As We Set Sail (1/24)

I am on a voyage, but not in the conventional sense. From your perspective there is no ship, no sea, no crew but perhaps there is. Perhaps I am the ship, perhaps life is my sea and perhaps purpose is my destination. I find as we live within this material world we, as humans, often lose sight of our “purpose”. But how can one blame us, do we even have a particular purpose? Are there rules and regulation as to how to obtain this purpose? Of course there are laws, religions and literature which express views on purpose and attainability but these views are presented by other humans. Other individuals caught up within a materialistic world, beings that are merely products of their own society. For these individuals “purpose” was merely an ends created by oppression and social factors of their respective times. Take the example of a college student. Throughout your college career you are met with choices and instructions as to how you should live your college life. You are often instructed by your friends, family and advisor on a career path. With external influences such as the media and society, you affirm your belief in a field of interest. Thus you pursue a major in order to find a career which presents pleasure to you. One can say you go to college in order to obtain higher education which can be used in a career, you obtain a career to in order to provide for yourself and in some cases you strive to provide for loved ones and family. In essence life presents individuals with miniscule goals to achieve in order to achieve yet another goal, but is this truly all there is to life? Is the pursuit of goals one’s purpose? Do we live only to fulfill tasks? These questions have troubled humanity for millennia and with such inquiries came the study of philosophy. Philosophy, as literature, law and in some cases religion, presents us with such purpose; aids us in understanding the problems present in society, as well as problems that we possess within ourselves. I feel that through philosophy and only through philosophy will one truly find purpose in life. However my philosophy calls for each individual to embark on a voyage, a philosophical voyage in which one journeys through life in order to seek purpose. There is more to life that simply fulfilling goals, society has caught humans within its grasps and philosophical voyage is the only means by which we can free ourselves from a vicious cycle of purpose established by society. Our purpose can only be obtained by departing from this material world and analyzing it as an individual in disconnect, our voyages will present us with true purpose, they will present us with true meaning, they will present us with solutions to the problems within our lives. For problem solving in essence is the true purpose of humanity, however we have been entangled in a web of lies that shrouds this revelation from taking place.

- Note 1/24