Purpose

[trulyhis]

"The purpose of life is fulfilled by realisation and pursuit of problems that you meant to solve"


Want to hear from you, if this really sum up life, fully understand it, then answer!!

[Aedes]

Does ALL life have this purpose? ALL human life?

What about the life of a baby? Or the life of a banana tree?

[kennethamy]

Originally Posted by trulyhis

"The purpose of life is fulfilled by realisation and pursuit of problems that you meant to solve"


Want to hear from you, if this really sum up life, fully understand it, then answer!!

I would doubt whether there is one particular purpose that all lives (really persons) need to have. Why should there be?

[trulyhis]

Certainly it does to my conviction, would explain.

Each existance has a purpose, in this regard would focus on human, that we could relate to. Purpose is an explanation of different gifts we have, purpose is an expression of destiny. Different gifts we have should explain the purpose why one lives, as you know we have different ones, there should be a purpose why there are. Once one has come to REALISATION and reason to which gifts he has, then it explains his existance, and remember you are not limited to one (tap into others). As you have realised it, those gifts, then you have the obligation to pursue them, and by doing so, you are solving a certain problem. You cannot solve anything until you realise the problem, so realisation is key; even though you have realised the problem but without pursuit, it would not guarantee a solution.

Doctors solve health problems, entertainers solve boredom problems, teachers and lectures solve literacy problems, politicians solve socioeconomic problems, philosophers like yourself solver a certain problem, and your other gifts do solve a certain problem. So after you have realised your gifts, pursue them, beacause there are solving a certain problem. Now look at the gifts differently, see the problems they solve, and once its pursuid then you are fulfilled.

[Vasska]

Originally Posted by Aedes

Does ALL life have this purpose? ALL human life?

What about the life of a baby? Or the life of a banana tree?

A baby will grow up to be a (wo)man. Who eventually will have a realization and pursuit of problems that they solve. The baby years are only a small part of life.

For a banana tree all i can think about is that it's purpose is to grow bananas ^^.

[trulyhis]

Originally Posted by Vasska

A baby will grow up to be a (wo)man. Who eventually will have a realization and pursuit of problems that they solve. The baby years are only a small part of life.

For a banana tree all i can think about is that it's purpose is to grow bananas ^^.

As you have said "The baby years are only a small part of life.", it being a small part of life does not constitute the life at length and its depth. The baby stage is a stage where you are beggining to collect neccesary knowledge, though at times you are subjective and passive towards what you collect, then the later stage you would exercise the luxury of choice, towards what you can take or not. You better and enhance your choice through knowledge. So the baby stage is an important stage that leads to realisation to the gifts one has, which... solve the problems.

Having grown away from the baby stage, you then have to realise what you are gifted in through experience, from a variety of choices you would have made to do this and that, there and there. Then you are able to realise the gift you have, which would be essential for pursuit, eventually you solve a problem.

For a banana tree, it is not limited to producing bananas only, it also solves some problems, for example:
They form a cool dressing for inflammations and blisters. The banana tree leaf is also used in a variety of dishes for those who lack plates and cutlery. The banana is used as a dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and blandness. Banana are of great value in constipation and diarrhea as they normalize colonic functions in the large intestine to absorb large amounts of water for proper bowel moments. Solving health problems.
+ Chinese use the widely popular banana oil in their cooking, which they extract from its leaf. Solving the scarcity problem of oil
+ Bananas are the world’s, best selling fruit, outselling both apples and citrus; each American is estimated to eat 25 pounds of fruit every year. India is the world’s largest producer of bananas and Alexander the Great found them growing there in 327 BC, when he conquered India. So they solve socioeconomic problems.

So its not only growing bananas, but it stretches a long way from there. So with the problem you solve with your gift, that solution goes a long way.

[Vasska]

Originally Posted by trulyhis

As you have said "The baby years are only a small part of life.", it being a small part of life does not constitute the life at length and its depth. The baby stage is a stage where you are beggining to collect neccesary knowledge, though at times you are subjective and passive towards what you collect, then the later stage you would exercise the luxury of choice, towards what you can take or not. You better and enhance your choice through knowledge. So the baby stage is an important stage that leads to realisation to the gifts one has, which... solve the problems.

Having grown away from the baby stage, you then have to realise what you are gifted in through experience, from a variety of choices you would have made to do this and that, there and there. Then you are able to realise the gift you have, which would be essential for pursuit, eventually you solve a problem.

For a banana tree, it is not limited to producing bananas only, it also solves some problems, for example:
They form a cool dressing for inflammations and blisters. The banana tree leaf is also used in a variety of dishes for those who lack plates and cutlery. The banana is used as a dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and blandness. Banana are of great value in constipation and diarrhea as they normalize colonic functions in the large intestine to absorb large amounts of water for proper bowel moments. Solving health problems.
+ Chinese use the widely popular banana oil in their cooking, which they extract from its leaf. Solving the scarcity problem of oil
+ Bananas are the world’s, best selling fruit, outselling both apples and citrus; each American is estimated to eat 25 pounds of fruit every year. India is the world’s largest producer of bananas and Alexander the Great found them growing there in 327 BC, when he conquered India. So they solve socioeconomic problems.

So its not only growing bananas, but it stretches a long way from there. So with the problem you solve with your gift, that solution goes a long way.

Taken from that point of view everything changes of course and everything will serve a purpose (or already has), if you take it as a part of a solution and accept the fact that it might need time to grow to it's (full) potential and then solve a (or more) problem(s).

Thanks for explaining your point of view.

[AnonVoyager]

Originally Posted by trulyhis

"The purpose of life is fulfilled by realisation and pursuit of problems that you meant to solve"


Want to hear from you, if this really sum up life, fully understand it, then answer!!

Purpose implies intention from the onset -- that is, if I construct a doorstop, I might claim "The purpose of a doorstop is to keep a door open." So, when something is designed with a particular function or application in mind, we say that it has this intended purpose for which it was designed.

Speaking of human purpose may be suggesting that a creator (God, or Nature) designed us for specific functions, and that those functions are the intended purpose for which we were created.

Solving problems which correspond to one's particular talents suggests there is a niche for all people -- a role for each to play which contributes to the whole -- and that is a commendable view. Mere survival and reproduction may seem like a given now, but in this day and age, with world war and environmental catastrophe looming, we must use more of our intelligence to survive as a species. So, we must each do our part in building global peace by working together, by establishing international goodwill, by raising awareness through discussion, and by taking an active part in what we consider important goals -- and these can become our chosen, intended purpose in life.

[Didymos Thomas]

Each existance has a purpose, in this regard would focus on human, that we could relate to. Purpose is an explanation of different gifts we have, purpose is an expression of destiny. Different gifts we have should explain the purpose why one lives, as you know we have different ones, there should be a purpose why there are.

You begin with the premise that existence has a purpose. First, let's clarify "each existence". Does anything exist independently of everything else? And why does existence have a purpose?

Just because some life is capable of X, does not mean that X is the purpose of that life.

[kennethamy]

Originally Posted by Didymos Thomas

You begin with the premise that existence has a purpose. First, let's clarify "each existence". Does anything exist independently of everything else? And why does existence have a purpose?

Just because some life is capable of X, does not mean that X is the purpose of that life.

I would have thought that it is people who have purposes, and that they can give some purpose to their life. But what purpose they a person gives is up to the particular person. There is no reason (that I can see) to think that there is some particular purpose that everyone should give to his life. Or even, indeed that there must be just one purpose, or, indeed that there must be any purpose at all (although I would suppose that it would be a good thing for a person have some purpose).