Each of us has our own individual purpose. To find a struggle that we love and be with it. But we also share a common purpose. In the most literal sense, to witness or to experience. Witness what? Experience what?… EVERYTHING! Witness air, ground, sky, birds, gravity, light, feelings, other people, ourselves, EVERYTHING! Irrefutably, during any moment of consciousness, it’s the one thing we are always doing and can’t stop doing.

Alan Watt’s presents an interesting twist to the concept of witness or experience. He has a great video called Inception. He makes a fascinating statement, “All perfectly known futures are the past”.

Essentially, if you already knew exactly what was going to happen, even if it actually hasn’t happened yet, it essentially is a past to you… You’ve already experienced it. You already know what’s going to happen…..

Does this begin to explain boredom? There is a saying out there, “Show me the most beautiful girl in the world and I’ll show you the guy who’s tired of having sex with her.” We get bored with anything we do. It just takes a matter of time.

Think back to almost anything we once coveted. As a kid, a new toy. As an adult, a new car, new shoes, new dress, watch. They all lost some form of value as time went by or as we experienced them. Does the same apply to a new girlfriend or boyfriend…

Why does this happen? Is it because after a while it becomes more of the same? And does Alan Watts statement play a role? Does it start to become a perfectly known future?… This reminds me of a quote: “Nice guys don’t finish last, boring guys do.”

Is boredom our biological programming to continue to seek and witness/experience more?

When you combine some of the thoughts from earlier in this post with the following quote: “Consciousness is the universes way of experiencing itself.” If you think about it long enough, it starts to really itch some thoughts.

A question the quote above often brings up is does the universe (everything) already know the universe (everything), or are we here as part of the universe to begin to understand ourself. Someone once told me of course it knows, but it’s playing a game of hide and seek. I like to think this is the best answer.

Is “to witness” or “to experience” our only purpose or our only reason to be here? Who really knows? But there’s a solid argument, that in the most basic sense, it is one of them.

The following video discusses an opportunity presented by death and adds more depth to the concept of life’s purpose. Enjoy.