“Many people ask, for example: What is the purpose of my life? Meaning: What am I meant to do? But the purpose of your life, and each life, is in its being. That being may include certain actions, but the acts themselves are only important in that they spring out of the essence of your life, which simply by being is bound to fulfill its purposes.”

—  Jane Roberts

Session 899, Page 225
Dreams, Evolution and Value Fulfillment, Volume One (1986)

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