Why are we born as you and I? Why are we born as human beings? It’s because as human beings, we have a purpose. We have something unique, we are different from other species. Only human beings are blessed with an intellect that can discriminate. No other living creature can. And therefore, only a human being is capable of Enlightenment. A dog cannot go through the process of Purification. A frog cannot go through the process of Illumination. A butterfly, a bee or a tree cannot experience Self-Realization. Only a human being is capable of using his intellect if he wishes to and get liberation from ignorance, from the misery on earth, and from rebirth. Only a human being can attain that state of Unification with the Divine, Moksha, Nirvana. However, if we do not discover what our purpose on earth is, then, we will just waste this birth. We will live and we will die and then, we will be reborn, and this will go on and on.
Our purpose is to realize what is the meaning of life, who am I in reality, and why was I blessed to be born as a human, not an animal, insect, or plant. Our purpose is not just to live and die, but rather to find out, who am I. Our purpose is not just to go
through decades to learn, and then spend many years to earn, only to ultimately burn and then return. When will we realize that we must give before we are gone? We must spend before our end because if we don't, what we earn, others will burn. Our purpose is to realize that we are not here to run behind pleasure that comes from success and achievement, which is both momentary and transitory. None of this will be ours in our ultimate journey.
Is it difficult to realize the truth that every 'body' will die? Is it impossible to be enlightened about the fact that we can take nothing with us? The truth is that we come with nothing, and we will go with nothing. We come alone and when we depart, nobody can join us in that journey to eternity. Our purpose is to realize that we are not this body that dies. Our birthday is not our birthday. If we understand the simple fact that we were conceived, actually born 9 months earlier, we will realize who we are. We are that spark of energy, the Soul, the Atman, the Spirit. Our purpose is to realize this. Finally, before the moment of death, when the spark departs, our purpose is to realize we are not the body that we thought was 'I', not the mind and ego that kept saying, 'me'. We are the Divine Soul. This is our ultimate purpose, our ultimate goal.
Only a human being is blessed to have this purpose and to achieve it. It is said that no other living creature can reach the state of Enlightenment. They can only exist till they die. Only human beings are blessed to pray and to realize that Supreme Immortal Power, SIP, whom the world knows as God. If we are enlightened, we will realize God is not God, God is SIP and we will experience the Power of SIP everywhere and in everything, every moment that we live. This is the purpose of our life on earth, why we got this human birth.
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