Sometimes people ask me, “What’s the point of this life? Why do we suffer so much? Why do we always seem to be learning through pain?”
I’ve sat with this question myself, and I’ve also asked it to my guides during meditation. The message I received from them was simple, yet so different from how the mind usually thinks.
It’s the ego that looks for purpose, achievement, and accomplishment. The ego wants to know why something is happening and what it will give in return. That’s how the ego functions—it measures, compares, and chases goals.
But the soul is not like that. The Atma, which is already whole and complete, is not seeking to achieve anything. It is only here to experience. That’s why this life is called a Divine Leela—a play of the Supreme.
Think of children playing. They don’t play to achieve something. Sometimes they laugh, sometimes they fight, sometimes they cry—and still, they go back to play again. There is no goal, only experience. In the same way, this world is a play of the Divine, and we are part of it.
The challenge is that our ego doesn’t sit easily with this truth. The ego cannot imagine action without a goal. And that’s okay—that’s how the ego is supposed to be. But like salt in food, ego needs balance. Too much of it, or too little of it, makes life lose its real taste.
When I sit in meditation and touch the stillness of the Atma, I experience a peace and completeness that no worldly accomplishment has ever given me. The ego thinks completion will come after finishing tasks or achieving goals. But the soul already carries that sense of wholeness—it doesn’t need proving.
So, what is the point of life? It’s not about collecting achievements. It’s about living, being, and experiencing. Spirituality is not about abandoning this play, nor about losing yourself completely in it. It’s about being present in the balance—aware of the play, yet rooted in the knowing that all of this is for the Divine, by the Divine, and to the Divine.
We are not separate. We are projections of the One Supreme Being. And when I remember this, the weight of needing a reason for everything lifts. Life becomes less about chasing, more about experiencing.
Hare Hare.