Whose purpose? The purpose of the ego or the purpose of the Reality? Purpose can only be for the imperfect. The Lord can have no purpose. In fact, from His standpoint, there is no world! Is there a dream and a dreamer from the standpoint of a person who is now awake?
The purpose can only be for the perceiver-feeler-thinker who is imperfect. The dreamer’s purpose is never fulfilled by acquiring anything in the dream. The dreamer’s life is transcended only when he wakes up.
In the same way the purpose of the ego seems to be the attainment of infinite happiness and a total state of contentment, and both of these are gained only when one realises that one’s true nature is Om, the Reality.
The body is the arrow which has already started from the mother’s womb and has been aimed at the tomb. Rediscovering our identity with God, and thus awakening to a higher state is the purpose of life.
Prayer reminds me that I am not lost in a dream, but I am only dreaming that I am lost. The Infinite alone will satisfy you. So seek it with a mind withdrawn from the fever of all passions.
More important than what is behind you and ahead of you is what is IN you. Seek it. Centred in it, act and live.