The meaning of human life as a natural being
Nature and Space are in constant development. Every moment the world changes. Over long periods of time, the location of the stars changed, geological epochs changed on Earth, continents shifted...
Seasons change throughout the year, and we see accompanying phenomena.
During the day - day, night, sunrise, sunset. The weather may change several times...
In living organisms, the speed of metabolic processes is measured in micro- and nanoseconds...
The world changes every moment, evolves, develops.
Consequently, the meaning of human life as a part of Nature is development. Actually, like any other creature.
The meaning of life - an illusion or a conscious necessity
Is it possible to choose such a meaning so that life is filled with pleasures and delights? Are we doomed to run blindly from one suffering to another? What then is the difference between the existence of an ant and a man? The same bustle, running around in search of food for yourself and your children, until your health lasts, and then... that’s it? What then is the meaning of life and the meaning of death?
23 49475 May 25, 2013 at 06:09 pm Author of the publication: Irina Kaminskaya, teacher
So this means that I do not know and live for myself,
and for the development of some kind of absolute spirit?
I will work for him!
V. G. Belinsky
Life is a segment between two dates, a moment between past and future, birth and death. Does any of this make sense? And if so, which one? Is it possible to choose such a meaning so that life is filled with pleasures and delights? Are we doomed to run blindly from one suffering to another? What then is the difference between the existence of an ant and a man? The same bustle, running around in search of food for yourself and your children, until your health lasts, and then... that’s it? What then is the meaning of life and the meaning of death? Every person at least once asked himself such questions, trying to find the meaning of his existence on this earth.
Plunging into the bustle of worries about our daily bread, we push away the questions of existence. The more successful a person's life, the deeper the questions about the meaning of life rest. But once a misfortune occurs, the question of whether our life has any meaning once again emerges from the depths of despair. Losing loved ones, becoming disillusioned with our chosen ideals, approaching old age, we, following Chekhov’s Firs, exclaim: “Life has passed, but it’s as if you never lived!” What is the point in THIS life? When a catastrophe occurs, the whole world seems a cruel nonsense. Brownian motion of molecules... Is this really all, and there is no wise will beyond the visible, but only one blind repetition of the birth, growth and death of organic compounds?
Entrance is only from the front entrance, the back door is boarded up!
Isn’t it easier to stop dragging your feet and pull out the sick tooth of the body from this whirlwind, finally understand what the meaning of life is, and put an end to it once and for all? People come to Yuri Burlan’s “System-Vector Psychology” trainings every day who have tried to solve for themselves the question of the meaning of life in this very last way.
What's happening to them? They learn how everything works, and once and for all give up trying to get to God through the back door. Starting to comprehend oneself in the psyche, getting a picture of the world as a whole, and not in fragments, a person can no longer stop. When the problem of the meaning of life, death and immortality begins to find its solution, turn by turn, there is no limit to comprehension.
We live in an amazing time when humanity has emerged from the control of hunger and has received a unique opportunity for upward development. Our requests for the universe are qualitatively different than those of our recent ancestors; the answers of religion or science to questions about life and death satisfy few; we want to make a final diagnosis of this world. And we do this by obtaining systems thinking - the key to understanding the most complex mechanisms of the world order for anyone who has a desire to understand what happiness is and what the meaning of human life is.
How to choose the best meaning for your life
It is common for Russians, probably more than others, to need to search for the meaning of life. The kingdom of truth was awaited like manna from heaven by generations of our predecessors. The urethral mentality of Russia - the quintessence of the mental unconscious of our people - thinks in terms of the future more readily than the present. Even if everything is no good now, the children will live better than us. The meaning of life is in the improvement of man, so that in the future people can be happier than us. The disasters of 1917 and then the 1990s showed that the future can come suddenly, you need to live here and now, receiving all imaginable and inconceivable pleasures, consuming them more and more sophisticatedly. The meaning of life is understood by many as pleasure. Why not? The main thing is to choose the meaning that gives you the greatest, most unique pleasure.
