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Monday, October 13, 2008
Answer.
Yeah so the eternal question.. Why are we here ? And why this planet ? Why not on some other, Mars for example. But then why mars ..?
Anyways, so why are we here ? What should we be doing to make this life meaningful ? Helping others ? In doing what ? In living better..? Better than what ? Animals have a clear purpose. Their only goal is to survive and reproduce. Its like they have a clear mission. Eat to live, mate and protect your young ones. Pass on your genes. Day after day, day after day, they keep on doing this. Surroundings may change, years may change but the general idea behind an animals existence is the same. Survive and reproduce.
Ok so now comes the why. Why survive ? What for ? and for whom ? 10 years down the line a tiger dies, mostly tragically, a far cry from the formidable and majestic creature it was once. So why did it fight on ? Why did it strive to survive, just to die one day in sorrow ? Whats the point ? I mean sure, its not that long term. A tiger would be after short term gains. Its hungry, it hunts, eats and hence survives another day. Days add up to become years and years add up to become a lifetime. The reproduction too is a short term exercise I guess. The tiger feels the urge, it strives to find a mate, copulates and has progeny. It protects them. This is unaccounted for. Why protect them ? Why not focus on the goals like before. Food and sex. Nature has hardwired a parent-child bond into all of us to make sure life carries on, on this blue planet. But then who is this nature ? And why does it want to make sure that life carries on here ? And why not on other planets of the solar system. Where is the nature there ?
Coming to humans, we don't just eat and mate. We do a lot more, like fight wars for instance. But it all boils down to just these two at the end. We want to survive and we want people with our DNA to be the ones living happily in this cruel world.
Does this ever end ? Or does this cycle go on and on without meaning. Just as is. And not what for ? Why ? Logic says, things happen for a cause. What is this cause. How can we make this life meaningful ? The easy answer to this question is by remaining happy. Happiness. What does that mean ? Difficult question. Lets suppose, for now, happiness means x. And the reason we are all here is to be happy. Or more clearly to try to be happy. Is it like a 70-80 year old getaway from somewhere, where people are sent so that they can try to be happy. Some find happiness in material gains, some in spiritual. Some become happy by making others happy. We call them philanthropists and heap praise on them. But at the end, everyone is just tring to be happy. Some try to excel to make their parents proud and happy which in turn makes them happy.
So then, turns out, things are not so unclear after all. The purpose of this life is to be happy. But then we haven't defined happiness. We still have that x. What is happiness ?
Anyways, so why are we here ? What should we be doing to make this life meaningful ? Helping others ? In doing what ? In living better..? Better than what ? Animals have a clear purpose. Their only goal is to survive and reproduce. Its like they have a clear mission. Eat to live, mate and protect your young ones. Pass on your genes. Day after day, day after day, they keep on doing this. Surroundings may change, years may change but the general idea behind an animals existence is the same. Survive and reproduce.
Ok so now comes the why. Why survive ? What for ? and for whom ? 10 years down the line a tiger dies, mostly tragically, a far cry from the formidable and majestic creature it was once. So why did it fight on ? Why did it strive to survive, just to die one day in sorrow ? Whats the point ? I mean sure, its not that long term. A tiger would be after short term gains. Its hungry, it hunts, eats and hence survives another day. Days add up to become years and years add up to become a lifetime. The reproduction too is a short term exercise I guess. The tiger feels the urge, it strives to find a mate, copulates and has progeny. It protects them. This is unaccounted for. Why protect them ? Why not focus on the goals like before. Food and sex. Nature has hardwired a parent-child bond into all of us to make sure life carries on, on this blue planet. But then who is this nature ? And why does it want to make sure that life carries on here ? And why not on other planets of the solar system. Where is the nature there ?
Coming to humans, we don't just eat and mate. We do a lot more, like fight wars for instance. But it all boils down to just these two at the end. We want to survive and we want people with our DNA to be the ones living happily in this cruel world.
Does this ever end ? Or does this cycle go on and on without meaning. Just as is. And not what for ? Why ? Logic says, things happen for a cause. What is this cause. How can we make this life meaningful ? The easy answer to this question is by remaining happy. Happiness. What does that mean ? Difficult question. Lets suppose, for now, happiness means x. And the reason we are all here is to be happy. Or more clearly to try to be happy. Is it like a 70-80 year old getaway from somewhere, where people are sent so that they can try to be happy. Some find happiness in material gains, some in spiritual. Some become happy by making others happy. We call them philanthropists and heap praise on them. But at the end, everyone is just tring to be happy. Some try to excel to make their parents proud and happy which in turn makes them happy.
So then, turns out, things are not so unclear after all. The purpose of this life is to be happy. But then we haven't defined happiness. We still have that x. What is happiness ?
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