I always think about my life. What is my life for? What is the meaning of this life? Why does life needs to be that short? What should I do in this short time? What is my goal to make this life meaningful?
It is always bothering me. There are about six billion of people in this world (I don't know for sure). I am just one between those six billion people. Do they all know me? Actually, I believe almost all of them don't know me. It feels like I am a nobody in this world. Just live for years for nothing. I don't even be called existed.
Well, that is the position of most of us. We live, we are actually live, but nobody know we live. Feels empty, doesn't it?
People in that condition is the people in the first Stage of Life. What is the stage of life? It is the current condition of your life reflecting your existency in this world, divided into three different stages. Well, literally, stage of life does not have that meaning. But the meaning my stage of life is that.
The first stage is NOBODY. They actually live in this world. But, not that many know of them. When they someday die, sooner or later, people will fully forget about their past existency. Most of people in this world start at this stage, live at this stage and die at this stage. They do not have any achievement. They failed on their attempt to reach their dreams. Or they choose to become Nobody, saying that they are incapable. They are probably unknown by the world. That's why I call them "The person that never was". They existed but nobody knows.
The second stage is EXISTENCY. People at this stage could prove his existency to the world. But only during lifetime. When they die, sooner or later, people will forget about them. They will fade away as the flow of time. BUt, at least, their existency will remain as long as those people who have seen their existency live and the number of people that have seen the existency is a lot more that those at the first stage. So, we can conclude that at least the existency of people at this stage could remain longer than those of the first stage. Only few of us could achieve this stage. Coz it's not easy to achieve this stage. We have to do something very big. Something that could be seen by others. What we need to achieve this stage is "The Proof of Existence".
The last stage in life, the final one, iss ETERNITY. People in this stage will never be forgotten by every single person in this world. They may be dead. But, their memories will never fade away. Only a very little, probably one in several years, that could achieve this. Because, achieving it might be impossible, but actually possible. They were granted the Eternity because they dare to face the inpossible. It needs hard work and dedication to achieve this stage. To achieve this stage, we have to do something very big, and significant enough to affect the life of almost all of sentient beings in present and the future.
Let us take example for the last stage. Isaac Newton, though his theorem of mechanics was critisized by Albert Einstein with the book of "Forgive Me, Newton", but his name remains existed until present with all of those development of technology that no longer use the simple theorem of Newton, but with signficant modification. His theorem is the root of all mechanics modern theorems. Moreover, we live with his simple theorem in our daily life. People will never forget about him since he has done something that change the life of all people in this world. People like Thomas Alpha Edison, Albert Einstein, Adam Smith, Franklin D. Roosevelt, etc are also people that have reach this stage.
Why would I call it eternity? Because, even when they die, people will never forget about them. They may be dead but they memories will remain in eternity. There is no absolute eternity in this world. This eternity is the only eternity that we can possibly achieve. The people at this stage are called "The Fadeless Memories".
Why do I call it 'The pyramid of Life'? Let see! Almost all of the people in this world live as the NOBODY, while few could achieve EXISTENCY and very little have step their feet on ETERNITY. The combination this stage creates a pyramid, where Nobody lies as the bottom, indicating that all people start at this stage, where Existency as the middle stage, and eternity lies on the top of the pyramid with little size indicating it is the stage where least people could achieve. That is the PYRAMID OF LIFE.
"People are grouped into three stages in their life. Most of them could only become 'Nobody', whom people could not prove that they ever existed. Few of them could achieve the 'Existency', who will eventually forgotten by time. And very little, probably only one in years, could find his 'Eternity', whose memories will never fade 'til the end of time. That is the Pyramid of Life"
-The Philosopher that Never Was-
It is our desicions whether we could achieve the eternity or stopped at the bottom stage. Do we want to become only a Nobody? I believe that everybody wants to achieve at least the Existency. Because, everybody wants to proof their existency. But, most people who could achieve the existency stopped at this stage. The do not want to continue because they think the eternity is impossible to achieve.
So, everything depends on our own judgement. The stage we are at now is the stage that we wanted to be. Whether we want to move forward is our desicions to make. Think about it, guys.. Do you want to stop being nobody? Or you want to live as it is let the life decide what you will become? It's your choice.
So, everything depends on our own judgement. The stage we are at now is the stage that we wanted to be. Whether we want to move forward is our desicions to make. Think about it, guys.. Do you want to stop being nobody? Or you want to live as it is let the life decide what you will become? It's your choice.
Find your own path,
HAKUNA MATATA!
Philosopher that Never Was, Royben..
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2 comments:
well, in my opinion roi. we don't have to be such a well-known researcher to reach these 3 stages.
You see.. this theory is TOO wide. WORLD. I mean, we can try to look it in more MICRO. From world to region, to country, to province, and at the end, to individual itself.
Example. we don't have to president to reach what you called as ETERNITY. after somebody die, he/she is not automatically erased from this world. They still LIVE in someone else's heart. the one who lobve him/her, who care about him/her.
And when somebody else is dead too, the memory of him/her is being kept by another person. And so on. So, in fact, everybody is living in someone else's heart. although they are all dead.
And we, the human who is still living, is the EVIDENCE of the EXISTANCE of the people who already dead.
well, that's my opinion.
oh yeah! I forgot. I should tell you that the stage of existence usually happen for those in smaller range. While the eternity is for the worldwide range, at least nationalwide.
Because, when the scale is too small, the civilization of that scale could be more easily vanished that those of the bigger range. The eternity will not be achieved that simple. It has to be wider so that the civilazation will not vanish that easily so the memories will remain much longer.
Well, not always SCIENCE that could reach eternity. I have said FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. He's not a scientist, yet he is one of the person at eternity. PLATO and ARISTOTLE is also, with their concept of nation.
So, I would like to say, that the eternity is for the people that affect humanity and civilization.
Thanks for the critics.
Nothing personal, no hard feelings, no offense,
Royben..
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