Demand creates supply. The problem of happiness and the meaning of life? No problem! A variety of goals and meanings in life are offered to choose from: wealth, success, career, power, love - in a word, everything necessary for the complete and final self-realization of an individual. Choose - and the world is at your feet. A person chooses, and at first everything really goes well, new impressions are exciting, even the illusion of progress in the right direction arises, but soon satiety sets in with this sea of pleasure. And again the search for a stronger stimulus, for promotion - where to now? To a temple, to politics, to a village, to the wilderness, to a desert island, to space? The problems of the meaning of human life remain unresolved.
The search for the meaning of life in our modern society is rational and individually selected. Ultimately, it all comes down to self-improvement, the meaning of life is self-development, we are told. I’ll sit in the lotus position and begin to develop, I’ll learn the energy of “qi”, I’ll improve my health, I won’t eat meat, I’ll free the world from evil. At first glance, such thoughts are nice, why not? But what do we see? There is more and more disappointment in such “spiritual” methods - it is not possible to go to nirvana. There are a lot of stories, but honestly, no, it doesn’t work.
Slavery for the benefit of the future or gifts from the universe here and now?
What's the matter? Isn’t the problem of the meaning of life in the spiritual experience of the individual? In him. But not only. The time for individual comprehension of infinity has passed. Only together we will find meaning. We can find it if we want it together. Difficult? No. Almost everything has already been done over the past 6,000 years, only the last push of desire remains. We are on the verge of solving the problem of the meaning of life, which lies in the spiritual experience of not just one individual arhat-sage, but of all humanity.
Oh, the perspicacious reader will say, we’ve already heard this somewhere! Work for the future, work hard for the coming heaven on earth. If life is finite, and meaning is beyond it, in the future, then why do I need such meaning, because, having died, I will not even be able to benefit from the fruits of comprehension? The meaning of life and the mortality of an individual - are these concepts compatible at all? Living for the benefit of future generations, of course, is complementary to the Russian mentality, but how much sense does this make for those who provide this very benefit through the routine of their current existence? To be slaves to accumulate wealth for future generations - it all sounds somehow bleak! And what kind of life will those future ones have, who got everything on a saucer with a rim? Where will they go?
Trying to find meaning in his life, a person wants to understand what he will get from this here and now. But the fact of the matter is that, discovering for ourselves the structure of the psyche, sensing this structure in ourselves and in others, as in ourselves, with our awareness we repeatedly strengthen the properties of our psyche, as a result of which a powerful harmonization of the world inside and the world outside occurs, a person begins to receive bonuses from the universe immediately, right now. The problem of happiness and meaning in life begins to be solved immediately!
Gratitude for the intention to change the intention
This is not yet spiritual, but a small spark, a starting point for the beginning of knowledge of the nature of the spiritual. We get this spark already in the third to fifth lesson. Those who have had enough can stop and use this knowledge in their daily lives - positive changes will not keep you waiting. There are probably a million reviews already about how people find work, start earning more, and solve problems with children. But the fact of the matter is that it is very difficult to stop here: a person wants more, and this is normal.
Coming to the training with his specific loneliness, a person does not think about any global problems of the meaning of life, he just wants to understand how to find a suitable bride. In the process of studying, our hero naturally gets married, and now he is already concerned about the problems of the meaning of human life. Having solved his daily problems, a person begins to see the sky and wonder what is there next? Questions of the origin of man arise, and the search for the meaning of life for humanity as a whole begins.
What positive changes will happen in my life if I start practicing systemic vector psychology, many people ask. For each, these will be their own changes, exactly reflecting the filling of true desires in the vector matrix of the psyche. Someone will get a job, someone will find love, someone will get rid of fear, someone will improve relationships with loved ones. These will be the first gifts for realizing the evil in oneself as it is. It turns out that without really having done anything, a person already receives positive things for himself! Nature thanks us for the intention to change our intention, for the desire to understand our structure, which means that we are on the right path if we receive such advances. Even if it is still very far from knowing the meaning of life, and even if such a task is not set at all, the prospects for a person who decides to look into himself are the most favorable.
