Purpose differentiates the Human from the animal
Question from the Internet:
“Why is it important to talk about the origin of our world and humanity?”
Human beings are above other animals only in one respect: beyond simply surviving, procreating by blindly, instinctively fulfilling basic desires Human beings have an extra desire to understand the purpose of life.
Before we start asking about the meaning, purpose, our place, role in the system we are not different from other animals at all. We might have the so called “social desires” of wealth, power, knowledge in addition to the “animate” desires of food, sex, family, but that doesn’t make us Humans.
A Human is a being that can and is willing to exist above blindly, instinctively fulfilling selfish desires, willing to perceive reality beyond the limited, distorted picture that is heavily filtered by a self-serving, self-justifying “pleasure/pain software.
This is why it is important to talk about, research the Natural system we exist in, the cause and effect processes and developmental plan that drive the system. And we also need to talk about, research how we Humans fit or don’t fit into the system and what we can do to find and fulfill our predetermined, integral role in it.
Usually it is unpleasant scenarios, intolerable suffering that forces us to ask about meaning, purpose, but if we are wise we can’t start researching, developing towards becoming Human protectively, methodically, without waiting for suffering!