As this is a rational assessment, we will
discard delusions such as the big bang theory and accept that God exists. If we acknowledge God, we need a purpose of life,
which is available in Hindu and Buddhist scriptures. We are made up of not only mind and body, but
also soul. Our souls are not ready to sit in heaven next
to God. Our souls need to be put through the tests of
mortality. It is only after a few lives,
in different bodies, human and animal, after proving our soul worthy of heaven,
that we may escape rebirth and enter heaven.
If our soul has the evil streak, then regression along the hierarchy of
life. The good ascend, the evil regress. The
goal is to escape this life of suffering.
Our lives are filled with desire and this desire brings upon suffering. Although the yogi practices renunciation and
abstinence, we are not all able to do so.
In the modern world we have become accustomed to a certain dialectical
materialism, which brings about a certain happiness. Pleasure our goal; happiness our destination.
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