Jacob Louis Cohen is a student going to London and beginning school at the University of Maryland. His writing is based on observation and personal contemplation. He is an accredited human being with vast intellectualism.
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Is there a Reason Why?
Why do we constantly look for excuses in our lives? Not necessarily excuses, but reasons. There must be a reason for something. If we are here as people, then there is a reason for us being here. How can we know that to be true? We don't. If there is a reason for us to be here, then we started, or were created for a purpose. But, we do not know where humanity began. There are billions of ideas, and some people may truly believe some of these ideas, but there is no proof behind any of them. So, if there is no way to understand our beginning, there is no reason to believe there is a set purpose for mankind. Perhaps, there is no true link between people, and all social interactions are just relative to each individuals experiences. Yet, to say there is no reason for mankind, is a very bleak and dull outlook to have. It may be more hopeful to say that each individuals experiences are there purpose, or perhaps each person's purpose is to find they're own understanding. But, to look a it from the other side, to say there is no proof of a beginning, does not mean much because there is also no disproof. We must have begun from somewhere. In which case, people must have a structured reason for existence. A part in an Eco-system that goes well beyond the universe. It's a conundrum man is left to wonder about. There will most likely never be any true method to finding the so called "purpose" that seems to be craved. Until there is a way to find it, then all we are left with is this subjective perspective on purpose. Where each person is responsible for fulfilling there own belief of why they or we are here. Maybe we are not as unique as we believe. Maybe we are all basic replications of one another. We share similar thoughts and emotions, why not reasons for life too? But, if we all had the same purpose, perhaps we would all be more inclined to support one another. This is an idealistic statement. The greatness of people is our ability to think individually and for ourselves. Unfortunately this is also our weakness. It allows for our faults as a group, as our thoughts may only help certain people or purposely hurt certain people. Whatever, the idea is, there is no escape from our flaws. Flaws help us to learn from one another. To find what we believe to be right. But, what is right may be subjective, because there is no way to identify what is right correctly. So we will never know if there is a purpose for our own morality, or for our very own existence.
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