Why are we here? What is the purpose of a person’s life and existence? Why do we have the power to think and reason and plan and philosophize? Why do other animals don’t have it (or do they)? Where does the need for self-actualization come from in Maslow’s pyramid? How to fulfill that need? To what level do the other animals have needs in the Maslow’s pyramid?
If you spend some time with yourself every day, for some months, you will know that there is a very basic and very intrinsic and very strong pull inside you that needs you to become the best that you can be at something that you like doing and something that gives purpose to your life. The best gift you can give to yourself is finding that thing and becoming better at it throughout your life. But it’s not a small task. It might need career changes, selecting your life partner accordingly, marrying at a certain age, having kids at a certain age, or not marrying and not having kids. Living life on your own timeline and on your own terms. Without the fear of the judgment of society. Or overcoming that fear and still doing the things required to actualize your self. (Or maybe there is no self at all. But cross that bridge if and when you reach there.) But if you take this path, you will find the kind and amount of rewards, satisfaction, and happiness that cannot be found anywhere else. So try to find who you are, and once you find that, make all efforts to become the best version of it. Put it at the top of your priority list. Above money, above career, above love. Because once you do that, you will excel in all these other fields. You will be able to earn a lot of money because you will have a high level of skillset (if making money is one of your objectives in the first place. Otherwise, there is always the option to live like a nomad or a recluse or a sanyasi), you will become better in your career because you will be in the top %ile of people as you will be continually improving yourself. And you will find a good life partner with whom you will enjoy living because you will be yourself with them and be comfortable with who you are. There will be no pretending with yourself, others, or your partner. Life will be much easier and smoother, and more productive as many unnecessary things like pretending and projecting a certain image that you are not will go away. Do you want to be famous? Do you want to be rich? Do you want to be powerful? Do you want to be the best in a certain field? (preferably a field that you like otherwise, burnout will happen) Do you want to be a family person? What drives you? What motivates you? What makes you happy? What brings you closer to self-actualization? A good filter for knowing whether you are on the right path or not is whether you are still getting questions like “What am I in this world for?”, “Am I wasting my life?” from somewhere deep inside.
If you don’t get these questions, you are either on the right path or have numbed yourself with external bullshit to an extent where these questions can’t reach you.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7BzrI4JOaM
Nov 30, 2022
Bangalore
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