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To be a human being, the most important thing is to be happy - what is the meaning of life?

What is the meaning of life?

By Sara R FuquaPublished 3 years ago 4 min read
To be a human being, the most important thing is to be happy - what is the meaning of life?
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What is the meaning of life?

The meaning of life has always been discussed in different directions.

For example, some people say that the meaning of life lies in inheritance, but more people have a longer view, and they will know that the meaning of life is not only in inheritance, but also in development. As for whether heritage is important or development is important, people may have different answers at different times.

Some people say that the meaning of life is love, because "life is precious, love is more expensive", but you don't even have a life, where is the love? What you get is a momentary identification of the brain with the self at the moment of martyrdom, which is actually a deception of consciousness and behavior - those who are desperate for life choose to kill themselves and do not like to be rescued, while those young people who sacrifice for love impulse, who are rescued, do not regret the stupidity of the act.

So you can say "the meaning of life is love"? Superficially, this only represents the view of a part of the first period of love - these people's character is even a little paranoid. It's just a small group of people, so they can say that, but it doesn't represent everyone, then the answer is wrong.

So is the meaning of life to survive? In the case of the poor, that is the answer, but in today's society there is rarely a failure to survive (except in special cases), and after the problem of survival is solved, the brain will inevitably produce other directions of thinking arrogance - the desire to be satisfied.

So is the meaning of life is the spiritual needs after survival?

This is kind of slowly analyzing close to the answer.

In fact, the meaning of life is to meet the various needs raised by the brain.

In fact, the answer to this, many years ago TVB has told us - to be human, the most important thing is to be happy.

When the material and spiritual needs of the brain are met, the brain will secrete dopamine, serotonin and endorphins, making us feel happy from the bottom of our hearts - from the body, simple and pure happiness.

And the examples we gave earlier, such as for food, for love, for survival, for heritage, for development, all of them, are to satisfy the right behavior to be done as judged by the human brain after the epistemology and the concept of right and wrong are established.

Knowing the right, judging the right, behaving the right, the result is right, the brain confirms, secretes hormones, and we are happy.

Whether it is an obscene criminal or an elegant art master, the purpose of crime and art creation is for their own physical and mental pleasure - except that criminals generally do not reap the joy of spiritual breakthroughs in the process of creation, unlike art masters, nor can they achieve both fame and fortune, but will instead lose their fame, because he is in the process of establishing epistemology, right and wrong, and values. That is because he has gone astray in the process of establishing his epistemology, right and wrong, and values, and he cannot get an artist's education, so he has to choose another path to get money and the status they think is right (gang boss).

Isn't there the term "criminal art"? This shows that all behavior under the sun, in fact, is ultimately a kind of purpose - to do what they think is right, and get pleasure.

This is what life is all about.

No matter right or wrong, because your right or wrong, depending on your education, your understanding, depending on the social life you grew up hearing.

People as a herd animal, is surviving in the interactive life, then there will be a kind of social common sense - that is, the majority of people's three views, and in order to ensure the harmony and stability of human society, will develop relevant laws, rules to limit, restrain the phenomenon of individual human consciousness derailment.

This is why crime is punished - flouting the rules may be the meaning of your life, and punishing you is an act that most people in society agree with because your actions bring harm to others. The artist, on the other hand, is different in that his creation of art conforms to the aesthetic perception of the majority of society and brings moody aesthetic enjoyment to the majority of people, so his behavior is in line with the rules of society and results in fame and fortune.

From the perspective of human society, this is the meaning of positive life energy, because he accomplished self-happiness while also delighting the social group, which is really meaningful.

Just like Yuan Lao, his research results actually provided him with the joy of a personal spiritual breakthrough, but he simultaneously solved the problem of eating for the people of the world, and that is a great life with great meaning.

The meaning of individual life is determined by yourself, while the meaning of your life in society and history is given by society and time together.

Therefore, we have to learn how to choose, so that we can make use of our hobbies (to enjoy ourselves) and at the same time do our part for society (in line with the mainstream consciousness). If not, don't hurt others, and don't base your joy on the pain of others - because if you do such things too much, you are bound to be despised and punished by most people.

Then even if you think your life is meaningful, it will be a piece of shit in the eyes of others.

So it's not that you can't indulge your pleasure in your limited life, but you have to do it carefully, and pay special attention to choosing the right direction.

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