New Book Explores The Purpose Of Human Life (NAPSA)—Does being happy makeit easier to find one’s purpose in life, or vice-versa? Can productive people teach us something about happiness? Do spiritual behaviors, such as prayer, love, worship, thanksgiving, and humility, propel us toward positive accomplishments that benefit ourselves and others? These are some of the questions posed in a new book that explores the purpose of human existence. In Why Are We Created? Increasing Our Understanding of Humanity’s Purpose on Earth (Templeton Foundation Press, $12.95), Sir John Templeton and Rebekah Alezander Dunlap use provocative questions and universal spiritual principles to stimulate the reader’s imagination and encourage re- search that will help us live fuller and more meaningful lives. Templeton and Dunlap consider the role humility plays in discovering why weare here and what our purpose may be and examine the relationship between love and humility. They also explore the creative power of purposeful thinking—of choosing the quality of our thoughts and feelings. The authors believe that no matter our level of success in the material world, it is through awakening our spiritual faculties that we can move closer to understanding our personal purpose in life, and the powerof that purpose. Helping to shed light on the possible connection between spiritual principles and human concepts is commentary from a wide range of sources, including the Scriptures, Mother Teresa, Albert md von nae CREATED? Sir JOHN TEMPLETON & REBEKAH ALEZANDER DUNLAP— @ A new book explores the purpose of human existence and the role played by love, happiness, humility and spirituality. Einstein, Edward O. Wilson, Emanuel Swedenborg, Emmet Fox, A.H. Maslow, Sir Isaac Newton, Dr. Albert Schweitzer, and Archbishop Desmond Tutu, among many others. Sir John Templeton was born in Winchester, Tennessee, went to Yale and then to Oxford as a Rhodes scholar. He is known for his astute investment skills on Wall Street and through the creation of the Templeton Mutual Funds. In 1987 he founded the John Templeton Foundation, and he currently funds the Templeton Prize for Progress in Religion. Rebekah Alezander Dunlapis a retired Unity minister and author of numerousbookson spirituality. To learn more, visit the Web site at www.templetonpress.org.
