By Victor G Fontane
Life is a sequence of instant moments that as soon they appears they pass and stay only as memory stored supposedly in the Hippocampus, a process that no one yet is being able to describe. They just exist for nano seconds, is ephemeral, happening in the present and then eventually vanish from our conscious mind with some exceptions. Most humans thus, mostly live in a survival mode, with no trascendental purposes no control whatsoever and a fixed script until death.
Christian traditions believe and thus teach their followers about punishment and reward on certain rules supposedly dictated by a superior being that is not part of the Universe but don’t accept human capabilities to evolve like the rest of the planet to become perfect and achieve his higher potential. Other spiritual traditions on the contrary assign responsibilities to human behavior as the physical life is only a construct of the human mind based primarily by karma. Buddhists believe that human life is a cycle of suffering and rebirth, but that if one achieves a state of enlightenment (nirvana), it is possible to escape this cycle forever.
According to Hinduism, the meaning (purpose) of life is four-fold: to achieve Dharma, Artha, Kama, and Moksha.
The first, dharma, means to act virtuously and righteously. That is, it means to act morally and ethically throughout one's life.
Second, artha, (Sanskrit: “wealth,” or “property”), in Hinduism, the pursuit of wealth or material advantage, one of the four traditional aims in life.
Third, purushartha (aims of human life), is defined as desire, longing and pleasure, of which sexual pleasure is considered essential for the well-being of an individual.
Fourth, mo·ksha (in Hinduism and Jainism) release from the cycle of rebirth impelled by the law of karma. The transcendent state attained as a result of being released from the cycle of rebirth.
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