A Duty Revisited

In my "religion" although it merely is, it has been a forever fact that each of us exist to serve an individual duty. As humans, our sole purpose for existence is to convey a duty through consistent action. Everything is done in hopes of ultimately omitting ourselves from this cycle of returning as another version in order to take care of unfinished business from a past life.

HOW?

How do we know what each of us are here to fulfill? Many believe we all share one duty: to serve. To serve those less fortunate than us, to give more and take less, and to complete a responsibility in every role we play in life. But is serving really a united duty? Are we all here for the same exact reason despite the dynamic lifestyle we've all resorted to?

I often question the validity of the belief that we share a united duty. I say this because our experiences are what distinguish us as individuals. In a microscopic view, we are all different. In a macroscopic sense, everyone is connected. Although our overall purpose is the same, our means to achieve it is not.

I'm starting to believe that a person's duty becomes evident based on a pattern of similar experiences that occur in a given lifestyle. Maybe everything we go through is a karmic reaction from a past life. Essentially, one may be living in the perspective of a person he/she hurt in their previous life. After all, isn't that the way we're taught to empathize with other people? Do we not encourage our peers to put themselves in other peoples' shoes to get a better grip on a situation?

Reflections. If we reflect on our own curve balls in life through the eyes of another person, perhaps this will open the door of an epiphany of what our own duty is. For the sake of comic relief, I'd say finding out what we were in our past life is like the phrase "how many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?"...the world may never know. BUT, maybe one way to find out is to put things that happen to us in someone else's perspective. This will enable us to realize why we face the trials and tribulations that we do.

Consider this: the lives we live are essentially a series of the same images from previous lives. Our duty is really to revisit these images that change because our perceptions change. It takes cycles to cover all viewpoints and understand the standard emotions of love, hate, happy and healthy. Once the stage has been set and you've had a chance to play different roles in the same scene, your duty is then fulfilled.

*addendum to follow