Each of us has a goal in life. One may be consciously aware of its
existence- it may have been articulated or it may be implicit, but none
less it is there, just below the surface, and can be retrieved and made
explicit when we are asked about it. This goal however, does not
the causal link between belief and behavior- something else is at work
This is a desire that is so spread out and so elusive in form that it
remains untouched by the intellect. But it is there, silently molding
directing all our perceptions, feelings and attitudes towards some
goal. This goal can be tangible and expressible in social terms. It
represent the desire for a certain life style, a certain status or at
other extreme it could be unstated longing to touch the face of God.
Sometimes this control is felt as a pressure or pull that we are
to resist. This is however so diffuse that the source and its structure
cannot be determined. Yet, in the final analysis, this is the ultimate
driver-we would behave very differently without it. It's presence leads
to make a particular selection from the flow of possibilities that life
presents us. It cannot be analyzed by reason because it is not
terms of structures that conscious thought can operate with. It remains
elusive and the machinery of the intellect, of reason and logic, having
If I were asked to state what my inner goal was I would state it in
tangibles like a certain level of affluence and social standing. There
be more desires-the wish for good health, for love and happiness but
I write this I know and I can feel that this is not the real story. I
a religious person in the conventional sense of the word. Like most
people, my daily life goes on (apparently) untouched by the issues of
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