All of us, sooner or later reflect: what is the most important thing in life?Why are we all live?Where to send and how to be this way?These questions must necessarily be resolved.Having come to know the meaning of life, we can understand the meaning of death.
What is the most important thing in life?
desire to know the purpose of his sojourn on earth and distinguishes us from animals."A man without a purpose is always wandering," - said the ancient philosopher Seneca.
is difficult to unwind the tangle vicissitudes of life from birth, but you can try to do so with an entirely certain and obvious end - death, which is the result of human life.Seen from this angle, it becomes clear that human life is meaningless and illusory because it is not considered the most important stage of it - death.
sense - delusion:
1. The meaning of life - is life itself.The phrase, of course, beautiful, but it is "empty"!It is understandable that we are sleeping, not for sleep, and for the recovery of the body.And we do not breathe for breathing, and the body needs to occur oxidation processes.
2. The main thing in life - is self-realization.It is often said that the most important thing in life - to realize their dreams and opportunities.You can achieve success in different fields: politics, art, family, etc.
This view is not new.And Aristotle believed that the most important thing in life - success, courage and achievement.
Man, of course, is to achieve the set goals and develop.But to do this the meaning of life - is erroneous.In the context of the inevitability of death does not matter: people realized or not.Death equilibrate all.No self-realization, no success in life to the light did not take!
3. pleasure - that's what is important
Another Greek philosopher Epicurus argued that the meaning of life in pleasure, reaching the bliss and peace.The cult of consumption and pleasure and thriving in today's society.But Epicurus also said that one can not live for pleasure, without checking their desires with ethics.And in our society, no one does not.Living for pleasure encourages advertising, talk shows, reality shows, numerous TV series.We read, see, hear appeals taken from life, to catch luck "tail", "rip" in full, etc.
Cult fun inextricably linked with the cult of consumption.To have fun, we need something to order, buy, win.So we become obessmyslennyh "half people" for whom the main thing in life - to eat, drink, satisfy the sexual needs, sleeping, dressing, walking, etc.The man himself limits the significance of his life satisfaction of primitive needs.
pleasure can not be the meaning of life, if only for one simple reason: it passes.Any need for a rewarding only for a while, and then reappears.We are in the pursuit of pleasure and creature comforts are like drug addicts in need of the following doses of fun.This perception turns, ultimately void and spiritual crisis.We live as if about to live forever.And only death demonstrates the falsity of consumer trends.
4. The meaning of life - loved ones
Often it seems that the meaning of life - parents, children, spouse.Many people and say: "It is for me - everything!I live for him. "Of course, to love, to help go through life, to sacrifice something for the family - it is right and natural.We all want to have a family, to love and raise children.But can we do it the meaning of life?In fact, and this is a road to nowhere.Dissolved in a loved one, we sometimes forget about the basic needs of his soul.
Anyone death and deprived of a loved one, we inevitably lose an incentive to live.Because of this severe crisis can come out, if you find your real true purpose.Although you can "switch" to another object, and make sense of it.So some of them do.But the need for such a symbiotic relationship has a psychological disorder.
You'll never find the meaning of his stay on the ground, if you look for it among these.To find the most important thing in life, you need to change the viewpoint, and this requires knowledge.
Man always interested in the question of their destination, people in the past faced with the same problems as we do.At all times there were troubles, lies, betrayal, the emptiness of the soul, disaster, despair, disease and death.People are coping with it.And we can take advantage of this tremendous wealth of knowledge that has accumulated the previous generation.Instead we dismiss this invaluable experience.We use the knowledge of their ancestors in medicine, mathematics, use technological invention, but the main issue - the understanding of their existence - they reject knowledge.
And our ancestors saw the meaning of his existence in the upbringing of himself, his soul, self-development and approximation to God, accepted the afterlife and immortality of the soul.All the creature comforts and needs lost their value in the face of death.
main thing starts after death.Then everything falls into place and makes sense.Our life - a school, training, testing and preparation for eternity.It is logical that the most important thing right now - how you can better prepare for it.On how responsibly we come to study in "school" depends on the quality of our eternal life in the world.
Our stay on the ground like utero, because being in the womb for nine months - is also a lifetime.How to be good and pleasant, quiet and comfortable there was no child in this world, he would have to leave.Unhappiness and pain that we meet on the way can be compared to the pain experienced by the infant at birth: they are inevitable, and all pass through them, they are temporary, though, and sometimes seem endless, they are insignificant compared to the joy of meeting with the new pleasures of life.
Pascal's Wager
French scientist Blaise Pascal wrote several philosophical works, one of which is called "Pascal's Wager."It Pascal talks to an imaginary atheist.He believes that we all have to bet that there is a God and life after death.
If God does not exist, the believer loses nothing - it just lives and dies with dignity - this is the end.
If He is, and people lived all his life in the belief that it did not expect after death, dying - loses everything!As to whether such a risk?Risking eternal happiness for a short stay in the ghostly world!
Imaginary atheist exclaims that "does not play these games."What Pascal retorts: "Not in our will to play or not to play," recalling the inevitable choice.All of us, regardless of our desire to be involved in this bet, because everyone will have to make a choice (and no one will do for us) to believe in a future life or not.
In any case, sensible one who lives on the basis of the fact that the Creator of all things there and the soul is immortal.It is not a blind hope that "there is" something or someone there, and a conscious choice of faith in one God that today, this gives a person a meaningful, peace and joy.
That's it - the medicine for the soul and finding a peaceful and happy life in this and the next world.Take it and enjoy it.But no!Even I do not want to try.
Man resists the attainment of truth, namely everything connected with religion.Why is there this resistance and rejection, even after realizing that the most important thing in life?Because we are all, to some extent we live in a fictional world in which we feel comfortable and cozy, we all know about it and understand it.Most often this world is not based on a sober assessment of themselves and reality, and the changeable and deceptive feelings, so the reality is presented to us in a very distorted form.
And if a person makes a choice in favor of faith in God, will find the true meaning of its existence, it will have to reshape and rebuild their entire lives in accordance with this knowledge.As a result, the pillars on which to keep all our world crumble.It's quite a lot of stress for everyone.After all, we are very attached to their usual life.In addition, we work on is frightening.After all, in the way of the truth will have to make an effort to remake themselves, to work on his soul.Going down this road too lazy, especially when people are obsessed with material needs and pleasures.So we settle for substitutes, which is worthless.Is not it better to make an effort to change and comfort on the alleged true happiness!
Injustice triumphs
For many stumbling blocks on the way to a sincere faith in God are thinking about the injustice of the world.Affected those who live worthy of the children who committed no sin, and did not have time to commit, and repairing dishonor on the ground - prosper.From the perspective of life on earth, if you believe that all ends in death - the argument is very wealthy.Then it is impossible to truly understand the prosperity of the wicked and the suffering of the righteous.
If you look at the situation from the perspective of eternity, it all becomes clear.The good or evil is seen in this case from the point of view of time on earth, and good for man in life infinite.In addition, the suffering, you realize a very important fact - this world is corrupted and it is impossible to achieve absolute happiness.This is not the place for enjoyment and for exercise, study, struggle and overcoming, etc.
eternal happiness, free from all anguish and sorrow, we can grasp only through the understanding of the whole sorrow of the world apart from God.Just feel about "the hard way" all the sadness of this world can be vosskorbet break with the real source of happiness - God.
