If it doesn't matter, then why not try to end suffering? I mean it doesn't matter, right? But you have the privilege to contemplate these things. To others, they can't step back and philosophize that it doesn't matter. To the people in Haiti who are orphans, it matters, and it is real. It is real, not a philosophy. Reality is not a philosophy. If you are so privileged to be wasting your time asking these philosophical questions, you are privileged enough to be making a difference for the better, even if philosophically it doesn't matter, in reality it does matter.
It is true that all the injustice in the world, all the suffering man causes each other and the Earth, is all a natural part of the evolution of consciousness. And life is a flux. Sometimes things are out of balance and the earth trembles, tsunamis destroy villages, and things settle back into balance. A river starts out as a small headwaters, then a violent cascading rapids down the mountains, then a wide deep slow moving estuary that empties into the ocean. The journey from the headwaters to the ocean is rough, and many won't survive. Life is a flux.
Your evolution is a flux also. But your evolution has a point. What is the point to your evolution? Where are you headed? What is the destiny of the human race if you don't annihilate each other? Either you will destroy yourselves and countless other species, or you will face the dark abyss of death in the face and turn back and work together to bring back balance to each other and the earth. Either way, it doesn't mean anything, except a loss of a great opportunity for there to be something new and unheard of before in the Universe: a true humane human civilization. Either way, it doesn't mean anything.
But come to think about it, all the best things in life don't mean anything. Beauty doesn't mean anything, love doesn't mean anything, life doesn't mean anything, art doesn't matter, music doesn't matter, but it is all these things that make the universe worthwhile.
Humans can bring something new to this creation. You can bring equal rights, justice, peace, environmental balance, etc. You humans are very unique, you who brought laughter to the Earth, you who brought art and music to the Earth. None of these things were here before, yet they do not matter. It doesn't even matter if there is a universe or not, that is why there is one.
The Universe is always trying to reach new heights. It sends out branches in all directions. Something as pointless as laughter is a flowering of the Universe. End suffering and bring celebration to each other. It won't matter if you do, but it will matter to you. All of you will be so much happier. And you are the eyes and the ears and the hands and the hearts of the Universe, and through you the Universe would very much like it that you cared enough about life to help evolve past this unbalanced flux and try to reach new heights.
I have a dream for the human race. I feel that if you look into your hearts at what humanity really wants it is your destiny to create an Utopia. A world where humans are the caretakers of the Earth. A world that is covered with fruit trees. It is amazing that it isn't covered with fruit trees yet, seeing that you humans know how to plant trees.
It doesn't matter if you don't dream, or if you don't fulfill your dreams, but you are dreamers. Dare to dream the BIG dream and dare to figure out a way to make it a reality. Otherwise, what is the point?
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