The Higher Purpose Is Unconditional Love
The higher purpose to this life begins with self-love. The latest buzz words for people considered experts in the personal development field are “higher purpose.” If individuals are dissatisfied, such contemplation has the potential to dissuade them into believing they’re less than. Although this invites them to ponder improving themselves, subconsciously it can create undesirable feelings.
There is nothing wrong with self-improvement—but before that happens—there needs to be acceptance. Acceptance that life may not seem fair, but it’s actually the result of how and what we think about.
We can take all the self-improvement courses we want, but until we accept our role in how we choose to think and feel, there will be no lasting improvement.
One of the highest purposes to life—I believe—is simply to not cause harm to yourself and other living beings. As simple as this sounds, it is not. This is not an easy feat for people. It is especially difficult for the many who grew up in challenging circumstances, warzones, in deprivation and lack, or victims of crimes, and so forth.
To reach this highest purpose, a type of mastery has to be achieved over our thoughts about our own self and every other living thing.
The mind is always busy interpreting the world. Interpretations are filed and classified for future reference by the subconscious. What we think is often formed as a result of familiar reactions to previous similar impressions. It takes conscious effort to change established perspectives about subjects we have opinions on, because these are now beliefs and part of our fundamental thought processes. Everything is categorized according to our beliefs.
It’s easier to go about life without conceiving we need to refine our thinking. Our mind is on auto-pilot, and our subconscious reflects our beliefs by recreating conditions in our lives we need to change. This is commonly noticeable in people who use the words “I can’t” when they know they could and should use the opposite words of “I can.”
The aspects we need to reconcile in our thinking are the perceptual beliefs and judgements we make when we’re interpreting with our senses.
We need to consider why we’re making the judgements we do in certain perceptions. Why do we judge a homeless person to be desolate? According to some standards, we automatically think they are. Perhaps in their own field of consciousness they are fine. Is the crying child tired, hungry or hurt? Why can’t the crying be a simple expression of release or an experience? Is the older person’s aches and pains a normal part of aging, or are they symptoms of a life of unresolved issues?
Answers to the last question will be very different between the viewpoint of conventional medicine, and that of those who practice energy medicine such as Reiki that consider the whole person. Energy medicine reveals physical manifestations come from energy blockages due to disharmony. It is not a given that advanced age equals suffering.
There are many interpretations unique to individual perceptions.
In an ideal world our perceptions would lean towards harmless viewpoints, hence beliefs would enhance our experiences. However, this is frequently not the case because too many of the beliefs we have were not ours to begin with. They were passed down, taught, and picked up. This narrows the state of our consciousness, and limits the perceptions we may have made from our own unique experiences. Many of us have been conditioned.
With acceptance that everything is at it should be, there are no more judgements or conforming beliefs. Letting go of the need to constantly form opinions about what we are taking in helps keep our thoughts in check. Concentrating on our own space in being gives us the opportunity to release labelling and jumping to conclusions.
We are in the elusive zone of non-judgement when we’re enthralled in something we thoroughly enjoy doing. All our attention is on what we are engaged in. Stretching this feeling into all that we experience is the beginning of freeing the mind and knowing acceptance.
In acceptance, we’re able to live in the moment, and are no longer distracted by the beliefs we hold about what life should be like. We revel in what we are. The highest purpose we should aim for is to love our own self and others unconditionally, and have reverence for all that is life.
The practice of Reiki is a powerful way to cultivate unconditional love, as it brings us within where we can perceive our true authentic nature of unconditional love.