4 8799 July 31, 2022 at 08:47 pm Author of the publication: Dalia Konysheva
A question that puzzles everyone at first. It’s as if no one had thought about this before. And then everyone answers based on their own beliefs and values. Why does a person live?
- to love and be loved;
- give birth and raise children, continue your family line;
- for myself;
- to be happy.
What if none of the items on this list apply?
I have everything: a family - children and a husband, healthy parents, a favorite job, a hobby. Everything is fine. However, the joy of this ends exactly at the moment when I begin to think: “Why? What is the point?" I will reach heights in my career, raise children and grandchildren, travel around the world, and then what? After all, everything will pass and be forgotten. Everything will end someday.
Which generation is already born, lives and dies, but no one still knows what the essence of the process is. Is it really necessary to just pass the time until you die?
What is the meaning of life: the most popular answers to this question.
There is no meaning to life or it doesn’t matter what it is.
Is there a meaning to life?
Yes, many people believe that searching for the meaning of life is a meaningless exercise. Their version is not without foundation.
They believe that the meaning of life is needed by a person who does not want to develop, grow, build his life, do important things, and spends his time on all sorts of nonsense, like searching for an answer to the question of what is the meaning of human life.
Everything would be fine, but why then are there so many seekers? Why do so many of us have a gaping emptiness in our souls that we can’t fill in any way and we keep looking for something and asking ourselves, fate, and higher powers. Why is there always something missing to fill this void...
All our important matters, all our worries, all this running, business, work, why can’t they fulfill the role of filler? Why do you feel so uneasy, despite your successes in life, despite your seemingly obvious and so necessary realization? Why do we still ask what is the meaning of life?
Is success the most important thing in life?
Yes, because although we hide from death, from its inevitability, we still understand that human life is temporary and finite, and even including ordinary logic, we can notice that all our external goals essentially mean nothing, because tomorrow they will only dust in space time.
We can remember the great rulers of this world.
They built empires, seized lands, fought, fought for power and their greatness. And what? There is no trace left of many of these empires, times have changed, and only book dust preserves the memory of them.
Yes, some of them were able to have a significant influence on the course of history and on the drawing of the political map of the world. And we see what we see largely due to their actions. But what difference does it make to us?
What difference does it make to a newly born person? He came into this world and saw it like this. If then in history, everything would have turned out differently, a new person would have seen everything differently, and would have known the world differently, not knowing that it could have been something else. Like this? OK. Differently? Okay, because he doesn’t know that it’s any different. He sees it as what it is.
Maybe we live in a world that could be many times better, but we don’t know this, because the world is what it is now. Or maybe things could have been much worse. Or maybe it couldn’t...
What is the meaning of life, when even the life of great rulers was more likely just their game in this life than something truly worthwhile.
Try to realize the size of the Universe and its infinity.
Our planet inside this immeasurable nowhere and never ending space is nothing at all. She is not even a speck of dust, which is too huge to compare with the Earth in the Universe. The history of our planet is only a moment.
A person is looking for the meaning of his life, trying to somehow cling on, justify his existence here, otherwise he can simply step into the abyss.
But no, we live, give ourselves significance, importance, build a career, business, constantly do something while we can. But all the same, in moments of silence, in moments of loneliness, something aches in the soul, something is not right, something is wrong, why is it all...
What to do when you feel bad?
The meaning of life is in religion.
Find answers in religion
This meaning is a logical continuation of the previous one. Religion, of course, in itself, should not be the meaning of life.
Rather, it may be what this religion carries within itself, the essence of it that resonated within you. What filled that empty space that always reminds us of itself.
There is nothing wrong with that, but how many people come to religion simply because there is something here that fills their emptiness. What gives the answer to this already tired question: what is the meaning of life, why does a person live in this world.
That is, it is simply a tool for filling holes that we could not patch on our own. What I'm saying is that few people find true meaning in religion. Who was able to penetrate deep and really find there the essence of his life, meaning and essence, and not just a justification for his existence. Not just an answer to a question.
An example from life.
I somehow found myself on one of the Christian forums and tried to start a dialogue there. You have no idea what started. But I didn’t raise any sensitive topics that could hurt anyone’s feelings, I just simply asked people’s opinions. Everything was perceived as an attack, as a danger, and the attack began on me.
