The standard purpose of humanity

Mark Jude Mugerwa

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Alokolum National Major seminary

THE STANDARD PURPOSE OF HUMANITY
Have you ever stopped to ask yourself what you are doing on this planet? Why are you here? What is your purpose in life? The answer is simply. To evolve, to grow, we are here to grow as individuals and to grow collectively. As living things once we stop growing, we cease to be living. Looking around us, flowers, trees, birds, insects, plants and animals of every kind are growing and expressing themselves as living things, once they stop, they die.
As human beings, full expression of our growth happens on a soul level, the seed of the divine life force is planted in the soul of every human being, thus our sole purpose is our “soul purpose.” Characteristically of almost every religion, are the fundamental truths which are love and faith. As humans, we are entangled in our problems, complicating our lives, throwing ourselves off the path and losing touch with these two simple truths.
Jesus taught us that unconditional love for ourselves and for each other is the light that will keep our vision clear, allowing us to see our path in life and thus live with a tremendous purpose. Once one learns to love oneself and the others, one will master the material world and will find inner peace and true fulfillment and thus will come to recognize that we are all manifestations of God’s pure love and energy.
As you develop faith and love for yourself, you radiate powerful and positive energy that transforms everyone and everything around you. The chain of humanity is as strong as its weakest link, do your part to give it strength. I am sure that you are aware that our world is in chaos, the pharmaceutical companies are thriving, hospitals, prisons and mental hospitals are all occupied beyond the set fullest capacity, crime and human atrocities are the order of the day, there is an angst that permeates the planet.
It is being absorbed by each of us and it affects each of us on a cellular level. We feel overpowered, saturated with negativity and utterly helpless to do anything about our own state of affairs, let alone the state of the world, we ought to take our eyes off what is taking place and happening around us and take a moment inward. The universe creates us in happiness and love. If we have lost that state for whatever reason, we can find it again. It is our natural state to be happy and to grow by virtue of being alive.
Don’t be afraid to look inside yourself you will find your inner power (your purpose or calling in life or mission in life). Only by finding and befriending him will you have all the strength you need to accomplish what you desire and become a master of your own life.
You are now living the most precious moment of all and the future depends on what you think or do now. Whatever happened in the past should not cause you to feel unhappy and unfulfilled now.
Leave it in the past but learn from it, past is past, then is then and now is now, you ought to live the moment. Within each of us is the divine seed of God’s love and perfection, it needs only to be acknowledged, nurtured and allowed to grow until its beauty radiates and touches everything and everyone around us. I don’t have a direct line to all that is good and pure, an umbilical cord to the universal source, hopefully by the time you reach the climax of this book, you will become comfortable and familiar with your inner God, your source. This will enable you to recognize, realize and come to appreciate your purpose in life.
Regardless of the retreats, seminars, conferences, motivation and inspirational talks you attend, self-help books you read, courses you take or the amount of time you spend thinking about the personal development process, YOU MUST ACT! Only through conscious action and repetition will you achieve your goals, intensifying your purification and growth.

Look at the lives of people who have achieved their purpose, and you can hear them calling you to put yourself into your own story. Perhaps they didn’t use those exact words, but if you look at what they’ve said, you can sense the call to action:
“To dare is to lose one’s footing momentarily. Not to dare is to lose oneself.” —SØREN KIERKEGAARD
“If you aren’t in over your head, how do you know how tall you are?” —T. S. ELIOT
“Be the change you want to see in the world. ” —MAHATMA GANDHI
“Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently.… Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world are the ones who do.” —STEVE JOBS.
Remember that we are reprogramming our subconscious mind and it only recognizes and understands actions. Take an example of a glass of dirty water to which clean and clear water is continually added, will eventually become a glass of clean water, the dirty water is displaced by the clean water. By reading about pouring clean water into the glass or by merely thinking about it, you will not have clean water. You will only continue to have dirty water. Only by doing will you get results. Persist and it will pay off! You will get the results you are looking for if you remind yourself constantly that you are making progress.
Once you have made the decision to nurture your own seed, your essence, and take action, you will be amazed at how quickly it will grow toward the light and the freedom that exists beyond the darkness of the soil in which it has been planted. Any pain experienced as you struggle through the soil will be temporary. If the pain becomes intense, it means you are resisting and refusing to “let go” or outgo the old programming. You are having everything to gain and nothing to lose. The more you resist, the more the pain will persist, you will soon feel the warmth of your love and the brightness of your inner light, let go and let grow. Remember that nothing can exist without having been imagined, dreamt or thought of.

Creativity is the human being’s greatest power, we are only species, that can consciously create our own reality. As I enter into and persevere throughout the growth process, I should remain mindful and understand that the only reality there is, exists in the inner realm, all else is illusion.
Before becoming visible, everything is created in the invisible, I have a task to remain and stay conscious of this truth at all times and I shall become a master of my own destiny. Taking responsibility for your own growth will put you and I in direct alignment with the divine law and accelerate the process.
The truth is that the only reason that we have not accomplished what we wanted to achieve in our lives is that we did not believe it was possible. We did not have faith, one of the grievous mistakes we as humans make is failing to accept this power, reminiscent, thoughts are energy!
Once our thoughts are clear, we shall be able to manifest, to create whatever we want, this is a fundamental physics law, the energy created by clear thoughts becomes actual, physical energy will be converted into results.
Of primary importance is the realization that the subconscious reacts to all of our thoughts, therefore if our mental processes are muddled and confused, the subconscious shall also be confused and unable to manifest our desires. Clearly define and visualize your desires, nurture them and make them grow strong! How disappointing is it to think that everything that happens to you is caused by outside influence!
If you feel others are responsible for your unhappiness, you will have to wait until they do something about it in order for you to be happy! If you are sick and blame someone or something outside yourself, whether you are blaming heredity or the weather, or whatever, you will have to be patient and wait until these outside influences change before you can be healthy! Are you ready and willing to wait this long? Do you like feeling powerless? Doesn’t it make more sense to create your own health and your own life? Take responsibility for your life now, know that at this instant you can change your life yourself! You can learn to see the cup as half full rather than half empty. Once you learn to live from your heart instead of from your head, you will see through the eyes of love, you will see beauty and goodness all around you. Can you imagine feeling “in love with life” at all times?

Reality is what you perceive it to be, what you perceive as truth will become your truth, be selective with what you perceive as your truth, be selective with what you feed your mind. Take a minute to visualize yourself in a joyful scene and your body will feel happiness, now see yourself as being lonely, your body will feel sadness. In an instant you changed your life, train yourself to see beauty beyond ugliness, love beyond criticism, being spiritual is to see love (God) and beauty everywhere, in everything and in everyone.
By becoming aware of your true self, the shell of ego will fall away and you will no longer need to define yourself by what others have perceived you to be. In more familiar terms, you will have “found yourself” …...your true self. The façade that was once your ego will be changed and it will no longer be an obstacle in your life and you will be free to be you!

EXTRACT FROM: A LIFE WITH A PURPOSE
MARK JUDE MUGERWA
PAGES 75-79

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