What is the purpose of life? How to get a perfect life?

Let me cut the long story short.
Out of the 100 crop species that provide us with 90% of our food, 70% are pollinated by bees. It's that simple.
Bees are the primary initiators of reproduction among plants, as they transfer pollen from the male stamens to the female pistils.

While bees are not the only pollinators we have (bats, birds, butterflies, and some flies can do this work, too), they're by far the best creatures for the job. In part, this is because they need pollen to feed their larvae, so they're biologically driven to gather the stuff. Other pollinators visit flowers only to suck nectar, and any pollen that sticks to them in the process is a happy accident.

"Additionally, most [bee] species are fuzzy, and those hairs attract pollen grains, making the bees even more likely to pollinate,"

Within just three months of our last bee dying off, producers would be facing record low harvest yields. In cities, grocers would be scrambling to explain to consumers why almond butter costs had tripled. Within six months, many farmers—especially small-scale operations—would likely face tough choices about converting their fields to wheat. By the end of the first year, "we'd have a very bland and boring diet.

Most importantly, a chain of reaction would have been set up which is irreversible. Not to forget we are already living in a world so soiled and toxic that we'd have much bigger problems.

Now coming to your point, even if the entire humans species is extinct right now, the earth will still go on minus all the pollution etc.
In fact the planet will become better right in a larger context.

So hope you got your answer.
The question is not about having purpose.
Why do we humans thing we are above the system, we are also part of a huge system, there is no special purpose.

We can't run faster than dog, fly like a crow, fight like a lion, strong as an ant.
Yes, we do have some benefits but compared to these creatures there are lot of drawbacks we have right. So why do you want purpose in the first place, when we are not even the best species.

We are just better than some species.

In fact, after the world goes extinct, cockroaches will still roam the earth and they have been here since the dinosaurs.

It’s just that we have complicated, we have to earn money to eat food.
No other creature on the planet does this. Get it.
Yes, civilization has a come far way and things can’t be reversed. You have to go with flow.

But to answer your question, there is no specific purpose for humans.
You are free to do whatever you want.
Thing is whatever we do, we don’t realize that we are part of the system and we need keep this in mind before doing anything.

That’s why there is always seeking in almost every human being. What is my purpose? Because we are doing the wrong things.
We are not realizing that we are a cog in the wheel, we are not the wheel. Yes, to an extent we can understand the big picture but that is just part of the complete picture.

It’s like no matter how much you learn about life, earth, galaxy, spirituality, etc, it will still be drop in the ocean, like that.
As far as perfect life is concerned, again there is no such thing.

Just a example: Imagine you did all the things and became successful but just when you are about to enjoy the rewards of your success, you die. Not being negative.

All i am telling there is no purpose of life. You are free to what you want. But keep in mind the big picture that you are part of a bigger system. So do i need to say what not to do…now..if we use your common sense, we will know what to do?

Now coming to perfect life, as i said you have every right to get a perfect life but there is no guarantee you will enjoy it. So again, perfect life is a mindset.
There are people with all troubles and still happy and there are people who have everything and very miserable. Perfect life is a mindset. Dot.

What can entrepreneurs learn from professional sports persons?

Take the example of a cricket match or a badminton match or any sports for that matter. I am sure most of us who follow the sport have the ability to predict the game 7 out of 10 times correctly. However, when the same comes to our business or real life, most of the times, we somehow are dumbstruck, think a lot more, not sure etc.

So the next time you are in a business situation or for that matter any situation, see it as a cricket match or a badminton match and think what you would do to win that game. I am sure you would win 7 out of 10 situations. Dont worry about losing that one game a.k.a situation.

Which is the correct religion or spiritual path?

You have asked a very sensible and intelligent question, so keep that in mind.

You will find the answer to your question when you listen or read the below transcript with some sense and intelligence as well and offcourse, with the grace of God. Without his grace, you will not have the chance to realize God as well…..

Here’s the short cut answer -

These words were used and said by Swami Vivekananda during his visit to Chicago on 15th September, 1893.

Here’s the easier answer, read below for the transcript:

'Sisters and Brothers of America': Full text of Swami Vivekananda's historic speech in 1893 | Latest News & Updates at Daily News & Analysis

Opening Address - Chicago, Sept 11, 1893

Sisters and Brothers of America,

It fills my heart with joy unspeakable to rise in response to the warm and cordial welcome which you have given us. I thank you in the name of the most ancient order of monks in the world; I thank you in the name of the mother of religions, and I thank you in the name of millions and millions of Hindu people of all classes and sects.

