I think there’s actually a dilemma concerning this. While lots of sects praise having a purpose, there are also many that praise “surrender” and “the flow”. I created a thread about it nearly a year ago, and I’d sure enjoy hearing further thoughts on it.
I haven’t had a chance to resolve that paradox yet, however, here’s a quote from Tao Te Ching that warms my being at times.
“Because he doesn’t know who he is, people recognize themselves in him.
Because he has no goal in mind, everything he does succeeds.”
As a person who experienced ego death and experienced one of the strangest ~2 months of my life nearly 4 years ago, those verses have a deeper meaning to me…
Ever since I’ve been trying to catch that experience once more, but unfortunately I am either not purposeful enough or there’s indeed a strange paradox in striving to cease all striving…