What's Our Purpose Here?

Why are we here and what is our purpose for being here? Are we made directly by the Divine to be caretakers of the Earth, accidents made from a simple celled organisms or what? Considering that we crave to have meaning in our lives, seeking out answers for everything we observe and question, its only a matter of time before this question comes up. So are we something special, a unique form of creation tasked with a specific duty? Answers range wildly depending on who you ask, but as far as I'm concerned we really aren't all that special. Every animal has their special ability of you will, birds being gifted the ability to fly thousands of miles around the planet, whales that can dive miles below to the very bottom of the ocean, even something we consider as simple as dolphins being able to communicate and hunt via sound. For us our ability (though apparently not in EVERY human) is to think. Through our highly intelligent minds we have the skills that could help benefit everyone or cause great wars that destroy and plunder our race and every other natural creation. With that of course comes with the price of being next to useless in Amy other endeavor. Were we to be out in the cold with no technology now many of us would simply die.

So with us being so specialized in our unique skill is there a special charge we hold? The answer to that is more optimistic than the previous, yes. I don't believe that just by our being here we have some special order given to is upon our inception, that's just silly to me. I do believe that with us having the near inconceivable ability to essentially destroy the planet if we choose that we have an obligation to the planet. Our obligation in my mind is to ensure that the environment- which touches every aspect of planetary life be it human or non human- is healthy and running well. With our numbers overrunning the planet on a monumental scale its only a matter of time before we stress mother earth so much that we see catastrophe encircle the globe. If we realize the damage that we do then I believe we can reverse our actions and live in better equilibrium with our home. Its hard to see the vision now, but we have a responsibility to this world, just as quick as we are to exploit it for our own gain we should seek to repair the damage that we have wrought.

I find it odd when people tell me that we somehow have a God given duty that was bestowed to us upon our creation since for one it took millions of human generations to get us to where we are now, its not as if we were plopped down and Deity said here's your instruction pamphlet. I suppose that when you put things in the context of religion that suddenly things go from precise and straight to all woobly and distorted. This isn't the case for every faith, but a fundamental truth of many, including ours to an extent. No matter the context, the fundamental question is what are we going to do with the power we have been granted. Our coming about may have been a natural thing that was destined to happen, but we are here- in mu opinion- to just live. Beyond the responsibility that is implied when you consider our power, I believe that we as a human race are here to simply live our lives however we may choose. What we do with it is purely are choice, but I can't believe that its a preordained order formulated by the power of Deity.

Think about all the trillions upon trillions of stars, planets, asteroids, and life in general. How can one be expected with the entirety of the universe that we are somehow so special? That we are somehow different and more important that more complex organisms that lay outside our interstellar observation? Sure we're capable of greatness, but how can one consider us humans so 'special' when we're ready to wage wars and kill hundreds of thousands for simple differences such who one believes in or the color of your skin? Great Gods, we can't even figure out how to take care of the poor yet we're so ready to blast rockets into space which could feed millions of needy and starving children and act like we're so important because we found one of the endless number of giant space rocks out in some outer region of space. All of the money we spend year after year to go above and beyond in things like the houses, some spending millions for rooms and property they barely go to, buying expensive purses and watches that amount to nothing but a chunk of metal and a heap of fiber, money spent to try and impress others with makeup from famous people- which are just glorifications of greed- its unbecoming of us as a race and seriously damages our right to claim greatness.

Its not a guilt trip I seek, but a revelation of how imperfect we are as people. Imperfection is good since it allows us to seek better, but if I'm to believe that my Gods designed me specially unique and better than all other creations in the universe with all of our petty flaws and skirmishes, then my Gods aren't not as great as I imagined.