Seems Like A Valid Reason, Doesn’t It?
When you think about what’s the point of this existence, this life on planet earth…
Seems like a valid reason, doesn’t it?
Why are there so many of us on earth?
Why so many languages
So many differences between us
So many bridges to build
So many gaps to fill
What’s the point of all this
And how is it that all animals
And birds
And plants
And microbes
Seems to live seamlessly
Among themselves
Contentedly with each other
Without any anger
Or meltdowns
Jealousy
Or hatred
Greed
Or anything else
Causing their own extinction
And that of others
What are we missing?
Why are we like this?
What do you think?
I’ve been watching a series
By a philosopher doctor
In my language
Who narrated a story
Of two kids in a womb
One of them was a doubter
Who thinks that once they are born
That would be the end of their existence
He questions the other baby
Saying what could possibly be out there
Because he can’t fathom
Light
Since he lives in darkness
Growing up
Since he has limbs that are folded
Eating
Since food goes into him through a tube
Or even hearing
Because he’s in a medium which carries only muffled sounds
The other child believes
That there is a world outside
Because in the quietest of moments
He has heard his mother’s voice
The doubter can’t even believe he has a mother
Who envelopes him
And in whom he exists and lives
The believer believes because he has felt his mother’s warmth and love emanating through to him
All this was written as a story by one of the wisemen
To explain to us
How our disbelief about life after death
Is similar to this doubting child
When I think about it
It all seems to make a lot of sense
And more than that
When I think about how the birds and animals
And fishes of the sea and ocean and rivers
Live in harmony
I am inspired to wonder
Is it all a lesson for us
To live and love each other?
As Jesus’s only commandment to his disciples was
Or was it what He went about saying
That the kingdom of God is within you?
Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita
“I promise you, that you will reach me
When you devote yourself to me”
Ramana Maharishi says in “Who am I”
If we keep asking ourselves this question
No matter what circumstance we go through in life
Redirecting everything to ask the same question as “to who is this happening?”
Then it will peel away all the layers around us
Such as ego, selfishness, greed etc
And show us who we already are
A part of the Self or Atman or Brahman
Or Eternal Consciousness
That exists all around us and within us
Or in other words God
When more than one religion
Points to the same thing
It makes me wonder
What does it all mean?
What is the point of this existence?
Is it Self-realization after all?
Think about this
Peace ✌🏽
This meditation feels like a tender cry for meaning, asking why humanity struggles where nature flows with ease.
The contrast between animals living seamlessly and humans burdened by greed and anger is painfully honest.
The parable of the unborn children becomes luminous, showing faith and doubt as two voices inside us all.
One cannot imagine light, while the other trusts in warmth felt through the mother’s unseen love.
It mirrors our disbelief in life beyond death, reminding us that mystery often requires trust more than proof.
The text gathers wisdom from Jesus, Krishna, and Ramana, weaving a chorus of traditions into one truth.
Each voice points inward, toward the divine already within, waiting to be recognised beneath ego and fear.
Self‑realisation emerges as the thread, peeling away layers until only eternal consciousness remains.
The reflection humanises philosophy, grounding it in everyday gestures of harmony, love, and belonging.
Ultimately, it whispers that the point of existence may be simple: to awaken, to love, to return to the Self.
Shalini… this read like sitting on the floor with a cup of tea while someone unravels the entire universe in the gentlest way.
Your womb-story had me grinning — like yes, of course two tiny philosophers would be debating existence before they even get elbows.
And the way you weave religions and questions together… it feels like you’re handing us little breadcrumbs toward something bigger.
Honestly, I walked away thinking, ‘maybe we’re all just chaotic toddlers in a cosmic classroom trying our best to learn kindness.’