What is evil and why do we need to recognize it in ourselves?
No exorcism and no repentance. Evil in this case does not imply something bad, low, unworthy. We ourselves divide into good and bad; in nature there is no good and evil in the human understanding. Awareness of evil in oneself means awareness of one’s inner “animal” essence, one’s vector set of eight possible measures of the mental unconscious in various combinations, development and implementation. Having recognized ourselves, we begin to recognize others, communication becomes optimal, we do not make unjustified forecasts, disappointments and resentments, anger, hostility, and hatred go away. And this is only the first step, at the everyday level!
By getting to know our nature, revealing the evil in ourselves, we begin to understand, turn by turn, what is happening outside. The idea of how things work is being rethought. The best books are read again, the best films are reviewed, and seemingly unshakable postulates and dogmas are discarded. There is a global shake-up of consciousness; from the chaos of other people’s quotes and fragmentary information, a holistic and very systematic world outside is emerging, which fully corresponds to what is inside us. The problem of the meaning of human life, before it arises, is solved automatically.
We feel involved in everything that happens in society. There is a feeling of joy from this, because we are so tired of fruitlessly poking around in the shells of our egoistic little selves. The whole can only be cognized collectively, in a group, together, and for this it is necessary to change the intention from receiving to bestowing. This can be done naturally without any tricks by revealing the eight-dimensional volume of opposites inside and outside, that is, again realizing the evil in ourselves, where evil is our nature, receiving for the sake of receiving.
If you want to be happy, choose
Man is selfish at his core, he was created to receive, but one can receive not for the sake of receiving as such - this is the animal level and zero development, but to receive for the sake of giving outward, into society. We ourselves, and not someone from above, decide what to choose. This is human freedom of choice. Only by realizing the evil in ourselves, that is, our mental one, can we move from reproaching fate to gratitude for life, this wonderful gift. Having realized the evil in ourselves, we stop justifying ourselves and begin to justify the Creator in the outside world. Only then can we be happy.
It turns out that being happy or wearing a grimace of reproach is everyone’s voluntary choice, their freedom of choice. Whether there is meaning in our lives, or we live like ants driven by hunger, is the decision of each individual ant-man. How exactly to make this choice, which button to press, Yuri Burlan tells each listener at the “System-Vector Psychology” training, regardless of his vector set and even regardless of whether this set contains a sound vector, which we are primarily talking about remember when it comes to spiritual search.
Visual series of sound meanings - you want more
In the sound vector, knowing the meaning of life and death is a true desire. The sound artist was originally conceived to focus on questions of being and non-being. The sound vector, which for the first time separated the “I” from the rest of the world, received the ability of incredible concentration to solve problems of any complexity. If everything is in order with the sound engineer, he can be a brilliant scientist; in fact, this is only possible in sound.
But if for some reason the sound vector is not filled with meaning and is not busy solving problems worthy of its purpose, degeneration occurs in this part of the psyche, and the person goes inside himself with emptiness instead of meaning. This can lead, at a minimum, to depression, and at maximum, to suicide. The sound artist does not need life outside of meaning, he does not value the body, it is more or less illusory.
The sound comprehension of the meaning of life due to the infinity of the outward sound vector is also infinite. All his life such a person searches for meaning, tries on countless “spiritual” practices and still comes to disappointment. Even the Tibetan lamas do not find the sounder what he was looking for. When a person puts all his sound into visuals, he comes to the conclusion that humanity has no right to life, because evil is ineradicable in the world, no matter how you fight it! This means that there is no meaning in life and a person’s prospects are zero. Why do visual images not satisfy the search for sound, or why does the offer of Christianity, with all due respect to it, no longer satisfy the demand for sound?
The path through the mortification of desire (humility of passions) is incorrect and impossible. Not suppressing desire, but increasing it and changing intentions is necessary for true spiritual development. People with the sound vector “destined to” feel through themselves the entire matrix of the eight-dimensional psyche, receive the light of truth, or remain a disappointed wanderer who has not overcome the evil in themselves, where evil is already in the human understanding - hostility, malice, hatred.
