Above Our Genome
Purpose. We spend 13 years going through a school system that molds us to all be alike. Then we are told we need to go to college to “find ourselves.” We pick a school and we usually have no idea what we want. Our choice of college may determine a huge amount about our future and yet, we usually pick based on something superficial: “I like the food;” “the campus is pretty;” “that professor was nice;” “they want me to go there”. Yet many people define college as the highlight of their life, the time of extreme growth and a time where they find people they never stop loving. For me, I think that’s because we are finally allowed to define our own purpose. Many cultures feel that we each have a specific purpose. Dharma, is a term used in Hinduism as the principle of cosmic nature, is used to define something that connects them to themselves (BBC News). Science, teaching, mothering; all are possibilities of dharmas. Many religions feel that a governing deity helps us find this purpose. Religion is often a gateway for experiences that help us define who we are and find our purpose. Whether this is the service churches encourage, the moral principles defined, the family created, or a spiritual experience, religion often affects people’s definition of their purpose. For me, faith is with which I struggle. I like tangible, proven, and controllable. So I look to something else to find my purpose.
Through the last few years, I’ve begun to find who I am. Most of this has come through the spiritual experiences I’ve had. For some people, these experiences happen in
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The metaphor of the chariot itself is remarkably similar to MacLean’s neural chassis; the two horses, the R-Complex and the limbic cortex; and the charioteer barely in control of the chariot and the horses, to the neocortex.