What Am I Here For?

Three Great Questions Why am I alive? Does my life matter? Is there a purpose for my life? Knowing God results in every other kind of understanding Joke I don’t get, great cast, no plot

Mystical Approach Look within Watch example

Self Help Approach Create your own purpose Set some goals Consider your Dreams Aim high Believe you can achieve Success & purpose not same

Philosophical Approch Speculate..Guess about it Hugh Morehead “I have no answer to the meaning of life, and I no longer want to search for any”..Heller Rubaiyat, Omar Khayyam

Bhagavad Gita 14/4 It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kunti, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed giving father.

1. Why am I alive? Created to be loved by Krishna NOD chapters Parivare, family of Krishna Can’t stop Krishna from loving you

Does my life matter? 16,000 Queens, Rukmini WW II Camps Meaning moves you foreword in life

Three Levels Survival Success Significance Success means you have options, looking good, feeling good, having the goods. The good life..Why I’m not more fulfilled, satisfied, want more.. You were made for significance. What you need is not more money. You need meaning. What you need is not more possessions. You need purpose. What you need is not more success and status. What you need is significance. You were made for significance. What you need is not more money. You need meaning. What you need is not more possessions. You need purpose. What you need is not more success and status. What you need is significance.

Success means you have options, looking good, feeling good, having the goods. The good life..Why I’m not more fulfilled, satisfied, want more.. You were made for significance. What you need is not more money. You need meaning. What you need is not more possessions. You need purpose. What you need is not more success and status. What you need is significance. What you need is not more money. You need meaning. What you need is not more possessions. You need purpose. What you need is not more success and status. What you need is significance.

Significance Comes Know Krishna, who made you Know purposes you were put here for Live out the five purposes

Three Facts Aware of every detail, Paramatma Made an ideal plan for your days Made in Krishna’s image Never disappointed in you, know in advance.. “God, you're Not going to believe what happened to me today!”Michaelangelo.. God's not going to say, “You've got to be kidding Me. I didn't see that one coming!”… Sistine Chapel

Supersoul O scion of Bharata, you should understand that I am also the knower in all bodies, and to understand this body and its owner is called knowledge. Gita 13/3 Maitrix, Star Wars, Trust the force, Luke!

Crossing the bar More time on other side Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar, When I put out to sea, But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam, When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell, And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark; For tho' from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crossed the bar. More time on other side Ready stage, preschool, first lap, dress rehearsal Narada and three people

Matter and Spirit Material Nature endlessly mutable Flesh is grass There is another nature, which is eternal and transcendental to this manifested & unmanifested matter. It is supreme & is never annihilated. When all in this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is. Gita 8/20 Everything here decays..Bhagavan bhakta and bhakti

Crimes or Chemicals Bertrand Russell Atheistic consequences Ecology.. woodpecker Abuse & misuse “Unless you assume a God the question of the purpose of life is meaningless.”..Illustration here, knifing?, everything has a purpose, can’t do w/o any species..abuse misuse..money, sex, life, let people abuse you

Dead End

Bhagavad Gita 15/19 “Whoever knows Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, without doubting, is to be understood as the knower of everything, and he therefore engages himself in full devotional service, O son of Bharata.”

Do you want to know why you're having difficulty in your relationships Do you want to know why you're having difficulty in your relationships? Get to know God. Do you want to know why you keep going into debt? Get to know God. Do you want to know the purpose of your life? Get to know God. Do you want to know why you're stressed out all the time? Get to know God. Do you want to know the answers that you can't find yourself? Get to know God.

Knowing Krishna all else becomes known Macmillan Company ‘Never too late to become what you might have been.’ Valmiki

Attendees Seekers Stumblers Strong believers It makes no difference who you are or where you're from. If you want God and you're ready to do as He says the door is open.”

Dear Lord. Because You've made me You must have a purpose for my life Dear Lord. Because You've made me You must have a purpose for my life. I admit that I've focused on my plans and purposes not Yours. But starting today I want to know and I want to fulfill Your purposes for me and why You put me on this planet. I commit the next 5 weeks to learning about it. Thank You that You made me to love me. Thank You that You cared for me even when I didn't know it. Thank You that You made me eternal. I want a life filled with meaning and I want to start getting to know You better. As best as I understand it, I ask You Lord Krishna to make Yourself real to me. Come into my life and help me to understand Your purposes. Om Tat Sat

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