Living Without Purpose Will Destroy You

I. The Crisis of Modern Man

1. Worshipping False Gods:

‘‘Be aware of what you cultivate as God in your life, because all pathways will aim towards that cultivated God’’

- Masculine Theory

Modern man worships false gods—therefore, he is dying inside.

Comfort, its weakening safety, absolute freedom, the consumption of fleeting desires, and maximizing lust and pleasure have become modern man’s new gods.

In pursuit of absolute freedom, the individual is no longer bound to a sense of belonging, and therefore, he feels no sense of purpose. Society has deconstructed the identity of the individual and, with it, his sense of meaning in life. With no overarching direction, he is left disoriented.

Absolute freedom, as such, is worthless—it lacks a framework in which creation can take place and gives direction. Without direction, this freedom produces no fruit. Only involvement in a cause greater than oneself allows the exercise of freedom in a way that creates meaning.

The modern man is cut off from this clarity of direction and therefore deeply hindered in giving love. Cut off from giving his best. He no longer creates with excellence. Therefore, modern man is not fulfilling his purpose.

He resists breaking free. Instead, he becomes stagnant, filled with unused tension, which turns into frustration—frustration from not giving, not creating, not loving, and not doing what he is meant to do. To escape this discomfort, he seeks distractions outside himself.

2. The Consequences of Losing Purpose:

‘‘The modern man is unhappy. He is deeply unbalanced. And the source of his imbalance manifests in his weakness. All of his problems stem from his inability to control his inner emotional state’’

- Masculine Theory

Modern man withholds his deepest gifts, choosing instead to follow a pre-set path laid out by society, parents, and teachers—a path that drains him of meaning, hope, and purpose. Trapped in this lifeless, numbing routine, he feels depressed, frustrated, and empty.

He no longer speaks the language of purpose, which is creation—giving the world his best and, in doing so, expressing deep love. He is distracted, drowning in comfort and seeking pleasure through instant and short-term gratifications, unable to hear what he is called for.

‘‘Most of mankind takes the miracle of life for granted. They are just in it to survive. They have not yet undertaken a conscious project to make something amazing out of their lives. To honor this gift of life, the miracle of existence. They are just surviving like animals, having fallen into complacency. Most people don’t have the aspiration to turn life into an art form and to live beyond just survival.’’

- Leo Gura

When a man turns away from giving what flows deep within him—the force meant to impact the world—he is left with frustration and meaninglessness. Deep down, he knows something inside him longs to come alive.

Man is meant to spread love, passion, and consciousness by being aligned with his purpose.

II. The Death of Purpose

1. The Reality of Entropy:

Most men cannot survive being their true, authentic selves.

In choosing the average route—school, a safe job, retirement—they sever ties with their essence. As a result of this stagnancy, they experience different forms of decay: 

• mental entropy

• spiritual entropy

• physical entropy.

Entropy is the supreme law of the universe and states that everything tends towards chaos if not nurtured.

Entropy in your life occurs as slow erosion and degeneration of your abilities, talents, passions, vision, inspiration, systems, constructs, and strengths—every domain that needs to be fueled with excellence and greatness in your thinking, decisions, and actions in order to sustain.

The system, in which most men are trapped, drains their time, energy, essence, and sense of purpose. Within this spiritual numbness, he is reduced to a mere biological and economic unit. Over time, they forget their dreams, their unique ideas, and the fire that once burned within them. They settle for a life that is safe, predictable, mediocre, and unremarkable—a life just like everyone else’s.

‘‘It is no wonder why the deconstructed, gutted, and uprooted person has no inner strength to create something out of nothing and to give from within.

There is nothing there.

Instead, he looks for what will fulfill him outside of himself, in the indulgence of absolute freedom that will satisfy his every urge and impulse.’’

- The Book of Loving Man

2. The Dangers of Mediocrity:

If your thoughts, decisions, and actions are of mediocrity, your outcome will eventually be entropy. Mediocrity means randomness. This increases the potential for negativity in your life.

Excellence and greatness are your answers. They increase the potential for positivity in your outcomes.

Strive for them. Aspire to them.

Movement is the antidote to stagnation and thus entropy. Movement is change. Change needs excellence in order to truly happen.

‘‘Masculinity flourishes on frontiers: open space to conquer, challenge, and discomfort. Physical frontiers. Intellectual frontiers. Business frontiers. The masculine man arises on frontiers because there he learns to take responsibility, cooperate, build self-reliance, take care of himself and others, and be vigorous in his thinking.

Having relationships and space to conquer are the two masculine needs.

But today, everything seems conquered. When everything is seemingly conquered, the heroic impulse inside of men gets crushed. Hopeless men retreat to fantasy worlds. When you feel like you can’t really progress in your real life, in your real job, you start progressing in superficial things, where you can do that…level up. You procrastinate and waste your real-life time.’’

- Wisdom Warriors

Many men realize this.

They are fully aware of their situation. Yet, they feel helpless and unwilling to change.

This realization fills them with fear—fear of the unknown, fear of failure, fear of stepping outside their comfort zone. But this very fear, this experience of entropy and its symptoms of decay, is the tipping point. It is the moment they could choose to break free.

‘‘A life of folly is empty of gratitude, full of anxiety: it is focused wholly on the future.’’

- A maxim of Ancient Greece

III. The Cycle of Escape

1. The Default State of Distraction:

The only way out is the way in.

Instead of facing discomfort, fear, failure and the unknown, most men fall into a cycle of avoidance and escapism. Their default state becomes one of chaos, distraction, and lack of clarity.

This makes them receptive to distracting vices that provide temporary relief and comfort. They turn to immediate gratifications:

• safe but unfulfilling jobs

• meaningless relationships

• chasing empty materialism

• social media

• pornography

• mindless entertainment

• drugs

• alcohol

• video games

• etc.

