What is the purpose of life and existence?
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"Life has no external purpose; it is in the release of striving and comparison that we discover the profound beauty of simply being."
According to Osho, life and existence have no external goal or hierarchy; the ultimate is purposeless, and that purposelessness permeates all. Goals are projections of the ego that keep you from the herenow. When all striving and comparisons drop, one relaxes into the cosmic simultaneity of being—this natural, present, non-goal-oriented awareness is what he calls enlightenment.
Life doesn’t have a finish line; when you stop chasing and simply be here now, you discover peace and wakefulness.
Why this matters practically
- Eases anxiety by ending goal-chasing and comparison.
- Frees attention for presence and simple, natural living.
- Fosters humility and compassion by dissolving hierarchies.
- Frees attention for presence and simple, natural living.
- Fosters humility and compassion by dissolving hierarchies.
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