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.