What’s This Life For? (From the Introduction)

The following information is excerpted from my first book entitled: What’s’ This Life For? You can get a free introductory download of this publication on my website…

There are literally countless belief frameworks in which to choose from to live one’s life by. In many of these cases, the “belief framework” would not be perceived and interpreted as such; instead, it would be perceived and interpreted as actual conditions of reality. Still yet, there are also those who naturally live their best life without any conscious deliberation of the matter at all.

Realize that there was a part of you which was born “knowing” the part of the world you were born into was “ready” for you to come into it. You were to come here and grow into your “most realized self;” irrespective of whether or not you were conscious of this process or not. You were, and still are, to “grow your own value fulfillment.”

By doing this, you will not only make the world a better place to live in for us all, it is how your soul evolves. What is a soul? On this paper, it is just a word; yet, what it represents is a part of you that is eternal, and whose very definition transcends simple stories of beginnings and endings, good and evil, or heaven and hell.

I hope to show you through the material in this book, that what may seem mysterious and complex right now, is actually very simple; as simple as a young child who “knows” that it is good for their soul’s development to run around outside in the rain giggling and playing around, even while mom and/or dad are yelling at them to get in the house out of the rain before they “come down with something.”

When we are born into a family, it is necessary that the “bio-computer” be “programmed,” so as to be able to function in the world. This does not mean that the early ideas given to us are the only ones there are to run our program throughout our lives. No, we are indeed meant to grow our ideas of ourselves and the world around us. Well, that is if we are to achieve self-actualization.

What is self-actualization? I’ll tell you what it is not. It is not choosing one set of ideas to run your program throughout your life. It is not only being the person you were raised to be. It is not living your life within the parameters defined by our society and culture only.

No, self-actualization means becoming more and more, who and what you truly are inside, as separate and apart from who you were raised to be. Your ideas in your head (the ones which run your program) have to grow and evolve if you are to become the best you that you can be; and once again, this is irrespective of whether or not this is conscious knowledge.

Let me give you a brief example to help make my point more clear. Think of a very young child who is told by their parents to never unlock the door and go outside of the house and play in the front yard (which is unfenced and on a busy street) without mom or dad being with them.

Initially, this framework provides for a safe place to play, explore, grow and develop in. However, if the child grows up to become an adult, and they still hold this idea unchanged in any way, I am quite sure you will agree with me that this is now no longer “beneficial to their continued growth and development.” An overly simplified example yes, but it does make my point very clearly. The ideas that you have within your head, which run your program, must change throughout your life if you are to achieve self-actualization.

What happens to you if you do not achieve self-actualization? Does it mean you will not have a rewarding life? Does it mean you have to start this process by a certain age for it to work? Does it mean that you have to consciously process such matters in your life? These questions are not as easily answered as asked.

However, I will say this, someone who does not choose to become the best person they can become can still have a good life, not a great life perhaps, but a good one; or not. It is up to them, by way of the choices they make on a daily basis throughout their life and the “dealing with” or “not dealing with” of the resulting repercussions or ramifications. There is no particular age where it is too late to begin. Even up until the moment of the last breath being taken, the individual human soul can change. You do not have to even consciously process this type of material to have a self-actualized life.

In this book, I hope to “re-introduce” you as the reader, to a part of yourself that you may have “forgotten about.” Like the part of you that you were most familiar with as a very young child. Like the part of you who “knew you were special inside,” and that the world was here to unfold for you. Like the part of you who knew that you were special and unique just because you were alive...