Sandy Ravelli eloquently shared aspects of 'life' that can seem to be bothersome to growth and development - to real 'life's purpose' - but which can be understood and overcome if felt necessary in order to gain meaningful life and permanent growth. This quote sums up the essence of her presentation "... No one who has ideals and imagination can be happy and content merely in the personality. The personality gets hurt, suffers, is frustrated, angry, etc. It has aspirations of some kind or other and is by no means content with whatever comes to pass. Therefore, happiness and contentment come from something in us which is not affected by the personality. We can call this “something” Manas in the body - not higher or lower Manas, but that consciousness or awareness in us which is able to analyse and commune with itself from its already known premises, and therefore to understand what is happening around and within its vehicles of emotion, desire, etc., without being coloured or absorbed by them." *
* From the article "Self-Contentment in Theosophy", published on www.TheosophyOnline.com
Further, this article from the Theosophy Watch - 'Disappearance of the third eye' - is an interesting follow on from that concept which you may enjoy.
Maureen