Mul tuli kolmandaks sõnaks "purpose" ja ma olin nii mossis, sest minu meelest inimesel ei pea olema mitte mingisugust "eesmärki" :D. Ta ei pea elama kooskõlas mingi endavälise eesmärgiga vaid lihtsalt olema tema ise, igal hetkel uus ja muutuv.
Samas näen, et tänapäeva vaimlejad on väga meelekindlad enda seostamisel mingi kõrgema eesmärgiga. Mind teeb see nõutuks. See on rumal ja ebavajalik piiramine minu jaoks.
Nii et olin super-õnnelik, kui üks mu lemmikmõtlejatest kirjutas sellesama asja kohta pika teksti :)
"In our culture, we feel it is essential that we find our purpose, or that life must have a purpose, and if we do not know our purpose or the purpose of life it is interpreted as a depressing thing. In the Taoist philosophy, nature is said to be purposeless, and this is actually considered a wonderful thing.
Our culture seems to strive very hard to fulfill our imagined purpose, trying to get to that destination. In the Taoist view, this is considered a great mistake. The point of music is not to get to the final note, it is just to play music. The point of dancing is not to get to the last step, it is just to dance. Having no real purpose or direction, the universe is always free to flow and move in any way, and we are free to move and flow with it as it does.
We could interpret it and say, “well the purpose must then be to flow, or dance, or play, etc.” but to the Taoist view, this is not correct. The point is that we are always trying to extract some meaning from our experience, and whatever meaning we extract is biased, personal, subjective, and interpreted through the lens of our limited human minds. No thought of a perceived purpose can capture the vastness of the universe, but when we let go of all that seeking for meaning and explanation, we can open ourselves to how the universe is in this very moment, and we can be receptive to its movements as it moves, we can dance with it as it dances.
Think of how easy it is for one’s perceived purpose to change. I can think my purpose is to play music, for example, and then I feel some joy around the relief of having found, or decided upon, some purpose. But what if I get injured or lose interest, and no longer play music. Do I no longer have a purpose? Have I failed because I can’t fulfill my purpose? Or maybe then I can have a new purpose, and my purpose can change? Really I was free to decide or not decide all along. I was free to create a purpose or not to create one. It’s all really just a dance, and trying to think of this dance in terms of its purpose and meaning is to disrupt the flow of it, and only takes us away from being present with it’s inconceivable nature.
When we let go of trying to define nature (or ourselves) with human thoughts and concepts, when we let go of trying to explain it, or control it, we can just enjoy it! We can trust in the mystery, and known its fine however it turns out because it’s free to move in any direction. And it will keep moving! There is no end, no final destination, to this constant flow. If we see this, we can let go, and we can open ourselves to the mystery. As the zen master Ikkyu said, “having no destination, I am never lost!”"
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