On the previous page I suggest that our reason for existence might be to learn about our world, our life, our relations to others, and to become ever more than we are.  If this is so, then from this we can draw a number of implications.

Learning... happens every day whether we like it or not.  This is hardly a profound or divine revelation.  However it does explain a few things...

• In relationships, opposites would likely often attract because becoming involved with and vulnerable to someone with very different ideas encourages us to learn major life lessons.  The stronger the investment, the more the ah.. growth opportunity.  And those of us who tend to be loners would likely find that the only real challenges in our lives come through our significant relationships.
• Boundaries and separation would be necessary in many cases to protect and nurture someone who is learning.
• If learning is our root purpose, curiosity and discovery would be common driving forces.
• Extreme experiences would likely be necessary for those who refuse to "take stock" in their lives and end up way off course.  Such experiences might encourage folks to pause for a moment and "reflect" on the direction their life has taken.
• If learning is our root purpose then the search for truth would likely be an important motivation for us.
• We would also want to create things of inspiration and/or beauty because it is through visions like these that we aspire towards new goals and learn about real life on the way.
• We would have the desire to learn from others either directly or indirectly, via involvement with them or through stories (gossip) about them.  It is through others that we can experience things which we could never directly encounter ourselves.
• If we are all constantly working on some challenge or another, we would likely all be learning different things in different orders and levels of spiritual expertise would not be measurable by abundance of wealth, fame, or companionship.
• Our level of intelligence would likely not be of significant importance as each of us would be given challenges that match our personal level of skill and understanding.  The more cunning the mind, the more complex the challenge.  But even cunning minds may need to learn basic lessons.
• People around us might react differently to us than they do to others.  Depending on our current challenge, some people will be more able to er... aid us in our challenge than others.  Different people would tend to give us different reflections of ourselves (within their ability) so we could come to understand our selves better.
• Interfering with someone's path to the point where they could not learn anything more would run counter to our purpose.
• Silently allowing others to interfere with our path would not be helpful to them.
• If growth were a primary goal, this would explain the evolutionary system we are a part of instead of a more stable static system.