Isn't life purpose a distraction?

[purerogue]

16 minutes ago, mochafrap said:

Why is there an expectation of going into the world to do X Y Z, and why is there is a judgement made if one does not do X Y Z? Just like I asked Leo, why not live in your mom's basement and eat Cheetos? Conversely, why not go into the world? As far as I understand it, enlightenment (one strain of apparently many interpretations) recognizes all as concepts except for the consciousness itself, which is a concept when discussed but not a concept when purely experienced. Choices outside of this pure experience are equivalent "why nots". Why would enlightenment suggest any one direction or self (egoic)-imposed concepts, such as that of doing X Y Z in the world, versus doing whatever flows most intuitively, even if that means being lazy af?

I am mostly playing devil's advocate in order to learn. I'm not sure of my own answers to these questions.

I think it is irrelevant what  you will do, some might decide to bring some awareness to world, some might just do nothing, as it is irrelevant in my opinion, that is why so many of them do nothing . 

[Joseph Maynor]

13 minutes ago, purerogue said:

I think it is irrelevant what  you will do, some might decide to bring some awareness to world, some might just do nothing, as it is irrelevant in my opinion, that is why so many of them do nothing . 

Yep.  And the only relevant question is what's best for you to do with your life.

Edited November 28, 2018 by Joseph Maynor

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12 hours ago, Akira said:

If you are genuine in your pursuit of enlightenment, isn't life purpose a distraction?

Actually both, enlightenment and life purpose are distractions, as long as you are seeking those. When you have found one or both then you should not care about it any longer. Having said that the tricky thing is that as long as you are seeking you can neither find enlightenment nor life purpose. So how can you ever find enlightenment and/or life purpose if seeking is an obstacle? Through peace of mind and naturalness.

 

12 hours ago, Akira said:

All that time cultivating and maintaining passion and skill in life purpose could be aimed toward enlightenment. There are many ways even the noblest of life purposes could conflict with the direct pursuit of enlightenment. Any thoughts chaps?

you seem to be cultivating the dualism of enlightenment vs life purpose but neither are enlightenment and life purpose the same nor are they different. Both can manifest themselves in and as inactivity or activity.