Human nature is to be conscious and to desire. Sons of God, images of God. We are essentially symbolizing beings, makers and readers of signs. Actually no self. God has created the world so that we can return to Him.
Success depends upon escaping the karmic cycle of reincarnation.
See the negative reality of human nature and seek to quell desire though meditation. Nirvana, the total emptying of consciousness, is the goal of life. To make this choice we must read God's signs correctly. Desire only causes suffering, and can lead to worse things when you are reincarnated. Consciousness only increases misery, by increasing desire, and so it too is an aberration.