What is the purpose of life ?
Just us, or would you ask that of all life?
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Just us, or would you ask that of all life?
chinu
chinu
You tell yours only
You tell yours only
No idea. Now explain what it is for the rest of life.
chinu
chinu
Purpose of life is to find permanent-happiness.
Does that apply to all life - not much love and happiness between predators and victims?
chinu
chinu
I disagree that that is life's purpose. That may be the endgame, but not the purpose. Why does one need life to find this?
Of course.
Why kill one after the another ?
Just think
I'm talking about other life, not humans. What is their purpose - if they have any, that is?
chinu
chinu
Life ends when one find this
Life ends when one find this
You didn’t answer the question.
chinu
chinu
As I said earlier.
To find permanent happiness.
Not only other-life, But, all-life are searching permanent-happiness.
Depending on the type of life, this desire compel to pass through many stages
chinu
chinu
Perhaps, I didn't understood your question.
Do you care to re-phrase it ?
As I said earlier.
To find permanent happiness.
Not only other-life, But, all-life are searching permanent-happiness.
Depending on the type of life, this desire compel to pass through many stages
This hardly equates with what we see though - predators, parasites and such, and the vast majority of the young of many species being food for others before they have a chance to achieve any 'happiness'.
Why does one need life to have "permanent-happiness?"
chinu
chinu
Sometimes, you might have also seen them eating more than what is required to survive. why ?
No doubt, they are HAPPY after eating stomach full food.
But, this HAPPINESS is Impermanent.
They eat, and eat, and eat, and so on.. because they running in the wrong direction of finding permanent happiness.
chinu
chinu
Life is already there, by default. There's no need to have life.
This question/helplessness occurs after into life.
Which brings us full circle back to the question posed in the OP. Why is l life "there by default?" Who is responsible?
chinu
chinu
You profile displays your religion as Advaita Vedanta.
And I have a question for you.
What does the word "Paramanand" means in Vedanta ?
Find out.
Its the composition of two words Param-Ananda.
Param = Ultimate.
Ananda = Happiness.
Find ultimate-happiness, or say permanent-happiness.
Sometimes, you might have also seen them eating more than what is required to survive. why ?
No doubt, they are HAPPY after eating stomach full food.
But, this HAPPINESS is Impermanent.
They eat, and eat, and eat, and so on.. because they running in the wrong direction of finding permanent happiness.
Doesn't seem to answer the question as to why, for example, 99% of the young of some particular species will be food for others before they even get a chance to grow into an adult. The rest of life seems to have only one purpose, to reproduce, and much behaviour is aimed towards this - even if it becomes quite complex such as communal living and social grouping.
chinu
chinu
A kid who is lost in strange jungle need NOT to find who's responsible, smart choice is how to come out