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To Know Why We Live

The purpose of individual existence is the joy of dis-
covering* the Divine and uniting with Him. When one has
understood this, then one is ready to gain the strength to
surmount all difficulties.
CWM Vol. 16, p. 423 22 November 1971
*
To know why we live: discovery of the Divine and conscious
union* with Him.
The aspiration to concentrate solely on this realisation.
To know how to transform all circumstances into a
means of reaching this goal.
CWM Vol. 16, p. 428 22 December 1971
*
Essentially there is but one single true reason for living: it
is to know oneself. We are here to learn — to learn what
we are, why we are here, and what we have to do. And if
we don’t know that, our life is altogether empty — for our-
selves and for others.
CWM Vol. 6, pp. 15-16 03 February 1954

* Emphasis added by the compiler

Only Thou — that is all.
And it is quite evident that the creation has that as its
goal, that wonderful delight... of feeling itself to be Thou.
CWM 11: 268 (28 August 1971) The Mother

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