TD Jakes in his book "Destiny" asks us to find out our purpose in life and step into it. He says of himself, "... I have lived a life that I was drawn to. I have been pulled to a call that has drawn me from the mundane acquisition of lives mementos to the far more rewarding task of doing something with my life that only I could uniquely accomplish." How wonderful.
Agathiyar in his 5 tenets given to mankind list this as the first tenet - to know one's purpose in taking birth. For the present generation, who might not have access to genuine gurus, and are not into deep meditation, seeking to know our purpose from the Nadi written by the Siddhas might shed some light. I received my call and later was given numerous tasks to perform through these Nadi readings. I carried them out to their satisfaction I believe.
If God told Neale Donald Walsch in his "Conversation with God" to "Awaken the Species", Agathiyar tells us in his 5 tenets the same too. He says that we are here foremost to uplift the Self and others bringing an awakening.
Coming back from a journey experiencing near-death Betty J Eadie reveals the secrets and mysteries of life in her book "Embraced by the Light." She describes leaving her body, how she was taken on a tour of another realm and discovered the mystery and workings of life on earth. As the operation of the laws behind life on earth were explained to her, she seemed to understand these things almost instantaneously. She brings her understanding of the mystery that surrounds our birth, and its purpose that was revealed to her, into the pages of her book.
Betty understood the earth to be a place where we schooled, adds that whatever we become of here is meaningless unless it has brought benefit to others. In serving others we grow spiritually. If Betty says that we are here to school, Neale says that we are already well equipped with sufficient knowledge and have only to apply it here, giving life a purpose and making it holy.
I found her book interesting for I too came to understand likewise through the Nadi readings. We understood from Agathiyar each of us was brought together again for a purpose. We have been told that we are here for an experience, gaining which we return to god's kingdom. Just as Neale says life needs to have a purpose, Agathiyar has slowly revealed the reasons for taking birth, giving it a purpose too.
As Neale wrote, knowing who we are was not enough; we needed to become "it". This desire triggers a chain of events, a learning process takes place and several experiences are recorded, whereby the soul becomes enriched through these experiences. We, being light in essence, for want of experiencing it, had darkness and all opposites created for us. As all the souls are perfect, many wanted and volunteered to come down to help us gain the experience. Thus we had all known each other earlier. We had planned to be together here. Those who needed a particular experience chose to come early while others remained behind to join later.
Agathiyar adds that we needed to settle some of the past scores or karma too. Atonement and remedies were recommended to either payback, refund, replace, offset, reduce, or satisfy the many atrocities we had done earlier. Even after these revelations, many continue with their lives in the usual manner, without having had any impact made in their lives or without gaining a new understanding or perspective of life. For some, they turned over a new leaf after understanding the consequences of their actions and begin to watch their thoughts and actions carefully refraining from hurting others. Only a few handfuls are diverted from living a mundane life and made to live a life with a higher purpose, often given a mission to accomplish in this lifetime.
We are often told that this is the Era of Siddhas. The Siddhas tell us that children born now will serve to teach us, and thus awaken us. I already see that happening through my granddaughter.
If initially, we come together for a common purpose, later we are drawn to specific tasks that have to be taken on solo. And so it seemed that Agathiyar had us go our way in exploring the inner caves of our hearts after having traveled to the caves and jungles in groups. When we are alone and to our self in these moments our purpose in taking birth shall dawn on us says Agathiyar.