The secondary aspect is actually quite complicated therefore, it is better to talk just on the basic human level. On the religious level, of course there are different explanations of the purpose of life. This is the basic human level that I am speaking about I am not speaking about the religious, secondary level. Therefore, from the perspective of the pursuit of survival, the purpose of life is to have a happy life. On a physical level, the pleasure that happiness brings is good for the body while anger and the unhappiness it causes is harmful. Anger, on other hand, with its element of causing harm, pushes us away from things including happiness. But, as humans, our body also has a positive element on the emotional level that brings us to have attachment to someone or attachment to our own happiness. Our body, on a physical level, is the same. So, even a plant, without any conscious element, still has some chemical aspect that causes it to protect itself and helps its growth. But anger itself makes us feel bad and so, ultimately, it is bad for our health.Īttachment is an element that is helpful for survival. Anger is a part of the mind that defends itself from what harms our survival. When something threatens us, we feel insecure and then we become angry. When we encounter something good, we feel safe. Health depends on a happy state of mind.Īnger, on the other hand, is based on a sense of insecurity and brings us fear. Therefore, hope and happiness are positive factors for our health. With hope and a happy feeling, our body feels well. Because of that, I always conclude that the purpose of life is happiness. Therefore, our survival is based on hope – hope for something good: happiness. For example, every sentient being has the right to survive and, for survival, this means having a desire for happiness or comfort: that’s why sentient beings strive to survive. Actually, pleasure and pain, and happiness and unhappiness, are things that we need to examine in more depth. In any case, the main point that we are referring to here by cognitive faculty is the ability to experience feelings: pain, pleasure, or neutral feelings. Usually it means the clearest aspect of the mind, but then, is it that there is no consciousness when we are semiconscious or unconscious? Do insects have it? Maybe it’s better to speak of “cognitive faculty” rather than consciousness. Actually it’s difficult to define what “consciousness” or “conscious” means. “Sentient” doesn’t necessarily mean being conscious or being human on a conscious level. Things that can move under their own will or desire, that’s what a “sentient being” means, according to the discussions that I’ve had with scientists. And as sentient beings, we have even more mechanisms to help us survive. But more than that, we human beings including insects, even amoebas, the smallest beings are considered sentient beings. If negative force is exerted against them, then, on a chemical level, flowers repair themselves to survive. Even non-sentient beings like flowers have the right to exist. We are here we exist and we have the right to exist. The Purpose of Life Is to Strive for Happiness
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