The problem of life and death: a systemic solution to a common destiny
The spirituality of the sound artist is given, but not ensured. He must make the choice himself. Feel your true desires, strengthen them, change the direction of these desires into bestowal, feel other people’s desires as your own, include your neighbor in yourself - all this is a very precise direction of spiritual development. When we feel this, we become familiar with eternity and infinity, where the departure of the body is unnoticeable in front of internal states of delight, the fear of death goes away, the enjoyment of every moment of priceless life comes to replace gloomy pessimism and reproaches to the universe. It is here that the problem of life and death finds the only correct solution, the life of a person who dares to take advantage of freedom of choice, that is, who has chosen spiritual development, is filled with meaning.
By changing the relationship between the inner and outer worlds, we are able to change our common destiny. By changing our intention, we destroy hatred in the world; this is a very difficult job, where falling into complete darkness is possible. If you know what causes such falls, why they happen, and do not plunge yourself into the abyss of depression, then you can wait for dawn and continue again at a new level. Many sound people cannot stand the “darkness before the dawn” and leave due to their own misunderstanding.
Those who do not survive the “darkness before the dawn” die forever
The illusion of simplicity of suicide is attractive. But “one time and that’s it” won’t work! Two seconds of spiritual decline turn into suffering, the full depth of which cannot even be closely felt on the physical level. A suicide erases everything that his soul has accumulated, his experience is worthless and is rejected from the general matrix of psychic humanity, the meaning of life and death of such a person is completely nullified! Finding meaning in sound is vital; training helps you find it and get crazy development. I guarantee that thoughts of suicide will never visit you again.
We come into the world with a body for the only reason - to increase our psyche to the level of realization of the sound measure, to know ourselves and to exercise freedom of choice, that is, to choose spiritual development. Man has been moving along this path for the last 6,000 years - ever since he felt “I” was separate from the world outside. Before this, our life was controlled only by the feeling of hunger. We must realize the collective meaning of life - to be happy, but we voluntarily refuse this, blaming the outside world!
Sleepless people online start and win
We start small, from bottom to top, from simple to complex. From understanding and fulfilling your true desires. This happens almost immediately with every student. We can say that at this level the search for the meaning of life gives a person a very practical return. By being aware of ourselves, we can realize ourselves in this world in the best possible way and not get upset from annoying mistakes. By understanding ourselves, and then others, at a deep level, we can become unerring in choosing a partner, work, raising children, and in relationships with people. Isn’t this an advance for the fact that we haven’t really started yet? Nature is generous, and our life can be much happier than it was before, because happiness is the true meaning of human life.
As you go through trainings, you gradually understand the true meaning of words, you begin to share the momentary, scant pleasure and enjoyment of donating your properties to a common cause - not for a vague future, but for the immediate good - your life here and now. By changing the intention in ourselves to bestowal, we receive as a result much more than we previously received by consuming. This is called happiness, this is the answer to the question of what is the meaning in life. Knowledge that was previously available only to selected sages can now be obtained by an ordinary person.
Nature is rapidly complicating our internal structure. By realizing the processes hidden in the psychic unconscious, we move towards these complications and receive amazing revelations worthy of Ecclesiastes. This happened to me too...
The first revelation of the hidden can be obtained at Yuri Burlan’s free nightly online lectures. Register here
.
Proofreader: Natalya Konovalova
Author of the publication: Irina Kaminskaya, teacher
The article was written based on materials from the training “System-vector psychology”
The meaning of human life as a conscious biological being
A person has a body . In addition to this, there is also: mind, mind, intellect, soul, spirit, consciousness (you can also add characteristics). The inseparable fusion of these interacting parts is man as such.
It is clear that all this should be developed. A special place here is occupied by consciousness, which allows you to consciously relate to your existence, to all your actions and deeds.
The term “consciousness” refers to those terms about which neither philosophy, nor psychology, nor anyone at all has a clear definition, although everyone agrees that consciousness exists. Indeed, it is easier to feel what consciousness is than to define it.
