Why to live? what is the purpose? .This question came to me very early in life. I kept this question myself and never asked anyone. After some internal searching, i left the question unanswered. There are some questions in life that make life meaningful but what about a question that searches meaning of life itself?
I wondered several times, from where are all the religions came. Which question they are trying to answer.
Several years back, I attended funeral of my grand father's brother. My cousin sister Leela, who was then a little kid asked me a question. The question which made her to occupy a special place in my heart. It went like this "Brother, we are all getting birth, some day we are dying then why we are getting birth? Grandfather's death has made her to come out with this search.
What answer I will give her?. A answer searched by several hundred crore people, several thousand people tried to answer but still it remains unanswered. People have spent their whole life in searching answer for this.
I asked her, what you want to become in future?. She replied "I want to become a doctor". I tried to answer her question by telling ,your life is for becoming a doctor thereby serving people, helping them get relieved of pain.
I wanted to answer the question why to live? but ended up telling her how to live(by serving others). It might have happend that religions were formed to answer this question but ended up telling how to live. If everyone has to serve others, then why everyone has to take birth in first place.
If going by Hindu religion, life is to fulfill past karma. Why at all karmas has to be fulfilled?. If the answer is to reach Nirvana which is unification with universal soul. What if the soul doesnt attains nirvana. Where is our soul? where is universal soul
Christianity says we are here for His(God's) Pleasure. Why we have to be there for pleasing the invisible.
Islam says Allah created all and he knows why he has created us. If Allah created us to worship him, why someone should create someone to worship him?
If God created universe, who created God?
I have no good knowledge of religions. If anyone of you know about answer that exists in any language, please help me.
In finer level everything goes to atomic or even smaller forms. These smaller forms combine, manipulate and become something else. All other forms of life seems to search only for food. Why man wants wealth, fame and so many other things that he cant carry with him to graveyard.
If i stay away from the idea of God and religions, will science answer my question? Then i have a question on evolution itself. If man evolved from monkeys then why are monkeys still around us? Does monkeys show an iota of change that proves they are evolving to be humans after several thousand or million years?
In which direction should i go to search answer? spiritual? philosophical?Scientific.
The search continues
