What Gives Life Its Meaning?   

One could ask the age-old, unanswerable questions  Why am I here?    What is life on Earth all about?   Well, obviously, no one can offer you a provable answer to that question.   

Some say that human life is simply a ticket to somewhere else -- a temporary, one-time-only, way-station on the pathway to heaven.   This belief has been around for  centuries and may, indeed, be true.   However, the evidence, when examined in its entirety and with an open mind,  does not support such a conclusion.   But then, that's another story for another time.   

The only way to find the real answer to the above questions is to leave Earth-life and find out, but that too, is another story for another time.   In the interim, the experiential evidence offers at least one, plausible, reasonable, interim answer:  To experience life on Earth in a human, physical body.

For those spiritually inclined, religion and philosophy offer some intriguing possibilities.    Here, for example, are two relevant passages from the Christian Bible:   

John 1:1 -- "In the beginning was the word, and the word was with God, and the word was God."   

John 14:12  --  This passage, a quote from Jesus, is commonly paraphrased as:   "Anything I can do, you can do and more."

Given the above two statements as a basis, one possible way to address "what-is-life-all-about" issue is to declare one's own answer.   That does not mean that the declared answer will be correct.   It does, however,  give one a working hypothesis --  a context -- a ground of being -- a place to work and live from.   In hope that this may be helpful, here this authors declaration:

I shall take my power and position as a fellow divine being living on planet Earth in a physical human body and simply declare what my purpose shall be.   That purpose is:

1)   To experience joy and ecstasy to the maximum degree;  

2)   To answer freedom's call to be, do, have, express, and experience anything I choose; 

3)   To step into the next grander vision of who I choose to be;

4)   To be positive or neutral in my affect upon my fellow earth  dwellers (be they plant, animal, or human) and upon Sacred Mother Earth, Herself.  

5)   To be a role model for others;  to pause and assist those  requesting assistance; to school the unschooled; and to give vision to those who are just learning how to see beyond  surface appearances.   

Bitten by the Love Bug  ---  
   How will I know when I've found the person that is right for me?   

To date, this author has officiated somewhere in the neighborhood of fourteen hundred wedding ceremonies and interviewed at least that many couples who were about to declare themselves to be husband and wife and/or self-declared life partners.   Two of the questions that are almost always asked as part of the pre-wedding interview are: "How did you meet?"  and  "In your life, you've met thousands of people.   How did you know that he/ she was different from everyone else?   When did you realize this?   What was different?"    

These questions elicited a wide variety of answers,  all the way from an instant knowing to "our love evolved out of our friendship."   The most intriguing answers comes form those who say, "I just knew."   Commonly a bride or groom will tell us that they'd heard about this concept, but it simple didn't make sense until they, themselves, personally experienced that knowing.   This answer is most eloquently described in the song, "Some Enchanted Evening" form the theatrical production/film,  "South Pacific."   

Some enchanted evening, 
You may see a stranger, 
Across a crowded room, 
And somehow you'll know,  
You'll know even then, 
You'll see her again and again.

This "knowing" is referred to as a sixth sense.   With some couples, their invisible connection is very obvious.   They commonly say things like,  "I'll start to speak and she'll finish my sentences,"  or   When the phone rang, I knew it was her calling."   All humans have this potential of knowing.   Some have developed this skill and trust themselves.  Others have not and/or don't believe in  their own ability.

Passion  ---  The key to a successful relationship   

One of the major pieces of a fulfilling life is finding, declaring, and sharing your passion with and for another person.    That passion takes two common forms: First is the passion for your partner and the sexual content of that connection.    In all of human life, their is no sense of ecstasy greater than that of sharing the orgasmic sensations of a  lingam filled yoni with a person you are madly in love with.   Unfortunately, over time, this form of passion tends to fade, and if sex is the only thing holding the couple together, the day-to-day aspects of human life tend to strain the couple's relationship.   

The second  major pieces of a fulfilling life is finding, declaring, and sharing with your beloved, your passion for some other aspect of human life, such as a love for music or for skiing or protecting wild animals, or anything else that both partners feel strongly about.   You're probably aware of the fact that most of the men who have made major successes in their lives have had a strong, caring, loving and supporting woman at their side.   Two easily recognizable examples of this are former U.S. President and Nobel-prize winner, Jimmy Carter and master-musician and orchestra creator and conductor, Andre Ruie.    Both of these men have publicly acknowledged that without their wives, they would never have achieved their passion at their masterful  level of success.   

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Passion may not have anything to do with a sexual relationship.   Remember when you were a budding teenager,  what were you passionate about?   What were you obsessed with?   What was important in your life?   You may recall hearing about people who are successful today in their chosen field of endeavor who said that even as a young child, he/she know his/her life's calling.   The famous actor, Rock Hudson, is a well-known example of this.   When you add that level of passion about life with a loving, intimate relationship, you have an unbeatable combination.