Quote:
Originally posted by MacGnG
To paraphrase a post in another thread...
"Our only purpose in life is to bring glory and honor to Him, God."
I do not believe this is so; that would make our life as boring as it would be, if we didnt do anything for Him.
Rather than our ONLY purpose being to please God, I say it is to please everyone.
I think God would appreciate it much more if we did for ALL, rather than only for Him, Because "only for Him," excludes ourself...
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I 100% agree with that quote. But I also 100% agree with you. I will say why I believe in your post first. You are right that we shouldn't live for the idea of the "God" as a higher being. Above and judging everyone else. And that we should live for ourselves to an extent, which brings me to why I agree with that quote. To me, God is everything(and nothing). God is the base of what everything is made up of, but not everything is God, or devine. The higher up in development you get, the closer you are to realizing you are a part of everything and being closer to God, nondual, Self, Spirit, whatever you want to call it. As you develop more and more, you lose ego which takes away your selfishness. You are living for yourself, but you see others just as important as yourself, one, but two.