◊ Why am I alive?◊ Does my life matter?◊ Is there a purpose for my life?

◊ Why am I alive?◊ Does my life matter?◊ Is there a purpose for my life?

◊Look within◊Watch example

◊Look within◊Watch example

◊ Create your own purpose◊ Set some goals◊ Consider your Dreams◊ Aim high◊ Believe you can achieve◊ Success & purpose not same

◊ Create your own purpose◊ Set some goals◊ Consider your Dreams◊ Aim high◊ Believe you can achieve◊ Success & purpose not same

◊ Speculate..Guess about it

◊ Hugh Morehead◊ “I have no answer to the meaning of life, and I no longer want to search for any”..Heller

◊ Rubaiyat, Omar Khayyam

◊ Speculate..Guess about it

◊ Hugh Morehead◊ “I have no answer to the meaning of life, and I no longer want to search for any”..Heller

◊ Rubaiyat, Omar Khayyam

It should be understood that all species of life, O son of Kunti, are made possible by birth in this material nature, and that I am the seed giving father.

Bhagavad Gita 14/4Bhagavad Gita 14/4

1. Why am I alive? Created to be loved by

Krishna NOD chapters Parivare, family of

Krishna Can’t stop Krishna from

loving you

Does my life matter?Does my life matter?

WW II CampsWW II Camps 16,000 Queens, Rukmini16,000 Queens, Rukmini

Three LevelsThree Levels Survival Success Significance

• Success means you have options, looking good, feeling good, having the goods. The good life..Why I’m not more fulfilled, satisfied, want more.. You were made for significance. What you need is not more money. You need meaning. What you need is not more possessions. You need purpose. What you need is not more success and status. What you need is significance.

• What you need is not more money. You need meaning. What you need is not more possessions. You need purpose. What you need is not more success and status. What you need is significance.

Know Krishna, who made youKnow Krishna, who made you Know purposes you were put here forKnow purposes you were put here for Live out the five purposesLive out the five purposes

Know Krishna, who made youKnow Krishna, who made you Know purposes you were put here forKnow purposes you were put here for Live out the five purposesLive out the five purposes

Three FactsThree Facts Aware of every

detail, Paramatma

Made an ideal plan for your days

Made in Krishna’s image

SupersoulSupersoulO scion of Bharata, you should understand that I am also the knower in all bodies, and to understand this body and its owner is called knowledge.

Gita 13/3

Crossing the barCrossing the bar

More time on other side

Ready stage, preschool, first lap, dress rehearsal

Sunset and evening star,And one clear call for me!And may there be no moaning of the bar,When I put out to sea,

But such a tide as moving seems asleep,Too full for sound and foam,When that which drew from out the boundless

deepTurns again home.

Twilight and evening bell,And after that the dark!And may there be no sadness of farewell,When I embark;

For tho' from out our bourne of Time and PlaceThe flood may bear me far,I hope to see my Pilot face to faceWhen I have crossed the bar.

Matter and SpiritMatter and Spirit Material Nature endlessly

mutable Flesh is grass There is another nature,

which is eternal and transcendental to this manifested & unmanifested matter. It is supreme & is never annihilated. When all in this world is annihilated, that part remains as it is. Gita 8/20

Crimes or ChemicalsCrimes or Chemicals Bertrand Russell Atheistic

consequences Ecology..

woodpecker Abuse & misuse

Dead EndDead End

Bhagavad Gita 15/19Bhagavad Gita 15/19

““Whoever knows Me as the Supreme Whoever knows Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, without Personality of Godhead, without doubting, is to be understood as the doubting, is to be understood as the knower of everything, and he therefore knower of everything, and he therefore engages himself in full devotional engages himself in full devotional service, O son of Bharata.”service, O son of Bharata.”

““Whoever knows Me as the Supreme Whoever knows Me as the Supreme Personality of Godhead, without Personality of Godhead, without doubting, is to be understood as the doubting, is to be understood as the knower of everything, and he therefore knower of everything, and he therefore engages himself in full devotional engages himself in full devotional service, O son of Bharata.”service, O son of Bharata.”

Do you want to know why you're having Do you want to know why you're having difficulty in your relationships? Get to difficulty in your relationships? Get to know God. Do you want to know why you know God. Do you want to know why you keep going into debt? Get to know God. keep going into debt? Get to know God. Do you want to know the purpose of your Do you want to know the purpose of your life? Get to know God. Do you want to life? Get to know God. Do you want to know why you're stressed out all the time? know why you're stressed out all the time? Get to know God. Do you want to know the Get to know God. Do you want to know the answers that you can't find yourself? Get to answers that you can't find yourself? Get to know God.know God.

Do you want to know why you're having Do you want to know why you're having difficulty in your relationships? Get to difficulty in your relationships? Get to know God. Do you want to know why you know God. Do you want to know why you keep going into debt? Get to know God. keep going into debt? Get to know God. Do you want to know the purpose of your Do you want to know the purpose of your life? Get to know God. Do you want to life? Get to know God. Do you want to know why you're stressed out all the time? know why you're stressed out all the time? Get to know God. Do you want to know the Get to know God. Do you want to know the answers that you can't find yourself? Get to answers that you can't find yourself? Get to know God.know God.

Knowing Krishna all else Knowing Krishna all else becomes knownbecomes known

• Macmillan Company• ‘Never too late to become what you might

have been.’• Valmiki

AttendeesAttendees

• Seekers

• Stumblers

• Strong believers• It makes no difference who you are or

where you're from. If you want God and you're ready to do as He says the door is open.”

• Dear Lord. Because You've made me You must have a purpose for my life. I admit that I've focused on my plans and purposes not Yours. But starting today I want to know and I want to fulfill Your purposes for me and why You put me on this planet. I commit the next 5 weeks to learning about it. Thank You that You made me to love me. Thank You that You cared for me even when I didn't know it. Thank You that You made me eternal. I want a life filled with meaning and I want to start getting to know You better. As best as I understand it, I ask You Lord Krishna to make Yourself real to me. Come into my life and help me to understand Your purposes. Om Tat Sat

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Hare Krishna

Krishna Krishna Krishna Krishna

Hare HareHare HareHare Rama Hare Rama Hare RamaHare RamaRama Rama Rama Rama Hare HareHare Hare