I didn’t immediately understand what it was all about. There was a lot of bile, some kind of even hatred or something, many tried to express pity that I was asking something, which means I don’t understand the essence of religion deeply enough, if I can ask something that should never be asked under any circumstances.
Only with one or two members of the forum did something resembling a dialogue happen, from which I could take something away for myself. Everyone else perceived the person with a non-standard question as an enemy invading their lands and encroaching on their property.
This means that people are not confident themselves, they are afraid to open the emptiness again. I sincerely believe that Christianity, like many other religions, can be what really makes a person enlightened or something, opens his eyes and teaches him to look at the world differently, helping him in life, making him better and, most importantly, giving him his life is awareness, giving an answer to the question of what is the meaning of life.
But when religion is just a hammer and a nail, then it is nothing more than just an unconscious attempt to hide. Just one way to come up with the meaning of life. But as soon as someone seems to encroach on it, you begin to aggressively defend yourself, because you are afraid that someone will be able to deprive you of it.
Provide old age and a comfortable life for your descendants
“All I lived for was my family.” Most people work tirelessly for years just to keep their children from facing poverty or financial hardship. Some succeed, others don't. Those who have never been able to cross the line of lack of money throughout their lives experience a difficult state of mind. On their deathbeds, they reproach themselves for not working harder to achieve their cherished goal. But is this right?
You need to live for the sake of life. Calculate how many hours a day are spent on exhausting and monotonous work? And now, how many hours does it take per week, and then per month, year and over several years. It turns out that a person spends his whole life chasing his dream, without trying anything new, without noticing how his children grow, in order to check whether he can achieve the goal or not.
Self-development and constant interest in the world around you will help you look at it from a different perspective. The difference is great: to work all your life where and as you do not want, or, on the contrary, to do what you love, which always begins to generate income if you believe in yourself and your potential.
Who is this person?
A person is more than just a physical body.
I’ll try in a few words.
Man is a spiritual being. And the path of man on Earth is, first of all, the path of the soul. This is her experience of life in a human body, this is her embodiment here.
I wrote a little about why this is so, here and here. But much will be said in future materials.
This machine, which is called the human body, cannot travel without a driver. Our body is just meat, blood and bones, nothing more. By itself, this entire complex system cannot exist. Unconscious.
What is consciousness? Today, the scientific world cannot clearly answer this question. But it exists and without it the body is dead.
This Consciousness, if we talk about it with a capital C, and not as relating to an individual living being, it is in every organism, in everything that surrounds us. Just as all organs work - harmoniously in one system - this is how absolutely everything works in nature. Everything is one.
What is inside you is also inside everything around you. This awareness has come to people for a very long time. Here are Eastern traditions, religions, and yoga. Everything is one.
To make it clearer, a person has three bodies: external (material, physical), astral and causal. (More about the three human bodies)
Vadim Demchog talks about this very well: the role, the actor and the viewer. To put it very roughly, the role is the body, the actor is the soul, the viewer is God.
And the most important thing is that, existing separately, all this is essentially one whole, indivisible, single. God is the actor in his role, and at the same time he is also the spectator.
To meet personal needs
If you thought that there was a hint of selfishness here, then you are probably right. But a huge number of people in the world live like this. More precisely, they even waste their lives without thinking at all about the interests of others. Whatever this representative of the human race does, everything is for his beloved. Beautiful clothes, delicious food, entertainment, fashionable toys - all the delights of being only for your own good.
Even having created a family, such a person sees himself in the first place. Such judgments often make their loved ones unhappy.
So what is the meaning of human life? Answer.
Awareness of the moment of life
What is the meaning of human life on Earth?
“Go therefore, eat thy bread with joy, and drink thy wine with a joyful heart, when God is well pleased with thy works.” Book of Ecclesiastes
What is happiness on earth, son? To live! The words above contain the greatest wisdom.
The true meaning of life is to live with awareness of the moment of life, with a feeling of the flow, the passage of life through you. As it is written, eat your bread with joy, rejoice in this moment, feel it, enjoy it. Let the moment pass through you. Everything is actually very simple.
Be yourself to the fullest, using all your senses and perceptions. Breathe not automatically, but feeling the freshness and humidity of the inhaled air. Breathe with your whole body, catch, grab all the smells of the air after the rain.
