Now, as I'm a redhead, may of you will understand that I have no soul... or so people seem to believe. My friends state I sold my soul for hair dye, and that I will now burn for eternity in the fiery pits of Satan's sauna.....
Whereas I believe I have no soul, I don't believe that I will receive any divine punishment for the "crime".
In fact, I don't believe anyone has a soul... I believe we are all meaty cases wondering on a (possibly) lone inhabited planet, and that we are controlled entirely by electrical impulses.
By this, I'm not saying that we don't truly have an independent conscious, nor am I saying that no other creature does.... but given that an octopus is considered fairly intelligent among creatures, but has the mentality of a 3 year old toddler, I think it's fair to say that humans come out on top of the evolutionary heap.
That's not to say other creatures are not intelligent - they are, scarily so sometimes - but none seem to have evolved quite as much as people. And that is the reason they are intelligent, and they do the things they do, is because they have evolved a pattern, and leaned a behaviour or technique, that aids them in surviving in the wild habitats which they inhabit. It is simply that pure animal instinct, that drives them to eat, thrive and multiply, by whatever means necessary. Just like in the same was as people have leaned everything they need to survive.... but we are simply further evolved than our primate counterparts. This higher intelligence, has allowed us to discover wonderful and amazing thing, to help the world be a better place, and help the human population thrive.
However, human consciousness seems to be a curse to the world as well - with a further developed conscience, we have created myths and fables which have torn sections of the world apart, and caused horrible wars, and great crimes to humanity. We have allowed our opinions to divide us so much, that the world now seems to be split into extreme factions. There are those of us however, who feel the need to fight against this difficulty, and try and heal the wounds torn in the world by man kinds own fatal fear....
The fear to admit, that you have no idea what is happening....
See, I believe that mankind, that all people, have a fear of the unknown, and the unexplainable.... so they invent religions, philosophies and reasons for the terrible things that happen in the world, they cannot control, or to attempt to control the people, who are also afraid, and allow their fear to control what they do....
And that's where the invention of a soul comes in. People are afraid of the unknown, and nobody knows what really drives us, what guides us in life and controls who we are. The truth is it's nothing - we are simply lumps of flesh wondering around, controlled entirely by electrical impulses caused by chemical activity in our brains... but people find this difficult to fathom, the idea that we are probably alone in a universe with no meaning or control, or no purpose - they begin to think "well then what is the point of being?"...
I don't think there is a point in being, I think that the whole thing is one huge freak accident.... It may sound implausible, and impossible, and improbable, but the implausible and improbable happen every day, on a much smaller scale, but they do happen.... so there is no huge meaning of life... we simply exist.
And as scary as that may be, you don't have to fight and argue about the way we should live our lives... you don't have to invent gods and spirituality's in order to come up with a reason for being... there is none - we are no better than all the animals, we serve no great purpose other than to exist, thrive and multiply....
This shouldn't make anyone lose hope though - I believe our "purpose" (the purpose I have given myself, and Will give my children) is to enjoy out lives while we can - our lives are short, and relatively unimportant in the grand scheme of things (in comparison to the age and importance of the universe that is), and so we should enjoy them; have fun, laugh, dance and sing, even if there is no-one there to see it or listen but you. Fill other peoples lives with as much enjoyment as you can as well; food, drink, hugs and jokes, a shoulder to cry on and a friend to rely on - try and achieve what you want to achieve, and try your best; love easily and freely, and don't spend time with people who hurt you, put you down, use or abuse you, or that don't love you.
Because ultimately, this is your one life, to spend in whatever way you want to do it, so make the most of it, because there is nothing more, there is not second run, there is not "restart at last checkpoint" and there is no afterlife in which to revel.... It's your one life, and it is precious and important, so cherish it, and use it right....
I think people are so afraid of dying, because they believe it is a conscious eternity of nothingness.... it isn't,. you're dead, your brain has stopped working, nothings happening, it all just stops - I'm sorry if that's worse, but the truth is the truth....
But death should be the reason you should have all the fun you can, make the most of it -because you have a deadline after all....
Don't spend your life trying to elongate it, at the risk of your enjoyment; people spend so much time fretting about eating healthily and exercising, saying "you must not smoke, or do drugs, or drink booze, or anything like that, it's bad for you!" they claim that "you take valuable minutes of the end of your life!", but that's exactly it - they're at the end of your life, when you're lying in your death bed, peeing into a pot and wheezing for air, and they're trying to keep you hanging on for the sake of preserving life - that's not how I want it to end at all!
I believe it's better to burn out than to fade away - I want to go with a bang, not wheezing quietly or simply falling asleep, that's no where near good enough! So I'll eat what I like, I'll drink if I want to, I'll smoke or do drugs if I want to (I wouldn't, but that's besides the point!) - anything that will take those nasty end-of-life moments away, because those are the minutes you can have...
I think enjoyment and achievement are the things we should aim for, and I think that should be enough to justify why we are here..... You shouldn't have to invent reasons to exist in order to make people happy.
As always, this is just what I think, I'm open to discussion and debate, so please feel free to comment, e-mail or message me... I'll also take a request on a subject to write about if you'd really like....
As per usual, just trying to help you get to know me a little better, so thanks for reading :)
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