In the old Russian language, consciousness is shared knowledge, shared with God.
I propose that the next definition of consciousness is knowledge and understanding of the laws of Nature and the Cosmos (the Universe and God) having its own will.
Own will - the ability to: know - draw conclusions - make decisions - act.
The concepts of “soul” and “spirit” practically fit the same definition - it is a subtle structure that has its own will. At the same time, “soul” is the ability to establish connections and interact with the outside world and people, and “spirit” refers to the individual characteristics of a person. Strength of spirit determines the quality of actions that a person is capable of performing.
People who are spiritually developed can meet you, but spiritually – not. Any combination of development of these qualities can occur in different people.
Intelligence is also a term that does not have a clear definition. However, in general, it is the ability to think rationally, act rationally, and cope with life situations.
The mind is a mental activity of the highest type, the ability to think in general, the ability to analyze and generalize perceived information.
Intelligence is a generalized characteristic of a person’s cognitive and analytical abilities.
From the above it is clear that man as a whole has not yet been studied. Even the basic concepts that characterize a person have not yet been completely defined. It follows that man is a constantly evolving being.
And, since a person is a conscious being, he must treat his development consciously. Life, of course, will still force you to develop, but more effectively - consciously.
And so, as a biological conscious being, a person must develop body, mind, intelligence, intellect, soul, spirit, consciousness.
In philosophy
In most cases, the meaning of life is perceived and positioned as a philosophical problem. Philosophers of antiquity wrote that the secret of human existence lies in himself, and, trying to know himself, he recognizes the surrounding space. There are several historically recognized points of view on the problem of meaning:
- The followers and receivers of Socrates said: “It is a shame to die without realizing your spiritual and physical strength.” Epicurus, exploring the topic of human death, urged not to be afraid of it, because the fear of death is inherently irrational: when death occurs, a person no longer exists. However, oddly enough, the attitude towards death significantly influences and determines the attitude towards life.
- The problem of the meaning of life was also actively discussed in Kant's philosophy. In his opinion, a person in himself is the goal and the highest value, he is an individual and the only creature on the planet capable of independently managing his life, pursuing any goals and achieving them. The great philosopher said that the meaning of a person’s life is not outside, but within himself: at the same time, the determining factor is the idea expressed through moral laws and duties. Kant also tried to describe what “meaning” is. In his opinion, meaning cannot exist independently, as a certain object of reality, it is in the minds of people and it also determines their behavior, forcing them to voluntarily obey the laws of morality and thereby placing a person a step above other living beings on the planet. That is, from Kant’s point of view, a person’s destiny is expressed in the presence of a certain worldview, or religion. At the same time, Kant denies religion as an explanation for the emergence of our world - its significance lies precisely in the fact that it is the basis for the development of human morality.
- Kant's philosophy was further developed by other German classics. According to Fichte, the search for the meaning of human life on earth is the main task of any philosophical teaching. Comprehension of meaning is the complete agreement of the individual with himself, which is expressed in human freedom, rational activity, and development. Developing and becoming a free and reasonable person, a person changes and improves the surrounding reality.
Throughout the history of philosophy and religion, attempts have been made to find a universal, suitable for everyone, meaning of human existence.
Religion calls on a person to prepare himself for “life after death,” because it is outside the “biological” existence that real life begins. From the position of virtue, the answer to the question: “why do we live?” obvious: to do good deeds and serve the truth. In addition to religious ideas, there is a widespread point of view that sees the purpose and meaning of human life in obtaining physical and moral pleasures and the opposite, which presents suffering and death as the purpose of birth.
The meaning of human life as a social being
As a social being, a person is a member of a family, a member of a production or professional team, a member of a state or public structure, and a member of various types of informal groups and associations. Etc.
As a family member, a person must take care of the well-being and prosperity of his family. As a member of the social structure, he must strive to raise his professional and social status.
Perhaps we can add the following observation here: strong and beautiful statements on the meaning of human life almost always indicate the need for development.
.
PS The meaning of human life , as a conscious being, is the conscious development of all one’s qualities and abilities.
