Steve, what is your ultimate goal in life?

[FutureBillionaire]

I know this is personal, but I was wondering if you would share what your "ultimate" goal is.

I have put off creating some sort of value list/ life goal list until I can really experience and learn more. I really would like to study philosophy before committing to anything.


Anyway, what is your ultimate goal?

[norbert]

I guess he has a life purpose and uses goal setting because goals give a certain quality to the present moment.

Steve's purpose in life is:
to live consciously and courageously;
to enjoy, increase, and share peace, energy, passion, and wealth;
to resonate with love and compassion;
to awaken the great spirits within others;
and to fully embrace this present moment.

See http://www.stevepavlina.com/about-steve-pavlina.htm

[RT Wolf]

Originally Posted by FutureBillionaire

I know this is personal, but I was wondering if you would share what your "ultimate" goal is.

I have put off creating some sort of value list/ life goal list until I can really experience and learn more. I really would like to study philosophy before committing to anything.


Anyway, what is your ultimate goal?

I would recommend just jumping in and doing it. You can change your answers later. Nothing is set in stone, but having an inaccurate value list/life goal list is MUCH better than nothing. It'll help give you clarity.

[taylor]

So your ultimate goal for the moment should be to study philosophy in depth. Set a deadline by which you need an ultimate goal defined and get busy. If you don't have a deadline, it's easy to get stuck in philosophy. I speak from experience. Good luck!

[RT Wolf]

^ Heh, I was just about to say that, too. Philosophy (learned and taught properly) is, in short, a mindbender. Unless you've got some concrete stuff to work with, your mind can easily be thrown around like a football.

In general though, I've found Steve's philosophy to be very existentialist. Existentialism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[taylor]

Be sure to check out Nondualism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Also read some David Hawkins.

I'm giving you the info I would have liked to have two years ago.

Enjoy!

[pi11]

Originally Posted by FutureBillionaire

I have put off creating some sort of value list/ life goal list until I can really experience and learn more. I really would like to study philosophy before committing to anything.

I gotta say, from personal experience, I didn't get into Steve's ideas (or similar ideas) until after I had philosophically understood enough to make sense out of this all.

I am one of those people who love and adore ideas. I don't take them on face value, just because someone suggested them. Or just because they are popular. I need to know the "why" before I jump in. And then, when I jump in, I enjoy it because I believe in the idea with a passion and I stand on the underlying foundation of ideas that support it.

Going back to studying philosophy... I would suggest that you be very careful about the philosophers you read. They are and were very influential and brilliant people. If you go in their presence, i.e. read with a naive mind, you will be molded into all sorts of strange directions.