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The Goal of Human Life is:To seek permanent solution to real problems of lifeTo seek permanent relief from all miseriesTo seek eternal life of Bliss, Peace & HappinessWe can say that in essence "Athato brahma jijnasa" - (Vedanta Sutra), i.e. in this Human form of life one should inquire about theAbsolute Truth.The purpose of this newsletter is to disturb you where you think everything is perfect and to come out of this Sheep mentality. Youare sitting in a boat which has a hole in it. If someone tells you there is a hole in your boat, it's not pessimistic. You may have abeautiful boat, but there is a hole in it. Our purpose here is to make us realize that the path that we are treading for seeking Blissand Happiness is not the right path. It is guaranteed to end in doom, guaranteed to make you more miserable.Srila Prabhupada Speaks outReal AdvancementBy knowledge one can understand who heis, who God is, what the material world is,why we have come here, why we mustundergo so much tribulation and misery,and why we have to die. No one wants tobecome an old man, but still old age comes.No one wants to suffer from disease, butsurely enough disease comes. These are thereal problems of human life, and they areyet to be solved. Civilization attempts toImprove eating, sleeping, mating anddefence, but these are not the real problems. Aman sleeps, and a dog sleeps. A man is notmore advanced simply because he has a niceapartment. In both cases, the business issame - sleeping. Man may posses elaboratemethod for defense, or a gorgeous method foreating, sleeping, or mating, but that does notmake him advanced. We may call hisadvancement polished animalism and that isall. Real advancement means knowing God.