A collection of spiritual narratives exploring the purpose of existence
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Overview
- Introduction to spiritual narratives
- How we can use spiritual narratives to explore the nature and purpose of existence
- The power of myth
- The existence of cosmic meaning and purpose: fact or fiction?
- The purpose of life: What could it be?
- How materialism points to a bleak universe devoid of meaning and purpose
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A collection of spiritual narratives
- Life is a battle between good and evil
- Life is a test or trial
- Life is an experience to be embraced
- Life is a school to grow a soul and evolve in consciousness
- Life is an arena for us to practice love and grow in love
- Life is an arena for us to discover and shine our inner light
- Life is an opportunity to transcend our limits in order to reach our potential
- Life is an opportunity to harness and focus energy in positive ways
- Life is a journey towards self-realisation (discovering who we really are)
- Life is a journey towards knowing and experiencing God
- Life is a journey towards attaining union with God
- Life is a struggle to escape the cycle of birth and death by attaining nirvana
- Life is a journey to lower entropy
- Life is a quest to fulfil the contract of our soul
- Life is a treasure hunt for truth
- Life is God playing hide and seek, losing Himself to find Himself
- Life is God experiencing through us
- Life is God’s experiential work of art ( A movie | A play | A dream | A symphony | A story | A dance | A painting | A tapestry )
- Life is God’s dream
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Atheist and secular narratives
- Life is a cosmic accident and has no meaning
- Life has no meaning except for the meaning we give it
- The purpose of life is survival of the fittest
- The purpose of life is to maximise pleasure
- The purpose of life is to minimise pain
- The purpose of life is to develop character
- The purpose of life is to win
- The purpose of life is to create
- The purpose of life is to become a lover of life