{"id":3067,"date":"2021-09-26T15:43:20","date_gmt":"2021-09-26T19:43:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=3067"},"modified":"2021-09-26T15:43:20","modified_gmt":"2021-09-26T19:43:20","slug":"finding-a-purpose-in-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=3067","title":{"rendered":"Finding A Purpose In Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Ikigai<\/b> (ee-key-guy) is a Japanese concept that combines the terms iki, meaning &#8220;alive&#8221; or &#8220;life,&#8221; and gai, meaning &#8220;benefit&#8221; or &#8220;worth.&#8221;. When combined, these terms mean that which gives your life worth, meaning, or purpose. It is a powerful framework for thinking about how to spend your time. The most important lesson in don&#8217;t neglect any of the circles.<\/p>\n<p>The Ikigai philosophy is 3000 years old and is a powerful tool for finding your joy in life.<\/p>\n<p>When I looked at an Ikigai diagram in its original form, I immediately knew that my purpose in life was developing Spiritual Rescue Technology for use by the world. I decided to incorporate it into an image reflecting that purpose for use by anyone with a similar purpose. This is my purpose in life in diagram form.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-3068\" src=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SRT-purpose-logo-92631-1024x492.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SRT-purpose-logo-92631-1024x492.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SRT-purpose-logo-92631-300x144.jpg 300w, http:\/\/makingripples.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/SRT-purpose-logo-92631-768x369.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a name=\"productTitle\"><\/a><a name=\"title\"><\/a> <b>Ikigai<\/b> is the art of doing something\u2014and doing it with supreme focus and joy. This book will give you all you need to get started. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Ikigai-Japanese-Secret-Long-Happy\/dp\/0143130722?asin=0857834916&amp;revisionId=&amp;format=4&amp;depth=2\">Ikigai: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Happy Life <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ikigai (ee-key-guy) is a Japanese concept that combines the terms iki, meaning &#8220;alive&#8221; or &#8220;life,&#8221; and gai, meaning &#8220;benefit&#8221; or &#8220;worth.&#8221;. When combined, these terms mean that which gives your life worth, meaning, or purpose. It is a powerful framework &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/?p=3067\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1853,1869],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3R4iK-Nt","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3067"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3067"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3069,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3067\/revisions\/3069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/makingripples.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}