In the morning, feel how the world wakes up with you, how the first rays of the sun timidly penetrate the room. Notice this. Notice how you feel about everything that happens. Catch the smiles of people, catch the sound of the wind, its cold or warmth, hear the noise of the trees, the rustling of the leaves, because it’s all always near you.
This can only be understood by accepting and realizing oneself as a soul, as one with God, with the Universe, when there is an understanding of the infinity of life, its indivisibility and unity. When you realize that you are everything you feel and hear.
Once again the answer to the question, what is the meaning of life. To live, living the moment, being aware of it, passing it through, dissolving in it. Read this in continuation of what I am writing about.
Reveal yourself to the fullest in the role you have chosen in this life. Each person has his own dharma, his own destiny, his own path. And you need to walk along it, feeling and CONSCIOUS of every step. Not automatically, as most people live their lives, only hiding from themselves, from their fate and from the question of what is the meaning of our life.
Emotions and impressions
In old age, a person remembers everything he dreamed of. Some people are inspired by France all their lives, while others are inspired by white nights. But not everyone has the opportunity to enjoy a beautiful spectacle, and when remembering, think: “This is what I understand - beauty!”
People are ruled by emotions. They activate all 5 senses to fully experience the beauty of this world. Therefore, do not be afraid to set a goal for yourself - to experience as many emotions as possible in your entire life. And for this you need:
- Go to concerts, theaters and cinema.
- Always try something new: write a book, compose a song, learn to do the splits, travel around the world, take a kitten out of a tree, paint your walls with bright colors, wear a funny costume, overcome your fears.
- Walk more often. It is not always possible to travel around the world, but believe me, even in your city there will always be incredible places that you will be delighted with. To do this, walk more often, get out with your family and friends, look for unusual places for a picnic.
To serve the Fatherland
Some might think that this is not relevant today.
Not true! There have always been devoted and selfless people, ready to defend not only themselves, their family, but also their Motherland. That's why we hear so many new names of heroes (we learn some only after their death). Events in Syria, the North Caucasus and other “hot spots” showed how many patriotic warriors there are in our country. Their exploits and heroism during military operations are the key to the peaceful existence of our state.
How to calm down
According to the creator of the doctrine of stress, G. Selye, stress is the aroma and taste of life. It should not be avoided because complete freedom from stress means death.
In order to calm down, you need to learn how to properly organize your rest. Changing activities helps a lot. If a person is engaged in intellectual work, then on the weekend he should go in for sports or go out into nature.
You can also resort to auto-training: “I am completely relaxed, a pleasant warmth spreads throughout my body. My pulse slows down and becomes even. I relax, my pulse is slow.”
You should also get a massage. It helps improve blood circulation and increase muscle tone.
Meditation also helps you calm down
Why live if there is no joy?
Positive emotions are largely due to complex biochemical processes occurring in our body. “Happiness” hormones are produced when certain stimuli appear. For example, a loved one, a promotion at work or a ticket to a long-awaited resort. The essence of the reason is not so important, the main thing is the response of our body to it.
But in order for hormones to be synthesized, substances are needed from which they will be created. Vitamins, microelements, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, etc. So, returning to life will directly depend on proper nutrition. Chocolate, bananas, nuts, fruits, greens will help you get moving so that you can begin your daily routine with renewed vigor.
Take more care of yourself
To find meaning in life, you need to start by working on yourself. It's not just about self-development: health care and care are also fundamental factors.
We make sure to include healthy and enjoyable rituals in our daily routine. For example, take a walk in the fresh air several times a week, spend 15 minutes stretching, or apply cosmetic masks. The main thing is that this improves your mood and well-being.
Help others
Sociologists from The Legatum Institute ranked 274 professions by the level of employee happiness.
It was determined by the respondents themselves, answering the questions “do you feel happy?”, “are you satisfied with your life?”, “do you think that your life has meaning?” The survey results showed that a high salary did not make those surveyed happier: what was more important was the person’s awareness that through his work he brings benefit to society.
Helping others can make us feel happier and even improve our health. For example, by participating in collective cleanup days, we spend time in the fresh air. And by supporting friends who are not doing well, we become kinder and learn certain life lessons ourselves.
It is important that helping others be conscious and not harm the one who helps.
