war we have the Geneva Convention, approved on 22 August 1864, which provides for those wounded in the battlefield, but until now no convention has been signed concerning those wounded in love, who are far greater in number;
It is hereby decreed that:
Article 1 – All lovers, of any sex, are alerted that love, besides being a blessing, is also something extremely dangerous, unpredictable and capable of causing serious damage. Consequently, anyone planning to love should be aware that they are exposing their body and soul to various types of wounds, and that they shall not be able to blame their partner at any moment, since the risk is the same for both.
Article 2 – Once struck by a stray arrow fired from Cupid’s bow, they should immediately ask the archer to shoot the same arrow in the opposite direction, so as not to be afflicted by the wound known as “unrequited love”. Should Cupid refuse to perform such a gesture, the Convention now being promulgated demands that the wounded partner remove the arrow from his/her heart and throw it in the garbage. In order to guarantee this, those concerned should avoid telephone calls, messages over the Internet, sending flowers that are always returned, or each and every means of seduction, since these may yield results in the short run but always end up wrong after a while. The Convention decrees that the wounded person should immediately seek the company of other people and try to control the obsessive thought: “this person is worth fighting for”.
Article 3 – If the wound is caused by third parties, in other words if the loved one has become interested in someone not in the script previously drafted, vengeance is expressly forbidden. In this case, it is allowed to use tears until the eyes dry up, to punch walls or pillows, to insult the ex-partner in conversations with friends, to allege his/her complete lack of taste, but without offending their honor. The Convention determines that the rule contained in Article 2 be applied: seek the company of other persons, preferably in places different from those frequented by the other party.
Article 4 – In the case of light wounds, herein classified as small treacheries, fulminating passions that are short-lived, passing sexual disinterest, the medicine called Pardon should be applied generously and quickly. Once this medicine has been applied, one should never reconsider one’s decision, not even once, and the theme must be completely forgotten and never used as an argument in a fight or in a moment of hatred.
Article 5 – In all definitive wounds, also known as “breaking up”, the only medicine capable of having an effect is called Time. It is no use seeking consolation from fortune-tellers (who always say that the lost lover will return), romantic books (which always have a happy ending), soap-operas on the television or other such things. One should suffer intensely, completely avoiding drugs, tranquilizers and praying to saints. Alcohol is only tolerated if kept to a maximum of two glasses of wine a day.
Final determination:
Those wounded in love, unlike those wounded in armed conflict, are neither victims nor torturers. They chose something that is part of life, and so they have to accept both the agony and the ecstasy of their choice.
And those who have never been wounded in love will never be able to say: “I have lived”. Because they haven’t.

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Some additional Articles by me or by love, sometimes I get confused who's doing the talk (please feel free to add more :))

Article 40 of the Love convention - Give everyone the same chance like you did with your first love. Don’t let your wounds put obstacles for a new love.

Article 41 - Although the source of love is always the same, its expression can vary.

Article 42 - Don’t try to measure love on a scale. Love doesn’t follow earthly gravity, but has the weight of the heavens.

Article 42 -  Love is like trying to catch a bird. If you have the mere thought of capturing it, the bird will fly away from you. But if you sit still and appreciate the bird’s beauty, it will come closer and may dwell on your shoulder. If you have build enough trust, it might decide to nurture its soul from your hand.

Article 43 - Love between two people is like giving birth to a baby. It will grow over time the more you take care of it. Sometimes it leaves you desperate, sleepless and drives you to the bottom of insanity, but all this and more is always worth the work and pain as its reward is the sweet taste of heaven.

With love.