WHY DO WE EXIST?
This very question occurs to me once in a while; it never fails to intrigue me.
Far away from the anxiety of bread and butter, lounging on bed, when I try to see the universe through my small mind and two eyes, I contemplate what made it and why it was made.
Why Do Things Exist in Nature?
Oblivious to materiality, I ponder the origin of everything. The whole process of unraveling the mysteries of the universe feels as though I were freediving in a deep sea which has no bottom. We rational beings always look for a reason or a cause behind every event. Thus, we firmly support the causality principle. The principle explains the cause and effect of two or more events. For instance, one event causes another event or events. The first event is the cause of the second event or other events, and the second event or other events are the effect of the first event.
As a result, looking for the cause behind the origin, I dive deep into the sea of premises to find it (conclusion), for I seek the answer to the question: why do we exist?
According to contemporary science, 13.5 billion years ago, matter and energy came into existence and everything began — the origin. Was that the origin? To be honest, we don’t know.
However, the first law of thermodynamics may help us move closer to the answer. The law states that “Energy can be changed from one form to another. However, we cannot create and destroy it”. In the similar manner, matter follows the same law. External forces or internal changes may make matter change its form, but matter can neither be created nor destroyed. In other words, we cannot create matter from nothing.
Now, let’s try to understand how energy transforms. For instance, there are two particles. One is vibrating and another one is resting. The vibrating particle passes on its energy to the resting particle. While passing on the energy, the first particle may exhaust some energy to overpower the resistance which has made the second particle attain the resting state. Once the first particle overpowers, the second particle starts vibrating. When the first particle runs out of energy, it stops vibrating. This phenomenon shows the conversion of energy.
As a result, we can relate the above example to Newton’s first law which says that every object will remain at rest or in uniform motion in a straight line unless compelled to change its state by the action of an external force. He stated this law in his book Principia Mathematica Philosophiae Naturalis in 1686.
Energy and matter can’t be created and destroyed. If someone can create something from nothing, then we may call that someone god. My friend says that only women have this capability. They can create an argument from nothing. :) I laugh at his good sense of humour, but I don’t think my wife will take it as humour.
Also, Ariana Grande confirms that god is a woman.
However, these scientific laws don’t give the answer to my question: why do we exist. Thus, I have to refuge under metaphysics and philisopies which somewhat act as sedatives on a body (which is on a quest to find the origin).
Now we have reached the state wherein our mind questions its very existence. No matter how many philosophies it has consumed, it never agrees to one. I think philosophies are pills in the form of placebos.
Nihilism says that life is meaningless. If that’s the case, my question becomes meaningless. Is it so? I’m a nihilist in some ways as I don’t think life has a purpose. I do have some objectives, though.
However, these philosophical approaches can’t answer my question: why do we exist? Or I should say “Why I Exist”.
I’m on a quest to find the answer; join the clan.
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