Golden path

What is your purpose, aim, and path in life?

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The Golden Path is described in Frank Herbert’s Dune. An expansive, prescient interpretation of the fluid events of the future, both great and small. More profoundly, however, it revealed an optimum path through the countless threads of cause and effect that were encountered by the human race.

I also like to contrast the idea of the Golden Path with the Japanese philosophy known as Ikigai. Ikigai can be described as having a sense of purpose in life as well as being motivated. According to a study by Michiko Kumano, feeling ikigai, as described in Japanese, usually means the feeling of accomplishment and fulfillment that follows when people pursue their passions.

The Golden Path is a daunting road in the Dune series and fills most characters with an intense feeling of dread and soberness, despite their commitment to it.

Contrastingly, the idea of Ikigai often sounds too good to be true.