Purpose of Life

Most of my beliefs are based on Hinduism, or my own beliefs (which may again be part of Hinduism which I haven't read yet and some of my beliefs are inspired from Christianity).
I do not claim to be an expert of Hinduism. I know Hinduism upto a certain extent and know a little about Christianity.

I am not sure if the things I say here really exist in Hinduism.
So, just think it this way: This is just my theory. I do not care if you believe what I say or not, but if you do believe, then I am glad I passed on some wisdom(?).

The purpose of life is definitely not about having a nice job, being famous, having a beautiful wife/girl friend (boyfriends/husband for women), or having a beautiful family, or having a great personality. These are some of the most important things many people take pride for and pride is one of the most dangerous things in life.

Anyway, the purpose of life is to attain God. It is to seek God.
Ok. Now, as I am typing in this post, I am losing faith in my own beliefs.

Before I say any further, I need to make some clarifications about a Brahmin.
Brahmins are high priests in Hinduism. All its temple priests are Brahmin. All the rituals of a man’s life and even of the after-life can be carried out only by the Brahmin. The Brahmin is the god on the earth Bhoodevata. (Reference: http://www.sulekha.com/groups/postdisplay.aspx?cid=1051&forumid=1256078 I know its a bad reference) Brahmins had high respects in the days of the kings. As such, Brahmins developed some pride in themselves and encouraged acts such as intouchability etc and considered themselves to be at a high position. (Its ok if you are at top position but being proud of it is not). So naturally, people of other castes looked down on the Brahmins. The movies today show Brahmins to be at the bottom most level and make stupid jokes on them. Anyway, point here is that in Hinduism, Brahmins act as a go-between of the god and the human being.

In Upanishads, is a great saying: (Aham Brahmasmi), which means "I am Brahman":
In the sentence, ‘Aham Brahmasmi,’ or I am Brahman, the ‘I’ is that which is the One Witnessing Consciousness, standing apart form even the intellect, different from the ego-principle, and shining through every act of thinking, feeling, etc. This Witness-Consciousness, being the same in all, is universal, and cannot be distinguished from Brahman, which is the Absolute. Hence the essential ‘I’ which is full, super-rational and resplendent, should be the same as Brahman. This is not the identification of the limited individual ‘I’ with Brahman, but it is the Universal Substratum of individuality that is asserted to be what it is. The copula ‘am’ does not signify any empirical relation between two entities, but affirms the non-duality of essence. This dictum is from the Brhadaranyaka Upanishad.^**
(http://www.jayarams.com/dharma/mahavakyas.html)
Again, I did not understand completely the above stuff. What I inferred is the following: I am God. In every being is God. To seek God, come out of your consciousness and look at yourself. (I have no clue how to do that)

Anyway, the purpose of life is to attain God. It is to seek God.

How do we do that? God can only be attained by coming out of consciousness. WE ARE GOD! The purpose of life is to know the true thyself! I am sure, that any religion will be based upon this core idea because any religion is just a way to reach GOD!

Most of us are not even sure what the religion is really about but still take pride in the religion we follow. Its like you owning a car and boasting about it but you cannot drive it. Most of us become old by the time we realize that and then we start to realize God by praying to Him, visiting His place (temples, holy places), giving charity and all the good stuff. Now, do acts like these attain Godness? I do not know.

There are people praying(?) (or seeking God) in Himalayas. There are people who have attained this Godness. Can you tell if they are "alive"? What happens after death?

What is life? What is death? Ideally, they must be both the same! What does any religion talk about people who are dead? All the religions want them to "rest in peace". What happens when you attain God? You are in peace with the world. Are life and death both the same? They may be! Maybe they are! Maybe being dead is no different. No one can tell.

You may ask me what about friends, family, relatives? Why do we feel sad when someone is dead? Why are we happy to see new life in the family? Why do people make babies and why people die? I don't know. (yet?) (or will never know?)....