The Human Purpose
Published by Alexia in the blog The Thought Police accidentally put me in the 5th circle of hell. Views: 419
Many of us believe that a supernatural creator dictates our purpose, but where can we gather the evidence that a higher power exists at all? I believe in the existence of gods, yet I am not religious. I believe that because the human mind controls all we do and one who controls all we do is called a god, we can refer to ourselves as being gods. There is no right and wrong, no miracles and no one to rule over us all. We’ve evolved to suit our own needs and we will continue evolving into the future because of our minds.
Since we weren’t created by a higher power, do a set purpose? Yes and no. Yes, we do not lack a set purpose simply because there is no higher power to set a purpose for us, and no because we don’t lack a purpose entirely. When creatures become intelligent and imaginative, they seek purpose. When they have conquered issues of finding food and shelter, they find bigger tasks to fulfill. The time comes where the creatures have evolved such intelligence they begin questioning. When they cannot explain certain questions, there is likelihood that the imaginative side will take over and fabricate false information and reasoning, causing the creature to come to the conclusion that everything is the result of one, simple idea- A supernatural God.
Lack of evidence has caused us to fabricate responses to questions we cannot explain. The human race had imagination before science and therefore theorized before they had any evidence to support their theories. Then, as humanity progressed and science came into the picture, conflict arose between what we knew and what we thought we knew. Some decided to keep to traditional ways whilst others embraced new discoveries. Some believed that they were given a purpose to fulfill and other believed they needed to create their own purpose.
Some believe we have a set purpose because of the human instinct to ‘cling’ to things for hope and support, yet we have no purpose. We are born with the ability to learn skills based on our genetic makeup, and we develop and build our skills to enjoy successes. We create our own purpose based on what our design draws us to. We decide how we live our lives. We decide if we wish to enter a field we have no skill in and fail, and we decide if we enter a field we are designed for and that we will enjoy success in. We are naturally drawn to what will suit us best as living organisms.
There is nothing more to life than meets the eye. We are born, live and then die. We leave traces of what we have accomplished in our lives and pass on our genetic strengths to the next generation. There is no afterlife, no right or wrong and no boundaries. There is no evil in the world nor is there any good, and there is no set purpose to our lives. We decide what we wish to do with ourselves. Life in an impermanent fluke that only arose by chance due to the right conditions. Someday our species will be gone as well as our theories, beliefs and accomplishments. We provide no benefit to the grand scheme of the universe, as we are insignificant beyond description.
Life on Earth is just a single, small flash in the timeline of all that has existed, will exist and exists now. Someday, the existence of all that is living and non-living may cease to exist. There will be no blackness to replace the planets and stars and galaxies and the countless species that will be gone, as not even blackness will exist. It can be argued that the concept of existence itself may be one small flash in the scheme of something larger; something incomprehensible. And where does human purpose play any part in this? The answer is simple: it doesn’t play a part at all. The most sacred relationships you have now and even your most sentimental items have no meaning to the universe. Your grief, love, hopes and deepest emotions have only the tiniest and most insignificant place in the bigger picture.
We are only as advanced as your species allows you to be and in comparison to the complexity of the universe, we are still primitive in nature. We still have the need to cling to things and explain what we cannot with abstract theory. Though evolution and change are inevitable, we can make the minutest changes within ourselves to allow for open-mindedness. Although we can recognize that there is no set purpose in life or in our species, we can still strive to learn more and to explain our findings with factual evidence. And though the thought of being insignificant has a negative impact on the human psyche, who said it was ever wrong to be happy and ignore the reality during our daily lives? There is no right or wrong after all.
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