Response:

I think I have always been direct and consistent in saying that our purpose here is self-realization. That process includes finding out what our gifts and talents are that we have to offer our fellow traveling companions. I wouldn’t want anyone to confuse the purpose of self-realization with your interpretation that the only reason we are here is to serve God.

If the notion of knowing yourself as a purpose to life seems pointless to you, then you haven’t fully understood the meaning of awakening. It is not meant as an answer the way one provides the answer to a math question. It is an answer that you have to provide yourself through your own life-learning. It’s like asking what it is to hike to the top of a mountain and then being given a map and told you need to make the climb yourself to find out.

Love,

Deepak