Discovering meaning in life has been of the upmost importance to grasping the purist human experience for generations. Philosophers have utilized various concepts in regards to the quest of finding meaning in one’s life including: living with a greater purpose in mind, expanding one’s existence beyond an endless cycle of satisfying desires, and utilizing the idea of duty to overcome conflicts of interest. Living with a purpose is beneficial for enduring suffering as it seems to give the individual an end goal to strive for allowing the person to look past their present situations. This purpose is unique to every individual as it is a self-sculpted idea and should be able to justify hardships while keeping the person in line with what they should
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As is the case laid out in the Bhagavad Gita, discussed further in the second essay, the idea of a duty supplies an answer to almost every question, concern, and conflict that could arise during one’s life. With an internally supplied purpose there is room for conflicting viewpoints to plague and hinder the mind of the conflicted and will always leave the question of “what if?” for the rest of one’s life. It does, however, grant the individual an opportunity to help shape their own existence and can vary from a pinpoint and exact purpose to a more all-encompassing idea of what their life should work towards. There will still be room for choice as compared to the more exactness that comes with living under a …show more content…
If there is an exact thing that one must work towards, it supplies a justification for every one of an individual’s actions so long as it leads towards fulfilling their job. Although living with a sense of duty does take away the mind crippling issue of choice it does make cause for concern predominately where these duties come from and if individuals should have at least some say in what doctrines lead their life. With response to the question of where the duty comes from, advocates would argue that there are always some aspects of life that are unanswerable, and components that people merely have to put their faith in and trust in its involvement in the broader scopes of life. Living under an obligation in life still gives the people a choice; a choice to do their duty to the greater sphere of existence, or abandon it and live out their lives with fruits of their
As is the case laid out in the Bhagavad Gita, discussed further in the second essay, the idea of a duty supplies an answer to almost every question, concern, and conflict that could arise during one’s life. With an internally supplied purpose there is room for conflicting viewpoints to plague and hinder the mind of the conflicted and will always leave the question of “what if?” for the rest of one’s life. It does, however, grant the individual an opportunity to help shape their own existence and can vary from a pinpoint and exact purpose to a more all-encompassing idea of what their life should work towards. There will still be room for choice as compared to the more exactness that comes with living under a …show more content…
If there is an exact thing that one must work towards, it supplies a justification for every one of an individual’s actions so long as it leads towards fulfilling their job. Although living with a sense of duty does take away the mind crippling issue of choice it does make cause for concern predominately where these duties come from and if individuals should have at least some say in what doctrines lead their life. With response to the question of where the duty comes from, advocates would argue that there are always some aspects of life that are unanswerable, and components that people merely have to put their faith in and trust in its involvement in the broader scopes of life. Living under an obligation in life still gives the people a choice; a choice to do their duty to the greater sphere of existence, or abandon it and live out their lives with fruits of their