Purpose-
n. The object toward which one strives
source : www.dictionary.com
The purpose of existence is something over which i have been mulling ever since I had been to the last installment of the matrix trilogy.
Is it so that everything that exists has to have some purpose, some functionality that it has to fulfil? Does there exist a purpose for the existence of lifeless entities ?
Come to think of it inanimate entities are given a purpose only in the context of human existence. That brings me to the conclusion that while trying to define the purpose of existence of anything, we have to take it in the context of human existence...
And that brings me to the point of human existence, what is the purpose of human existence?
Is my purpose of existence just the justification of the things around me. Can this question be answered without bringing in religion?
In christian philosophy, man is considered to be created by god in his own image ... thus defining the purpose of human existence as a manifestation of god, where a human being should strive to attain god like perfection. I see this extended in the philosophy of karma and moksha in hindusim.
My quest for an objective answer devoid of religion took me to google :) ... and the specific query "the purpose of human existence" ...
"As far as we can discern,
the sole purpose of human existence
is to kindle a light of meaning
in the darkness of mere being."
-- Carl Gustav Jung
Interesting point ... but what is "mere being" ...
I have seemingly opened a whole new avenue of philosophising ... There are so many theories out there; religious and non religious, and i have a lifetime to find out what is the purpose of my existence ...
There is more to come ...