.
Write your review.
Is it necessary to look for the meaning of human life?
Unfortunately, modern society does not give a person that ideal, or the highest goal of life, to which one must strive and go throughout one’s life, thereby automatically providing everyone with an answer to the question: “What is the meaning of human life?” And if there is some desire to answer this question, then this must be done as quickly as possible.
The desire to seek the meaning of human life is a product of human self-knowledge, which distinguishes us from other creatures. However, very often it remains deeply hidden in our subconscious, and it can be difficult to explain and clearly articulate what we strive for and what we want from our lives.
The view of modern psychologists on why a person lives
Of course, in our time there are quite a lot of people who are confident that the meaning of their lives lies in serving God and in strict adherence to religious laws and dogmas. However, most states are very small, and ordinary people look for the meaning of life not in philosophical and religious teachings, but in themselves - in their soul, thoughts, feelings and desires.
And more and more people who have failed to find the true meaning of their lives or have become disillusioned with their own goals and aspirations are turning to psychologists to help them regain interest in life. According to psychologists, people lose the meaning of life only if they initially incorrectly determined what they were living for and considered any of the long-term goals to be their highest purpose. Therefore, experts on human souls know exactly what cannot be the meaning of life. In their opinion, those people who are sure that life is given to man are mistaken in order to:
But why was life given to a person, if not to have children, earn money or achieve career heights? More and more modern psychologists believe that there is no single meaning in life for all people, since each person is an individual with his own priorities and desires. Therefore, the meaning of a person’s life is to live in harmony with oneself, achieve one’s goals step by step, discover new horizons and develop.
That is, instead of looking for the global meaning of life, you just need to live in such a way as to enjoy every day you live and not waste time. Our life is finite, and only by realizing our goals will we be able to live it in such a way as not to regret the lost years and opportunities in old age.
Train your brain with fun
Develop memory, attention and thinking with the help of online simulators
START DEVELOPING
You understand that you were “thrown” into this matrix for some unknown purpose, which you need to find out so that life is not just an “empty” existence, but for the sake of something or someone. A person who lives without meaning is deprived of deep inner motivation, an inner core that would allow him to become the master of his life.
As a result, a person becomes weak, loses support under his feet, the world collapses and he remains standing on the rubble, doing nothing. What for? I don't see the meaning of life. Going with the flow, not understanding where the “shore” is, is very terrible and painful. You become an easy prey for those people who understand what their meaning in life is. Therefore, the need to answer this question is very important for any person.
Woe to people who do not know the meaning of their lives
Blaise Pascal
Viktor Frankl on the meaning of life
Viktor Frankl, a thinker and psychotherapist who developed a special area of psychotherapy - logotherapy, aimed at helping the patient find the meaning of life, wrote this: “This question is the question of life itself, it is much more terrible than, in dire need, the question of a piece of bread to satisfy hunger " According to Viktor Frankl, a person in his existence is focused on the realization of three types of values, which can constitute the meaning of his life in various situations. These are creative values that are “realized in productive creative actions”; “experience values” realized in experiences, and attitude values.
Finished works on a similar topic
- Coursework The meaning of life and the purpose of man 420 rub.
- Abstract The meaning of life and the purpose of man 220 rub.
- Test work The meaning of life and the purpose of man 190 rub.
Receive completed work or advice from a specialist on your educational project Find out the cost
Note 1
The question of the meaning of life is especially acute for a person in moments of difficult experiences: his own approaching death, the death of a loved one, guilt, suffering. Existential philosophers called such situations borderline. It is in them that the true meaning of life is revealed to a person. Such situations take us out of the absorption of the ordinary and trivial, make us realize what, in fact, is of real value to a person, and what is empty and meaningless.
Each person finds his own meaning in life. What does it consist of? For some it is faith in God. In this case, the meaning of life is found not in scientific knowledge based on reason, but in non-scientific knowledge, that is, in religious knowledge based on faith. For others, the meaning of life can be found in a favorite activity, in children, in a way of self-expression, and so on.