My thanks, also, to some of the speakers on this platform who, referring to the delegates from the Orient, have told you that these men from far-off nations may well claim the honor of bearing to different lands the idea of toleration. I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance.

We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation which has sheltered the persecuted and the refugees of all religions and all nations of the earth. I am proud to tell you that we have gathered in our bosom the purest remnant of the Israelites, who came to Southern India and took refuge with us in the very year in which their holy temple was shattered to pieces by Roman tyranny. I am proud to belong to the religion which has sheltered and is still fostering the remnant of the grand Zoroastrian nation. I will quote to you, brethren, a few lines from a hymn which I remember to have repeated from my earliest boyhood, which is every day repeated by millions of human beings: "As the different streams having their sources in different paths which men take through different tendencies, various though they appear, crooked or straight, all lead to Thee."

The present convention, which is one of the most august assemblies ever held, is in itself a vindication, a declaration to the world of the wonderful doctrine preached in the Gita: "Whosoever comes to Me, through whatsoever form, I reach him; all men are struggling through paths which in the end lead to me." Sectarianism, bigotry, and its horrible descendant, fanaticism, have long possessed this beautiful earth.

They have filled the earth with violence, drenched it often and often with human blood, destroyed civilization and sent whole nations to despair. Had it not been for these horrible demons, human society would be far more advanced than it is now. But their time is come; and I fervently hope that the bell that tolled this morning in honor of this convention may be the death-knell of all fanaticism, of all persecutions with the sword or with the pen, and of all uncharitable feelings between persons wending their way to the same goal.

Concluding Address -- Chicago, September 27, 1893

The World's Parliament of Religions has become an accomplished fact, and the merciful Father has helped those who labored to bring it into existence, and crowned with success their most unselfish http://labor.My thanks to those noble souls whose large hearts and love of truth first dreamed this wonderful dream and then realized it. My thanks to the shower of liberal sentiments that has overflowed this platform. My thanks to this enlightened audience for their uniform kindness to me and for their appreciation of every thought that tends to smooth the friction of religions. A few jarring notes were heard from time to time in this harmony. My special thanks to them, for they have, by their striking contrast, made general harmony the sweeter.

Much has been said of the common ground of religious unity. I am not going just now to venture my own theory. But if any one here hopes that this unity will come by the triumph of any one of the religions and the destruction of the others, to him I say, "Brother, yours is an impossible hope." Do I wish that the Christian would become Hindu? God forbid. Do I wish that the Hindu or Buddhist would become Christian? God forbid.

The seed is put in the ground, and earth and air and water are placed around it. Does the seed become the earth, or the air, or the water? No. It becomes a plant. It develops after the law of its own growth, assimilates the air, the earth, and the water, converts them into plant substance, and grows into a plant.

Similar is the case with religion. The Christian is not to become a Hindu or a Buddhist, nor a Hindu or a Buddhist to become a Christian. But each must assimilate the spirit of the others and yet preserve his individuality and grow according to his own law of growth.

If the Parliament of Religions has shown anything to the world, it is this: It has proved to the world that holiness, purity and charity are not the exclusive possessions of any church in the world, and that every system has produced men and women of the most exalted character.

In the face of this evidence, if anybody dreams of the exclusive survival of his own religion and the destruction of the others, I pity him from the bottom of my heart, and point out to him that upon the banner of every religion will soon be written in spite of resistance: "Help and not fight," "Assimilation and not Destruction," "Harmony and Peace and not Dissension."

What is the difference between ordinary work and Karma yoga and what is the test for same?

Difficult times one must say..though you want to do karma, in this kaliyuga or modern age you will not be able to do that as well. For example, you can't fight against every evil in your society or do always what is right. Thereby you are not doing a karma (in this case not doing anything) for which you will face the consequences (Not trying to scare you, but you chose karma yoga, so you will face its consequences).

In cases, where you have the power to set something right (again what is right varies from person to person) and if you do something with the right intention, that is enough. Offcourse, sometimes inspite of doing something right with the right intention you will have to face the music. Eg: You foiled a murder but then your life might be in danger, you might be threatened or even avenged. So there you have it "karma yoga is doing -(can be not doing also- eg: studies, overdoing -earning money/fame or half heartedly - eg: work at office).

Also karma yoga is not expecting anything in return.

