GREAT MINDS...

 Shankara

I am blessed indeed! I have achieved life's only purpose. The dragon of rebirth can never seize me now. The Infinite is mine. I recognize my true nature in eternal joy. (9

Sri Aurobindo There is no I nor thou, but only one divine Self equal in all embodiments, equal in the individual and the group, and to realize that, to express that, to serve that, to fulfill that is all that matters. (10)

Patanjali The purpose of this world is to provide us with experience and thus to lead us to liberation. (11)

John Ruusbroec [For] the rational creature to attain the sublime beauty of God and to possess it in [a] supernatural way ... is [the] reason that God created heaven and earth and all that is in them. (12)

Hazrat Inayat Khan The purpose of life ... is that the only Being makes his oneness intelligible to Himself. He goes through different planes of evolution ... to make clear to Himself His oneness. (13)

Sri Yukteswar Giri [The] unification of Self with God is [called] Kaivalya, which is the Ultimate Object of all created beings. (14)Man's purpose is complete freedom from unhappiness.Once he has banished all pain beyond possibility of return, he has attained the highest goal. (15)

Beinsa Douno To see God means to strive toward that Supreme Eternal Law which rejuvenates, revivifies and brings Light and warmth to man. ... Do you know what it means to see God? This is the meaning of life. (16)All trials through which you pass at present are for the sole purpose of coming to know God: the Primary Cause. (17)

Sri Ramakrishna defined being enlightened as “to know the real nature of one's own Self.” (18) I accept that definition. To know who we are. To know our real identity, our true nature. While the accomplishment of this aim is anything but easy, its difficulty does not affect its always remaining the end and purpose of our lives.