What if the purpose for our existence on planet earth is to complete a mission? Once we die, our assignment is over, but our consciousness remains intact. We then review our life by assessing our gains and losses. Taking the information gathered from our analysis, we decide what to do differently in our next life. Then we return to earth with a new set of tasks carrying us forward from where we left off.
It’s a repeating cycle, each lifetime building on the past. Through every incarnation, we progressively evolve in consciousness. This is unlike all other life on earth. Nature follows a homeostatic cycle, where the life/death/rebirth cycle adheres to the same repetitive pattern. A tree grows, it reaches maturity and then dies. As a new sapling rises to take its place, the cycle repeats. The tree experiences no significant change in its consciousness or perception of reality. The tree accepts its reality without questioning its existence.
Our human experience has an added element which is absent in the worlds of the minerals, plants, and animals. These worlds exist in a balanced choreography of harmony with one another, each accepting their place in a congruent reality. In contrast, humans are driven to seek more. Staying the same for too long makes us restless and unhappy. We seek variety, change, and diversity. Sometimes, we deliberately complicate and stir things up just to see what will happen.
Humans have an insatiable curiosity to learn, question, discover, grow, develop, know and experience. This makes us unique and different from the other worlds. Were it not for this irrepressible impulse, we would live the same day repeatedly. Our daily agenda would comprise caring for our basic survival needs of sleeping, eating and reproducing.
In our unmotivated state, our existence would lack reformative innovation, progressive thinking or spiritual searching. We wouldn’t question our lives or seek meaning and purpose. We would be like the tree, growing to maturity, then dying and making space for the next tree.
Since this is not in our nature, then why are we so different from the rest of life on the planet? To what end are we plagued by a perpetual hunger for more? Unlike physical hunger, this hunger is vast, unquenchable, and insatiable.
The more we learn, the more we want to know. We don’t stop because we are too full, instead; we are the eternal seekers, ravenously devouring the next morsel of truth. When we imagine the boundless nature of infinity, we glimpse the humbling truth—there is no end to what we seek.
There are many schools of thought, religions, and philosophies claiming to explain the mystery of our existence. Regardless of which belief system we examine, they offer a contradictory cocktail of truth, allegory and superstition. Drinking from such a confounding mixture clouds our minds and denies us the right to free-think.
No philosophy or religion can explain why we exist, where we came from, what happens to us after death or why we are here. Their unprovable dogma demands our unquestioning belief—a crushing weight, suffocating free thought. Once doubts surfaces to challenge the doctrine, faith crumbles, and the seeker reawakens.
Unwilling to follow fictitious beliefs, we can no longer travel these roads. We realize a seeker must journey alone, forging their own path in pursuit of answers. Although terrifying at first, nothing can restrict or limit free thought. It expands with the infinite universe, stretching beyond the known. Therefore, as seekers, we are explorers of experience, investigating and assessing all possibilities.
We become eternal gypsies, wandering the earth. Unburdened by dogmatic philosophies, we find truth from what makes sense to us. The greatest truths emerge from our inner knowing, and yet all truths are equally valid.
This brings us back to the idea of being here on a mission—a concept as viable as any other possibility we may choose to explore. So, what is our mission and who gave it to us? Since no one has died and come back to tell the tale, our existential questions remain cloaked in mystery. Although we may glean fragments of truth from external sources, our free-thinking nature only establishes beliefs through personal experience.
Whatever we choose to believe, the seeker will always make their own conclusions. We must look as objectively as we can for the supporting evidence, logic and reasoning to understand our mission. It’s illogical to be as driven as we are without there being a greater purpose or reason. Otherwise, what is the point of learning and exploring if there is nothing beyond the silence of death? We might as well sit around eating, sleeping, reproducing and eventually dying.
In accepting that we seek more from life than basic existence evokes the concept that we are a physical vessel housing an invisible energy—our spirit. This part is immortal, it’s what gives us conscious thought. It links us back to our origins. The creative force responsible for the existence of all life lives within everything. This universal consciousness is constantly re-embodying itself, expanding and stretching into the eternal unknown.
Our spirit’s eternal pursuit of the more is a greater purpose beyond one solitary lifetime. After all, how can we accomplish our mission in one lifetime if we are blindly ignorant to it? How can we do what is necessary if we don’t even know we have a mission?
Reincarnation is a continuous cycle of progressive growth and evolution through death and rebirth. We carry into each new incarnation, an intuitive wisdom accumulated from past lifetimes. Eventually, during one of our lifetimes, the seeker awakens, surfacing from behind the shadow of dogma and ignorance.
Rousing from a slumber spanning countless lifetimes, we seek to fulfill our mission. Along the way, we travel many avenues, exploring viewpoints, paths, and philosophies. What we learn from our experiences shapes our point of view, which evolves into a philosophy.
The pitfall here is getting trapped by what we believe and creating our own dogma. It takes practise and discipline to avoid tricking ourselves into believing we have it all figured out. Since the possibilities from one lifetime to the next are infinite, we can fall into despair by asking ourselves, what’s the point? If there’s no end to it and we just keep coming back endlessly, why bother putting any effort or importance into anything?
The answer to this perplexing question is pleasure—the sweet taste of experience and the joy of knowledge gained. Together, they form the foundation of our truth—how we understand and verify reality. Considering this, we experience reality through our five human aspects.
Composed of a blend of emotional currents, physical sensations, mental interpretations, spiritual insights, and sexual expressions, they inform our spirit of each experience.
Like waves, emotions do not linger, they roll in and then recede. All emotions are equally valid. Damming or avoiding them creates toxicity in our being. Our spirit yearns for the full spectrum of emotions. It seeks to experience their ebb and flow without filters or restrictions.
Holding all our internal systems in place, our bodies house our entire physicality. Similar to a car, it carries our spirit through life’s journey. When taxed with stress, worry, anxiety, overwork, and poor nutrition, our bodies, like a poorly maintained vehicle, will malfunction and breakdown.
Our spirit uses our minds to absorb information and process it into thoughts and ideas. When we encounter a threatening idea or situation, we stop learning and shut down to protect our beliefs. A cluttered and closed mind becomes hard and impenetrable. This makes it difficult for new perspectives and points of view to take root.
Like fire, our spirit drives our passion to grow, voraciously consuming whatever is in its path. When we fear the unknown, we deny this hunger and diminish our inner fire. Life becomes mundane, stagnant, and uninspiring. Living with a diminished spirit keeps us floundering in the darkness without hope. Unable to follow a vision or explore new opportunities, life loses its appeal.
Our sexuality sits at our core, governing our life-force and our creativity. This energy fuels our spirit, motivating us to explore our potential and discover our unique magnificence. When plagued by ignorance, taboos, and societal norms, we stifle our life-force. This results in denying ourselves of free thought and creative expression.
Correcting the imbalances and re-establishing harmony with each aspect improves the quality of the seeker’s journey. When we find fluidity with our emotions, our hearts align to the moment no matter what is happening. Physical mastery empowers us to endure the unexpected, while a receptive, clear mind enables us to adapt and respond to it.
Determining our lives through spiritual inspiration leads to expansive growth and self-discovery. Our sexual spark catalyzes our self-expression, touching the world with our unique individuality.
Although we each seek to discover our individual truths, we are all united in the same mission. This common pursuit is inherent to our nature, an undeniable magnetic attraction. Whether marked by moments of pleasure or pain, or something in between, every truth we seek is a transient experience. Our spirit’s insatiable curiosity to unravel untold mysteries propels us from one lifetime to the next. As seekers of truth, may we walk this lifetime in beauty.