So, atleast do everything with the right intention and sooner or later, if not this birth, the next birth you will surely, eventually we will all reach there. Good will always prevail over bad. This is the only truth.

P.S: Some of you might not agree with this answer and others will have a lot of questions. The answer has to do a lot with realization and the experiences one gets. But end of the day there is nothing right or wrong, we will all eventually reach there. So don't worry. Only thing is it varies from person to person. But especially for those who are already conscious of karma, spirituality, soul and still stuck in the MAYA, like have anger, greed, procastination, lust (THEY KNOW THE TRUTH BUT STILL COME BACK TO THEIR WORLDLY WAYS) it will be a little tough, coz we know what we are doing is not upto the mark to reach the DESTINY but still in worldly ways.

But, as i said don't worry, you reached this far, you will cross the hurdle and be there....but ya don't stop the search and be SINCERE.

Does spirituality have any sense in a country like India?

God has given us a great gift in the form of this human body. The only purpose of this human birth, which is very difficult to get, is to realize God and hence terminate this incessant cycle of birth and death.

So, if you see any activity performed with the only aim of realizing the ultimate will not affect the world. In fact, the problem of the entire human world is because of running behind other things.

For example: Tell me one thing the earth cannot run without - stock markets, nano technology, hospitals, schools, rocket science, mobile phones, governments, you see yes, there is not a single thing created by man is required on this nature. You could very well leave your job, family, business, money and still survive with what nature has provided. In fact, agriculture is also against the nature, your converting forest lands, using natural resources. Why did you have to be greedy, nature provides plenty to eat. we had agriculture to feed more people.

No animal or plants, nothing in the world goes against nature. Lion is still doing what it was doing since existence, ants are doing what they do since existence, it is only humans in the hope of good future have started accumulating everything thereby disturbing nature and then also do forest conversation, fight for animal rights, save environment.

We were never supposed to dominate nature or even manipulate nature, we forget that we are also part of nature. So what if we are humans and are slightly smart then other creatures by thinking.

I mean we thinking creatures, humans from last 5000 years of thinking with some of the best brains, what have we done to this earth, today its a fight out there..what have we brought this earth to.

Realize everything is maya, the humans and for that every creature is beyond just this body, look deep who are you?

Just look up the sky, see the stars, moon, sun, even the small plants that stand in the heat or in the cold, they are stronger than us. Tell me most humans survive standing in ice cold water survive the next day, most fishes will survive. Trees will survive, plants will survive, So what are we humans thinking we are superior of, if we simply can't stand in rain or sun or ice cold water. Just see the plant in your garden standing in the rain from the time it was sown, most of us will die even if we stand for few hours.

Yes, if there is one thing that is permanent then ...it is your spirit, your not just a name, not just a employee or husband or a wife or a brother or a sister..come out of it, the human spirit is beyond this..that is why inspite of everything at their disposal still humans find no satisfaction..because we are all running behind something..the running behind will continue until we find the true self..spirituality is relevant everywhere...keep spirituality as the primary and LIVE your life according to it..i am not telling be ascetic..you will find the difference...once you reach this state, you will know why spirituality is not only relevant but it is the answer to all the problems.

In short, nothing is of use in this world. Not even the greatest of inventions, not even the greatest of theories, we are just complicating. This cycle will continue until we realize the ultimate truth.spirituality...

I saw this pic on quora on some other question..understand this is what a human is …not just a physical body with intelligence and relations and attitude, jobs, salary packages, gizmos, etc…he is beyond that..this is WHO WE ALL ARE?

I mean what is the size of the earth on this universe, who are we in this entire universe, just a speck….the universe is beyond comphrension. so do you think all this just for earning money, name and fame. Not even the moon is bothered about the earth…I mean just think about it..The sun can just annihilate the entire earth in a fraction of a second, and here we fighting for promotions, rights and what not..independence..

So now that you know the entire world including yourself is illusion and the spiritual self is the ultimate truth, you will not create problems in the first place, and even if problems are there, you will not worry in the second place.

Wake up, friends, from this mire of illusory Samsara now. Passion has wrought great havoc in you as you are drowned in Avidya. How many millions of fathers, mothers, wives and sons you have had in previous births! This body is full of impurities. What a shame it is to embrace this filthy body! It is mere foolishness only. Give up Moha for this body.

Remember that you are not this perishable body of flesh and bones. You are the immortal, all pervading,

Keep an eye on yourself, tell yourself all this is just a illusion, its a big dream, you just be a witness to everything around you..very soon, you will realize the truth..and that nothing matters..not poverty..not corruption..not malnutrition.

