Saturday, March 15, 2008
LIFE.
The universe can be divided into the animate or the living and the inanimate or the non-living. What are the criteria by which an object is said to be alive or dead? No philosopher or scientist has ever been able to define life. Schopenhaver has well said that of all the living things in this world, it is only man who questions his existence. All other animals and plants continue to live without bothering about this question.
A friend of mine once told me that it is preferable to be a dog, a cat or even a sea-anemone since these creatures have no worries and can "enjoy" life. I put the word enjoy in inverted commas because I wonder whether such animals are rational or not. However, it is man who has the capacity to think. We question our existence, therefore, because we can think. The concept of "happy life" really arises from the human mind alone. Evidently it may similarly be said that life had its real beginning when man put thought into it . Remove thought from all spheres of our lives and everything becomes unintelligible and the whole universe sinks into a dark dismal abyss.
The true difference between a living and a non-living object lies in our concept of "life". Physicists reveal to us that the whole of the universe is made up of electric charges, and a combination and permutation of these charges constitute what we call energy , not mass. Each object differs from other because of the difference in the permutation of the electric charges.
Man only cares for his won well-being. Because of this difference , what then is the future of so many lives which are hardly life in man and life in an animal scientifically speaking of course. Are they or are they not aware of their existence?
Thus the purpose may be said by some to be manifold. Others may remain indifferent. Some may negate any purpose in life, saying that it is a mathematical result of all matter and has no design behind it. It takes some being with Infinite Intelligence to know the ultimate truth and no human being with this quality of perfect wisdom exists.
AISHA : Can I fly Over The Rainbow Like The Bluebirds?
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