Does any of you know why we are here? I keep wondering about this every day and night, esp off late, and I don't seem to be getting anywhere.
I keep wondering as to what I will be doing 5 years down the lane-
have kids?
I don't know.
Do I want to?
I don't know
Is it that our ancestors have already set a lifestyle for us- get a degree, find a job, tie the knot, reproduce..... and then wait for them to follow THE PATH?
What are your thoughts on this?
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Well, why are we here? based on what I 'read' elsewhere, we are here because it is our will. Now, why would anyone will to be in a crazy world like this? first, it depends on how you view this world. Second 'this' world is different to different people. Everyone lives in their own world. For example egypt and the pyramids never existed in my world until I learnt about them in a geography class. There might be things you will never know about in your entire life time. They simply do not exist in your world. And so you take it for granted that whatever you know is 'the' world. I feel there is no 'the' world. That word is specific to each person.
Okay, still, that doesn't answer why you want to spin a world around you (or vice versa - it doesnt matter when you look at the galaxy). The larger question is who *are* you?? many people have tried to answer this question. Those who succeeded say the answer must only be experienced and cannot be described. Some of them tried to tell us, but ended up being too cryptic for the lack of better words.
Based on feelings and experience i can say - I am what I *think* I am. The problem is if i dont think, I cease to be. (Something like I think therefore I am).
So, I am the sum aggregate of my thoughts. Ofcourse I have a body to sport, but I take a different body in my dreams, so that part seems to be not so important. But, my beliefs and thought (aka my mind) are unchanged even in my dreams. Probably they are what I am.
Well, again, there is a problem. When I have a sound sleep, I do not dream. And then I still am what I am. In that deep sleep state, I have no conciousness, no thoughts. According to my previous argument, I must cease to be if I don't think. But how come I wake up and remember that I had a very sound sleep last night? is it because of the body? is the body remembering this?
any way, this post is already so long. There are two questions: who am I? why am I here? I strongly believe that once I figure out the first q, I have the answer to the second one. I am still searching though...
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