The Happy Carrot
The literal meaning of life:
- To perpetuate your species
- To exist within and enhance the balance with other species and environment in service to the first principle.
Everything we do in life is in service to these principles.
Explanation:
The first principle should be fairly obvious. This has been established within accepted science. The goal of one generation is be pass down its genome to the subsequent generation. Biologically, there’s nothing more to it. There’s nowhere to argue against this point as most species agree by their continued existence.
The second principle simply supports the first principle. Any actions taken during life are mere tactics and strategies to ensure that the first principle takes place. Feel free to apply this anything you do in life. In the end, in some way, albeit some more obvious the others, everything we do is to support the passage of our genome forward. Plug your own career and/or actions into this equation. It can be comforting or discouraging depending on your point of view. The meaning of life doesn’t have to be any complex than this notion. It can be asserted that the search and assignment of additional meaning is unique to human consciousness and the source of human suffering.
A Human Dilemma:
The human ego is an obstacle to these principles. The acceptance of the premise that humans are the dominant species blinds any other existence or explanation that humans destabilize nature’s balance. The uniquely human drive for the insatiable “more,” combined with the knowledge of physical mortality contribute to this the condition of this opposition.
We want to believe that the search for happiness is the meaning of life, but that’s an illusion. Unfortunately happiness doesn’t really exist except in our imagination and yearning to appease our consciousness’ eternal search for the meaning of its existence. This carrot that is chased for life often defines the human struggle to give meaning to a life that can’t accept the principles of our literal meaning of life. This constant desire creates suffering. If evolution and nature always have logical rationale smoothed out over time, what could be the reason for humanity’s consciousness?
To humans, we convince ourselves that the modern genius of ingenuity and technology is a marvel to the world, but is it really? It certainly massages our tortured happiness hunting brains, but does it help the balance with the natural world in any single way?
The questions beget questions. Maybe no answer is the correct one.
