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4th Installment of “Philosophical Entrapment”

By Vusi Sindane

At this moment, the stencil of life as we go about it today has succeeded, to a large extent, to blur the general framework under which we can all find the purpose of life.  In a sense many of us are resilient enough to endure a pitch black midnight in the pursuit of our dreams, knowing that morning will come.  However, we waken into a blurry morning whose dense fog cloaks our determination even further.

When we are in the midst of this misty morning we lose sight of this ultimate question whose answer inspired men and women alike to do extraordinary things.  What is the purpose of life?

I would like to pen a fragment of enlightened that I have acquired some time ago.  Let me begin by sharing the source of this enlightenment.

A wise man asked me a question one afternoon.  ”How does a baby know when to laugh and when to cry?”  I could not help by conclude to myself that there is something about the baby that seems to be older than the baby itself.  It seems that our individual viscosity drains into a single pot of destiny that cooks towards a greater harmony.

As I continued to interrogate the question I stumbled upon another realization.  When somebody dies we speak of that person’s body; implicitly implying that that person is not his body.   This means that there is something magnificently great about all of us than the bodies we rent from the landlord of death.  Therefore it is something of an insult to the Creator to limit our aspiration of life within the perishable confines of our physical lives.

What is the purpose of life?

When our ultimate purpose of life stretches well beyond the borders of THIS LIFE we quickly see that this life is nothing but a tailor made arena to prepare us for something more.  This is an important fact because too many of us have lost our claustrophobia and, in a sense, have accepted to live within a shoe box reality whose rules are defined by a constitution or judicial framework that was written over a cup of coffee by men who also seek enlightenment.

What is the purpose of life?

I would like to draw to a conclusion now, but before I do that I like to stop by the apex of Giza and watch the Egyptians stand on the landscape of their future to plant with their own hands, the trees whose shade will be enjoyed by their children.    In their numbers they have proven once again that their pyramids are not a miracle but rather a sign of unshakable determination that can only be fathomed by people that have discovered the purpose of life!

I imagine if I were to ask an Egyptian this question.  What is the purpose of life?  He would chant with a government shattering voice, the true purpose of life is to find freedom!  Once we discover freedom quickly find that the ultimate purpose of life is to Love.  Indeed it was that Love that brought down the hand of God to tilt the bodies of Christians to shield their Muslim friends from gallons of water as they practiced their faith.

The complex nature of life can only be simplified by Love, because with Love there is no wrong or right, but there is what there should be.  In Love there are no superior and inferior people, but there are people whose contributions are equally important for the advancement of all men.

Let me conclude by submitting that finding Love is the answer.

When we love, we cannot be fathomed by hate.  When we love, we cannot be beaten by poverty.  When we love, we will find it easy to acquire knowledge.  When we love, leaders will be able to humble themselves knowing that they must also be led.  When we love no child shall be an orphan because all children will be our children.  When we love, medicine will be more effective because the seed of well being grows in the fertile soil of love.  When we love, our jobs will transform into fulfilling careers and our economies will sprout in a way that this world has never seen before.  When we love we will recycle “the-art-of-war” and produce the “the-art-of-peace”.

When we love we will have the right to call ourselves Africans once again.