The Purpose of Life

The Purpose of Life W hen a child comes into this world, he finds a vast life-support system in place that provides him with everything he needs in order to survive and grow. This system is so perfect and so complete that it fulfils man’s every need, small and big, and in just the right way. From the earth to the sun, the entire universe is engaged, in an astoundingly exceptional manner, in the service of man. After we come into this world, we spend the span of time that has been allotted to us here, and then, all of a sudden, we die. Human beings want to live forever, but, generally within a hundred years or so at the very most, we are forced to leave this world forever, against our will. Every human being goes through two basic experiences—first, the experience of life; and, then, the experience of death. If you seriously reflect on these two experiences, you are bound to discover the amazing fact that our having been sent into this world is not as a reward for anything, but, rather, for the purpose of an examination. In this world, we think and feel that we are free. We have been given this freedom so as that it can be ascertained who among us has used this freedom