Why Purpose is Real

Purpose Wasn’t Just Forgotten; Arbitrarily Rejected - It Was Intentionally Removed

What If We’ve Been Taught the Wrong Idea About Freedom?

Most people today believe that purpose is something we create for ourselves; that we decide what we want to be, and that’s all that matters. This idea sounds freeing at first, but it comes with a hidden cost:

If purpose is just something we make up, then nothing is truly right or wrong.

If we can define ourselves however we want, then we never have to grow into something greater.

If we believe everything is just a personal choice, then we lose the ability to recognize when something is actually true.

We have been taught to think that following our desires is freedom. But real freedom isn’t doing whatever we want; it’s having the ability to do what we are meant for.

What is Purpose?

Imagine a seed. A seed has the potential to grow into a tree, but it won’t happen automatically. It needs the right conditions; water, sunlight, and time. If it ignores what it was made for, it withers and dies. A seed doesn’t “choose” to be a tree; it already has the potential inside it. But whether it becomes what it was meant to be depends on whether it follows the conditions that let it grow. A person is no different. We do not create our purpose; we uncover it. We do not decide what is good; we recognize and align with it.

Real Freedom is Becoming What You Are Created to Be

Most of us have never been taught this. Instead, we’ve been told:

“Be whoever you want.”

“Make your own path.”

“There is no right or wrong way to live.”

At first, this sounds exciting. But it hides a deeper problem; if we have no real nature, then we are like the seed refusing to grow into a tree. Without direction, we are lost. This is why so many people today feel confused, unhappy, and disconnected; they don’t know what they are meant for, because they’ve been told they have no inherent nature at all.

How Do We Find What We Are Meant For? We stop believing that freedom is just following our desires. Desires change constantly; what we want today might not be what is best for us tomorrow. If we are ruled by desire, we are not free; we are controlled.

We recognize that our nature already gives us direction. A bird does not “choose” to fly; it has wings, so it flies. A person does not “choose” whether they need wisdom, virtue, and discipline to flourish; it is already part of how we are made. We align our lives with the reality of what we are.

Some actions make us stronger, wiser, and better. Others weaken us, trap us in confusion, and keep us from becoming what we are meant to be. Once we recognize that we are meant for something real, we no longer feel like life is just random choices; we begin to see a path worth following.

It’s vital not to conflate or confound the blue & red statements above, which is of course what Nominalist derived Progressive & Constructivist Education Pedagogy has done, by design & tactical deployment for over a century. Telos and Final Cause are incomprehensible as long as we are in the clutches of that epistemic curse which upholds Man *as* God under reigning Subjectivism serving Totalitarian tyranny - full spectrum Valerian Control.

Your Purpose is Real; Will You Follow It? Real liberty is not about following every passing desire; it is about having the ability to choose what is actually good for you. Your nature already points you in the right direction; but you must recognize it and align yourself with it. You do not “make up” your purpose; you fulfill it.