Many things must be unlearned in order to harmonize your awareness with the reality of existence rather than simply understand it cognitively.

We can imagine a universe with no end, but can you imagine a universe with no beginning? If the past is truly infinite then every manifestation has already occurred somewhere at some time and absolutely no mark can be made that hasn't been made infinite times before and will occur infinite times again. This thought truly makes life appear pointless if you cling to our current fabrication of time. To only way to escape this feeling is to escape the aspect of time as a whole.

Keep this in mind. Viewing the universal mind from the vantage point of a lonely ego/parasite is painful because the two do not compute. The ego exists only in the past and future, in understanding the past and planning for the future. The past and future do not actually exist. Only the present. In the present, we are constantly observing the manifestation of life. The purpose of life is infinite potential seeking manifestation. It does not need a purpose. Life lives for the sake of the beauty, wonder and captivation that it creates. The observer exists so this manifestation can be witnessed.