Purpose

Purpose, in the psychological sense, is the ego’s attempt to stabilize itself through future-oriented object acquisition.

Structure:
Restlessness → Desire → Projection of Purpose → Pursuit → Temporary Meaning → Collapse

Key Clarifications:

  • Purpose is usually not discovered; it is constructed.
  • It replaces one object with another.
  • It does not end restlessness—it sustains it.

Core Insight:
Purpose is often refined distraction.