Cheap and easily accessible pleasures that offer a momentary escape from the discomfort of their reality but, in the end, weaken man physically, mentally, and spiritually.

All these indulgences share a common trait—they focus on taking, not giving.

The driving question is "What's in it for me?" rather than "What can I give?''.

These indulgences provide a brief numbing effect, a way to forget the frustration, the emptiness, the deep knowing that what’s missing is purpose and a sense of meaning in their life. 

Purpose is found in focusing on solving meaningful problems. Problems are found in the unknown, outside your zone of comfort.

2. The Addiction to Comfort & Numbness:

But these distractions do not fill the void. The relief is unsustainable, and when they return to reality, the pain hits even worse. So they seek escape again, falling deeper into dependence on these vices and their sense of false comfort.

It becomes a cycle—temporary relief, followed by deeper despair, followed by another desperate attempt to escape.

Over time, this downward spiral erodes their ability to take control of their lives. They drown themselves in distractions until they forget not only their suffering but also the ambitions they once had.

They no longer feel alive—they are simply existing.

And in this state, they are most vulnerable. They become slaves to their cravings and urges, addicted to momentary pleasure yet completely detached from lasting fulfillment.

The tragedy is that they mistake this numbness for comfort.

They would rather feel nothing than face the terrifying truth: they are dying inside.

IV. Consciousness of Mortality and Rebirth:

1. Death, the Catalyst for Transformation:

To break free, you must first allow your old self to die. 

Death is the catalyst for transformation. 

But this isn’t the kind of death where life simply ends. It’s the death of illusions, of false identities, of the weak and purposeless version of yourself that you have outgrown.

Most men resist this experience of death and would rather remain in the illusion of their stagnant comfort. They fear it, even as they suffer under the weight of a life that no longer serves them.

But this resistance only prolongs their suffering. The longer they are attached to comfort, the deeper they sink into mediocrity.

But the death of weakness and mediocrity is necessary. When you are stripped of the false layers, the empty distractions, and the illusions of safety—you are left with only the truth of who you are, your essence. This is the edge most men never reach because they fear it too much.

But for those who embrace it, this moment of conceptual nothingness, in which they realize their essence, becomes their greatest opportunity. With nothing left to lose, they have everything to gain. The concept of the unknown is no longer a threat—it is a doorway to endless opportunities. And on the other side is the man they were always meant to be.

‘‘Your high level of commitment only comes from heroism birthed within a deep realization of mortality.’’

- The Psychology of Slaying Dragons, Kristian Bell

…The realization that everything in life is passing—if you don’t seize the moment, it never returns.

Your;

• time

• strength

• relationships

• material resources

• opportunities

• dreams 

• etc.

  …are all impermanent and finite. Without presence, action and putting your excellence into them, they fade, falling apart sooner than you expect.

Things start falling apart from that moment on that they are created if they are not nurtured with excellence.

You start to die from the moment on that you are born.

There is only this moment, right now. Take advantage of all the chances and opportunities you are given.

Memento Mori.

Don't live for want of this realization. Have this realization now.

The sooner you can die, the sooner you can live.

In the face of death and mortality, you awaken to what truly is important and essential.

‘‘Without the awareness of death, everything is ordinary, trivial. It is only because death is stalking us that the World is an unfathomable mystery.’’

- Don Juan, Carlos Castaneda

V. The Choice: Suffering with or Without Purpose

1. The Two Paths: Stagnation or Struggle:

‘‘Tension calls forth all greatness, suffering distills all wisdom, and war, the frontier, creates all virtue.’’

- The Psychology of Slaying Dragons, Kristian Bell

Your suffering often seems isolated and disconnected from the greater context of life.

Your mind tries to make the impermanent permanent, which is self-deception.

You feel the pain because you do not understand the purpose behind your suffering.

Conflict, when aligned with your goals, becomes an inevitable companion on the journey toward your self-actualization.

We must decide to live at our edge. We must leave behind the weak, miserable, and average version of ourselves—the one that merely exists but does not truly live.

That version suffers without meaning, trapped in eternal, purposeless pain.

But suffering is inevitable.

The only question is: will we suffer without purpose, or will we suffer for something greater? 

Will we remain hopeless and lost, or will we endure hardship in pursuit of our highest potential? There are always two sides to the coin. We can suffer aimlessly, or we can suffer with meaning. We can embrace the pain of growth, of stepping into the unknown, of living on our edge—knowing that this suffering leads to strength, to fulfillment, and ultimately, to a life of purpose.

Sovereignty is the answer to this crisis of meaning, lack of direction, and uncertainty. Society, institutions, and mainstream values no longer provide answers to our questions. They no longer provide us clear direction or meaning. Instead, they are falling apart.

Sovereignty means becoming independent from society’s destructive influence—no longer reacting solely within the framework of societal rewards and punishments.

To be sovereign means achieving personal autonomy and developing one’s own standards of excellence and failure. It means learning to reward oneself, striving for awareness and consciousness, recognizing what is going wrong, and knowing how to set it right.

Sovereignty means finding, cultivating, and living

• gratitude

• joy

• love

• excellence

• purpose

• clarity of direction

• inner security

• trust and strength in yourself

• understanding of reality

  —independent of external circumstances. It means bringing these qualities into the world.

Sovereignty means loving and giving unconditionally, regardless of external conditions.

Sovereignty is independence.

Sovereignty is unconditional.

Unconditional in one’s being and striving, despite external circumstances.

Sovereignty means being bound only by self-chosen conditions and frameworks.

‘‘He who has a WHY can withstand any HOW.’’

- Friedrich Nietzsche

I hope you enjoyed reading

Thank You

- Lennart