Famed inventor Buckminster Fuller heard this voice in his head at his lowest point in life - as he was about to commit suicide:
"From now on you need never await temporal attestation to your thought. You think the truth. You do not have the right to eliminate yourself. You do not belong to you. You belong to Universe. Your significant will remain forever obscure to you, but you may assume that you are fulfilling your role if you apply yourself to converting your experiences to the highest advantage of others."
Our life’s work - our mission - is to be in the service of other, “in the highest advantage of others.” When we’re not doing that work, we experience a tremendous distaste for life, become depressed, turn to vices, and become our shadow selves.
The way out requires a sacrifice. A choice to shed the facade of who you are now and dedicate your life to your vocation - your mission.
Anything worth believing is worth fighting and sacrificing for.
How far will you go so that you are of the highest advantage to those who need you?