Chapter Fifty Five: The Ultimate Goal

Most merchants are only selling distractions.

That is how money quickly loses its appeal.

The Sun is Shining Not Quite

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Everybody knows that the world is slowly crumbling down like a ticking time bomb, especially on some of the underscored matters depending on the perspective and diverse viewpoints, but most of the time the affairs to be considered result to undeniable chaos, distress, and the abundance of injustices, manifested and felt in all of the form of experiences derived from the world.

Individuals are all born into a land of disorder; it doesn't matter what period in history a person was able to come into this world. What actually changed the world, from the very beginning of the advancement of civilizations that thrived in antiquity, as well as the ancient settlements and philosophy that fully developed in the far east, was, in fact, a result of man's never ending inquiry that has come before his birth, first, of his own political self, then the concept of the state, the exploratory literature of the necessity of wars, the subject value of humanities as a distinct form of sophisticated expression, and, by empowering the systematic succession of the population, through the scientific pursuit of knowledge.

What happens in life is actually an exemplification of a basic concept in Biology called the balance of nature. As every man matures in time, grows old, and then dies at his elderly years, what he experiences in the totality of all of his sensory perception constitutes his own personal witness of the ultimate reality, which is vital in honing his thoughts according to his own point of view. When man reaches the end of his life, a much more capable youth will eventually takes his place, using all the knowledge and wisdom of old age that were shared and developed.

Even the symbiotic relationship that exists and heavily discussed in Ecology follows the same principle of balance that is found in healthy natural habitats. For example, without a predator, the species of a particular prey will overpopulate, thus destroying the ecological balance found in the natural dwelling. The major reason why certain species of animals went extinct is partly a result of the defect in the environment (like chemical pollution or the introduction of invasive species), the destruction of the ecosystem, or an invasion of a mutating, disease causing organisms. And if Charles Darwin is to be believed, only the survival of the fittest species which were able to adapt to these changes that then necessitated the evolution by natural selection will eventually remain.

In short, a person being born into this world, and later on dies after reaching a certain age, or by any other means, like a freak accident or a terminal illness, is part of the system of the reality of life. Nobody can question it on the sole account of the fairness of observable facts, because similarly with the question of why life exists, the death of a person cannot be adequately explained without the benefit of the observable scientific phenomena, which is a vital ingredient to the formulation of theorems of those inquiring of purely natural sciences.

Nobody knows where the soul resides before he was born, and where it returns after his death. Where is life before conception?

The question of why a person dies is an irrelevant fact as evidenced in this vein of reality, because species are born and then die as a matter of an orderly succession of things. By ascertaining when is the exact timing of a person's death is a futile question to explore, because people will eventually die in the not so distant future, anyway. It is very certain to occur. As the people who perish leave this Earth, the world continues to exist unhampered and without a care.

But the world, nevertheless, has greatly improved through the years, despite all the wars and injustices, despite the ruthless dictators who lived and prospered at a certain point in history, despite the greed of corporations or the evil minds that propagate terror designed to disrupt the normal functions of worldly affairs. For indeed, life is not only a question of one's own self, but a question of righteous participation. And the great design of man is to commune with one another; this is the evidence of the will of the Lord when God made a woman from the rib of man.

"It is not good for man to be alone," says the Lord, and relationships carry with it the responsibility of never wanting to remain to be stagnant inside one's own safe and prosperous place, speaking and moving and selfishly admiring the beauty of nature without sharing the full sensual experience of what it means to be alive. God eventually willed that man's existence is not only to be found in his own predetermined set of philosophy, inherent in his survival, but he must be destined to accomplish his full humanity into something worthwhile by making good use of all the materials that have been created and entrusted into his care.

What was endured by a suffering soul fails in comparison with what was actually made out of its episteme, that which is meant to improve the cost and consequences of living with obedience in this sensitive and fragile life (as we eventually learn in this set of reality). In man's desire to fully cooperate and participate in the wonders of creation, he tends to build things that could evoke inherent beauty or abundant comfort; and it is in this precise moment that he takes full ownership of the gift of life, living it out according to its most natural design.

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