On life

Abstract

The miracle of existence is habitually obscured by the familiarity of daily life, yet it remains more fundamental than the shifting political or physical systems of the globe. Materialism, while enticing in its simplicity, proves insufficient for explaining a being characterized by aspirations that transcend transience and decay. An intellectual system of philosophy instead reveals that nothing exists except as it is perceived, reducing the solid universe to a construct of thought. Within this framework, the distinctions between individual identities denoted by personal pronouns are merely grammatical devices rather than indicators of actual ontological separation; all perceptions are modifications of a single, universal mind. This unity is often more visible in childhood or during states of reverie, where the boundary between the self and the universe dissolves. However, as human experience becomes increasingly mechanical and mediated by linguistic signs, this direct apprehension of life’s unity decays. Furthermore, the concept of causality is merely a mental state relating two thoughts, and it is highly improbable that the origin of existence shares the characteristics of the human mind. – AI-generated abstract.