The Meaning Of Life

The Meaning Of Life

My father could have been a great entrepreneur but he didn't believe that was possible for him and so, he made a conservative choice. Instead, he got a safe job as an trader and when I was 12 years old.. he was let go from the safe job and our family had to do whatever we could to survive.

I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which was that you can fail at what you don't want. So, you might as well take a chance on doing what you love.

I watched the effect of my father's love and humour, and how it altered the world around me, and I thought: "That's something to do. that's something worth my time." 

When I was about 21, after a decade as a professional entrepreneur, I realised one night in Jakarta that the purpose of my life had always been to free people from concern, just like my dad and my mentor. I did something.. that made people present their best selves to me wherever I go.

How will you serve the world? what do they need that your talent can provide? that's all you have to figure out. I can tell you from experience the effect you have on others.. is the most valuable currency there is and all that will be left of you is what was in your heart.

Life doesn't happen to you, it happens for you guys. because ultimately, we're not the avatars we create. we're not the picture on the film stock. we are the light that shines through, all else is just smoke and mirrors. distracting, but not truly compelling.

That piece that we're after lies somewhere beyond personality. beyond the perception of others, beyond invetion and disguise, even beyond effort itself. You can join the game, fight the wars, play with form all you want, but.. to find real peace you have to let the armor go.

Your need for acceptance can make you invisible in this world. Don't let anything stand in the way of the light that shines through this form. Risk being seen in all of your glory.

I've often said.... that I wished could realize all their dreams and wealth and fame.... so that they could see that it's not where you're going to find your sense of completion. Like many of you guys, I was concerned about going out into the world and doing something bigger than myself, until someone smarter than myself made me realize that there is nothing bigger than myself.

Fear is going to be a player in your life but you get to decide how much. You can spend your whole life imagining ghosts, worrying about the pathway to the future, but all there will ever be is what's happening here and the decisions we make in this moment, which are based in either love or fear.

So many of us choose our path out of fear disguised are practicality. what we really want seems impossibly out of reach and ridiculous to expect so we never dare to ask the universe for it. I'm saying: "I'm the proof that you can ask the universe for it." 

My soul is not contained within the limits of my body, my body is contained within the limitlessness of my soul. Our eyes are not viewers, they're also projectors, that are running a second story over the picture that we see in front of us all the time. Fear is writing that script, and the working title is: "I'll never be enough."

No matter what you gain, ego will not let you rest. It will tell you.. that you cannot stop until you've left an indelible mark on the earth, until you've achieved immortality.

How tricky is this ego that it would tempt us with the promise of something we already possess.

Relax, and dream up a good life. It's just about letting the universe know what you want and working toward it while letting go of how it comes to pass. Your job is not to figure out how it's gonna happen for you, but to open the door in your head and when the door opens in real life just walk through it. and don't worry if you miss your queue because there's always doors opening. they keep opening. I'm just making a consious choice to perceive challenges as something beneficial so that I can deal with them in the most productive way. You'll come up with your own style. that's part of the fun.

Take a chance on faith. not religion, but faith. not hope, but faith. I don't believe in hope. hope is a beggar. hope walks through the fire, and faith leaps over it. You are ready and able to do beautiful things in this world. and after you walk through those doors today... you will only ever have two choices, love or fear.

Please choose love, and don't ever let fear turn you against your playful heart.

Thank you so much guys.

I'm so honored. Thank you.

DO BEAUTIFUL THINGS IN THIS WORLD

IQBAL MUSALIM

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