Reflecting on Life!

Well before we dive in to some deep philosophical inquires, I would like us to take time to reflect on some of these following questions. The meaning of life is almost like a cure to the struggles and pains we endure in this world. For how can a person survey himself and his problems without meaning and understanding to his life. Is life totally meaningless?where do we go to get an answer?

Our consciousness brings us great joy and sorrow. Our gift of consciousness is a two-edged sword. While it brings us great happiness, it also brings us a great awareness of lifes terrors. This is the knowledge of sorrow and the sorrow of knowledge. Suffering is the price of consciousness. We may become painfully aware of the apparent fact that we were born into this existence without our consent, are confronted by a world with conditions we did not chose, needs, feelings, limitations, injustice, and violence we did not design, and a genetic time clock of aging and death. We came into a world in pain, and we leave in pain. As soon as we are born we are old enough to die. What is the meaning of all this and does it even matter? If we are going to die anyway, why bother to live? Is all our pains and struggles a waste of time?

To come to any answers to these questions we must reflect on these questions,

Is there a God?, What is ultimate reality?, What if any, is the purpose of the universe?, Who am I?, Why am I here?, Is there life after death?, Is life worth living?, What is the importance of this world?, Why so much suffering?, What is goodness?, what is evil? How ought I to live?, How do we know when we know?…

Before I start looking at how there can be meaning in this world, I would like your comments on some of the above questions. Have you reflected on these?
Feel free to type…..