Motivation logo

Past, Present and Future

An outlook on Life's Meaning, Purpose and the Beyond

By Yanet GonzalezPublished 4 years ago 3 min read
Its in the Light

Has there ever been a more beautiful and adequate moment to begin a new phase in our Lives? Beauty comes from the Now that we are living and experiencing. Adequate comes from the time frame that we have in a given moment to begin an action. For these facts, this moment right here is when we can begin a New Phase in our lives.

The exporting of our desires for change to a future time ruins the possibilities of it actually happening and the importing of our past experience from the past to the present also ruins what we wish to create.

The separation of the time in three phases in our minds have taken us to always live either in the past or the future, but never in the present.

When we realize that although time has been, for our purposes, divided in three to be able to be who we are by using past memory from different stages of evolution because we must not be who we are if at some point in time someone was not who they were in our family and world context. And because we project ideas and desires into the future so that we can have the sufficient time to make them come true because everything cant not happen now, it does not mean that we have to live in either a memory or a desire.

We must live Now. As only the Now has the resources and tools to accommodate our needs and to structure a platform for our desires to be fulfilled the same way our needs are fulfilled now.

Having explained the uses of the Past -Present-Future, it is my hope that we all begin creating our New Phase in Life this moment. For the Now is the best blessing we are endowed with.

Why do we ask about the Meaning, Purpose of Life and what lies beyond?

At some instance or another in our lives it borns in us to ask existential questions. But, why do we ask them, and where do these questions come from?

The most commonly pondered existential questions are:

What is the meaning of life?

What is the purpose of life?

What is there beyond life?

In introspection, I have narrowed down why these questions come to us. When the question What is the meaning of Life? arises the Why we do what we do is in question. Why doing all you do? Inner peace dissipates when we begin to doubt the true personal meaning of what we do, then a feeling of discontent sets in. Not finding meaning in one's daily personal life and performed activities for prolonged periods of time leads to the seeking of life's meaning. However, this external meaning we tend to seek in life is merely to compensate our lack of inner fulfillment. So, think in terms of Why we do what we do?

Along the lines of wanting to know about the meaning of life also arises the question What is the Purpose of Life? This comes because there is no sense of Joy in how we do things and what we do. For the purpose of life to be questioned, we must be undertaking, very painstakingly, some sort of activities, jobs or daily actions in the world that are in friction with our true desires. Wholeheartedly action is missing in terms of what we do and how it is done. This lack of purpose begins with us pursuing action in the world that is in contradiction and in friction with how we want to conduct our lives. So, think in terms of How we conduct our lives and What it is that we do.

The third existential question, What is beyond Life?

The topic of being alive and wanting at the same time to know what is next and beyond is obviously a reflection of our discontent with current life and personal circumstances. Any person that knows happiness, joy and that is in deep connection with life does not think in terms of what is beyond. That person knows that this current life is truly a miracle and a joy to be experienced.

The fact that there is no historical account of any being going to the beyond, living a Life there, and having returned to give his account should be enough proof to show that what we call Life here is beyond a miracle, beyond great and beyond brilliant.

Yet, some ponder to get to the beyond and what is there. If you feel like going you may as well be unconsciously living already there.

In a nutshell:

What is the meaning of life? Brings forth change in Why you do things in Life.

What is the purpose of life? Brings forth change in How you conduct your Life and What you do.

What is there beyond life? Brings forth change in your Love for Life.

success

About the Creator

Yanet Gonzalez

A conscious, spiritual and mystic being. To bring change to the World we must first foster change in its People.

Reader insights

Be the first to share your insights about this piece.

How does it work?

Add your insights

Comments

There are no comments for this story

Be the first to respond and start the conversation.

Sign in to comment

    Find us on social media

    Miscellaneous links

    • Explore
    • Contact
    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms of Use
    • Support

    © 2026 Creatd, Inc. All Rights Reserved.