Why does it feel impossible to accept myself or to be satisfied?

See, you have to understand one thing. First of all this answer might satisfy you or not.

I don’t know what kind of answer you are seeking for example there are many ways to seek satisfaction.

One could be do good, be good and in turn feel satisfied by feeling good.

Other is which majority of us follow - Be good if the other person is good and be bad if the other person is bad, in turn feel satisfied that you did the right thing but again sometimes forgiving is a right thing but will you forgive if someone hurt you consciously and just stamped you so that they could win.

Then there are people who will do anything to feel satisfised by getting what they want - they might amass wealth, cheat, lie, not share information, secretly do their stuff, coax people into their schemes to achieve their satisfaction.

So basically, the satisfaction is just the surface. You have to go deeper, satisfaction will never be there.

The point is the nature of human life, mind, spirit, consciousness, soul, intelligence is always seeking. Seeking higher things. Even after being the most enlightened being, rich person, good person, you can fail right.

Then what you do???

Where dissatisfaction comes is we do things out of pressure, out of success, yes even out of greed for success or just to feel better. Your dissatisfaction will start.

Plus being satisfied is not a posistion you reach and you always be satisfied. You have to always be alert and on your toes, reminding yourself that satisfaction is just an illusion.

Keep moving most importantly stand up again when you fall down after a finding dissatisfaction. Dissatisfaction will hit anytime, just before the second you die as well. So be prepared. Hope you got the big picture.

SATISFACTION - CONTENTMENT, IS A STATE OF MIND YOU HAVE TO BE ALWAYS BE. EVEN AFTER YOU FALL DOWN EVERY TIME OUT OF BEING SATISFIED.

What could I do to change 9-5 job situation in my life, which I don't like most and want do something different but my background doesn't allow me to do?

Firstly, get the picture.

You are part of a bigger picture.

There are many people like you, there plenty of people
like you in your city and in the nation.

On this earth, we are one among the countless people.

In the universe, the earth is just one planet.

Like this the larger picture is that we are all part of a bigger picture.

Now everyone of us wants to have a slice of this bigger life.

We all are searching for something or other.

And you are searching for a good life or career which you feel WILL keep you happy.

In fact, a drug addict too has the same feeling he feels that drug will make him.

Unfortunately, drugs happen to be a thing that affects our body and in the world it is considered as bad.

Imagine, like making money, doing good if drugs was also considered right in the world.

Then along with being good, earning money, doing drugs would also be ambitions of most people.

So the first thing i am trying to say is no matter what you do, you might be the best at what you are, but there will always be things, people who are better than you.

So this feeling of you looking for something will never end.

Now the question is how do you end this?

It’s very simple but as always simple things are hard to understand.

Animals are happy if it gets what it wants.

Humans that’s where it starts, even if you are the best in the world, you are somewhat having that feeling that i need to do this, do that etc.

So choice is yours, you continue doing what you do but realize that we are just a small spec in this entire universe.

It’s like Sun, Moon Stars, they are all bigger, powerful than you.

But man isn’t it boring to sit there everyday and just rise and shine.

I feel pity for the sun, stars, moon.

So that way, as human you are better.

Or you can go ahead full throttle ready to take all the risks, be there done that and change the world. But remember even after this you will get the same feel.

Or you can just say, okay i realize the truth, i will take it as nature or destiny or my surroundings bring it to me.

So its upto you. simple, yet effective.

Yes, if there is magic to life. Yes there is .

If there is no magic, yes there is no.

So choice is yours.

Don’t take life so seriously.

You lose or fail, it doesn’t really make a difference.

I mean what happens, if the entire world is just nuked after reading this answer.

So, don’t think the situation you are in is the Ultimate and everything else revolves around it. Always be a spectator, be like a movie goer who is watching the movie of his own life.

Question is how do want the movie to be?

Nobody knows the formula to make a hit movie or be successful in life and keeping in mind that okay, i will do this but i am okay if i again feel i need something more.

It’s like we bathe everyday, knowing very well we will bathe again either tomorrow or day after tomorrow or ….choice is yours.. but you will bathe again. the stink won’t go away, Realize this, be happy and do what you can do with full involvement.

One thing you can ensure is to make movie interesting. Hope you got the answer. So do you want make your life interesting, irrespective of the results. Be it a hit or a flop.