Why don’t we get satisfaction from this world? We can not, and since we are trained to use our freewill only to obtain the results, we get disappointed from getting transient results. For example, we cultivate the land to get harvest. When we get the harvest, we love it, but when we do not get the harvest, we are disappointed. Why do we get disappointed? Because, we miss the point of the usage of how to use our freewill. Our freewill is given to us to exercise it from among the options presented to us in order to discover what our reality is i.e. we are not the creators of any of our actions, we are just asking from the One who creates it. If we miss the point that we are asking from the One that creates the result, then we know that getting the result or harvest is not the purpose of our existence, rather my position in this universe is to discover what I am doing with my freewill and what is the result of it. The result is that I am not the One that creates, the One that creates is the Owner of the universe, so I will get to know Him, introduce myself to Him and connect myself to Him. I am the One who begs, and asks, He is the One who creates. If I do not acknowledge the Eternal Source of creation, I deprive myself of training my spirit in the proper way. The ultimate usage of freewill is to practice and acknowledge that I am asking the Creator, the Absolute Owner of the universe. When I acknowledge Him, my mission is accomplished. If I get what I expected, the result is transient and does not satisfy my human expectations. Human expectations are endless and there is no limit, hence you can never satisfy yourself anyways.
Through the action of asking, you acknowledge your position in this world, regardless of getting it or not. Who are you? You are the One who asks, and the Creator is the Creator of the whole universe. By getting one orange, you know that He is the One who creates the orange tree. In order to create an orange tree, One has to be an Absolute Being. He is the One who knows you, your need for an orange and everything else about you. When you find the Eternal Source, you find everything. That is what we are here for. We are not here to get an orange tree, but we get deluded that we are here to entertain our lives. Living to accumulate wealth and upgrading our lives until we die is not our ultimate aim, our ultimate aim is to find the real Owner of the universe. Because creation is continuous, my response to creation must also be continuous for I acknowledge that every moment is brought into existence by an Absolute Creator. Every day I experience a new day, every orange is a new creation and a new experience for me. The more we acknowledge, the more we experience our connection with the Creator through the orange, because we are here to acknowledge the Absolute Source of Existence, and there is no end to this mission. Every need is an invitation from the Creator that reads as, “come and acknowledge Me, do not forget Me”. As much as we can, we have to try our best to acknowledge the Absolute Source, so we will train our spirit that our Lord is a Compassionate One.
The purpose of existence is simple, it is to get to know who my Creator is. If our understanding of religion is reduced to rituals only, we do not experience this eternal pleasure. The performance of rituals is the responding back of this understanding of acknowledging my Creator. If the acknowledgment is not there, then you do not respond back, rather you perform your religious duty only. Rituals must be the outcome of a living spirit, which needs awareness. This is not a one time event, rather, we must realize our reality and confirm it again and again consistently until death. Freewill is what we are responsible for. Only through the proper usage of my freewill do I get to know who my Lord is and communicate with Him. If you are aware of it, then your life becomes satisfactory.
When I look at my own creation, I see that I have free will. What am I going to do with it? Either I use it to accumulate the property and never get satisfied with it, because I am a human being who is getting old, but I want to remain young and that is not possible. Or, I see the wisdom in my creation, i.e. I understand that the way that I am made to fulfill the purpose of my existence is to get to know the Source of Existence of everything that I am connecting with. That is, I exist to realize why I exist. Question yourself, what is going on in my existence? You will come to a conclusion that there is a purpose which is to get to know the source of existence of yourself and the things that you are getting in touch with. When you acknowledge it, your human capacities become meaningful. Otherwise, you never get satisfaction from this world, and it is a sign that it is a contradiction in its own existence. Ask yourself, why am I created in this contradictory position?
Finally, you cannot start your reasoning with the conclusion, “why did God create me?”, rather, you start reasoning from what you observe i.e. I am created in a way that I need eternal satisfaction. The One that made me must tell me why I am created in a position where everything is transient here, I am getting old but my human feelings want eternal happiness.