Life Just Is....

I haven't been loyal to my blog. I had abandoned it, only to realize I had lost my voice in the search of an answer to a 'Why'. This 'why' lurks within the layers of every subconscious mind. A very popular question, that has claimed right on the thoughts of historically great minds and has inspired artists resulting in ageless pieces of creativity and genius. In case I had you wondering what is this why, I will give you a hint. You have asked this question atleast once in your life, and most certainly have spent a good period of your delicately short life, in a quest to find an answer. So what is this ubiquitous question that has gripped everyone's intellect at some point or the other? I will just put it out there without any fancy words poetically leading to it.

"Why do we exist?"

Purpose of our existence is something we have all reflected on, whether in search of spiritual fulfillment or in difficult times when we turn towards reason to hold together fragments of the present. Of all the luxuries we as humans possess, life is certainly the most prominent of all. Of course i don’t have to explicitly say this because this entire blog, you and me would have been nugatory had it not been for this life. Being as important as it is though, there is no defining it, it is a philosophical question which is yet to be answered. Neither science nor literature has been able to define it.

According to Bible : "Everyone who is called by My name, And whom I have created for My glory, Whom I have formed, even whom I have made."

Which necessary means that purpose of life is to glorify, praise him, worship him, to proclaim his greatness and accomplish his will.

According to Gita: “Na Karmanam anarambhan naiskarmyan puruso ‘snute na ca sannyasanad eva siddhim samadhigachhati”

Which roughly translated means "A person can never achieve freedom from reactions from activities without first performing prescribed Vedic activities; neither can perfection be attained without dennouncing them as well.”

According to Buddhism the purpose of life is to end all suffering.

While religion associates the aim of life with God’s will, there is no proof to the Almighty’s presence or absence. Non appearance does not imply absenteeism and yet the idea cannot wholly be dismissed for want of any solid evidence against the God’s presence. While scriptures and religions provide a perspective into the answers to this ‘why’, lets take a look at what most scientifically tuned minds have to say about it.

 As Albert Einstein so elegantly puts it “The life of the individual has meaning only insofar as it aids in making the life of every living thing nobler and more beautiful. Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate.”

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As Marie Curie said “Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained.”

I am not going to go ahead of myself and claim that i have superseded the greatest minds of all time and found the answer to this ever nagging question. But i have realized one thing for sure, talking about meaning of life is same as talking about its purpose, the reason of our existence. I am going to go ahead of myself and disagree with all of them, the scriptures, the holy books, the brilliant scientists and thinkers.

Why does there have to be a reason at all? What if there is no why? What if there is no scroll of parchment which has inked on it each person’s purpose? Who is maintaining the record of whether you have found and fulfilled your purpose or not? What if there is no one at the gates of heaven or hell? What if there is no hell or heaven! Why do we have to spend a good amount of it trying to seek answers to a question that itself is non existent?

 Life just is. It is beyond reason. It is our constant need to explain everything that makes us go looking. Even if it means realizing that life could just have been a logical mistake, I know it hurts but it could be true. Life is no mathematical equation that it can be solved, nor can any constraints be applied to it. There are no axioms or theorems that can tell what the syllabus of life is. Hence proved holds no meaning when it comes to finding out the reason for our existence. Because the premise itself does not exist. Its not tied down by fate or karma. We are. Life is. It happens. That is the ultimate truth.