The Unexamined "Life"

That which is not understood can not be perceived as reality. Our reason is the only tool that separates the realm of reality from the illusory realm of the senses. Our ideas are what make our lives worth living and examination of thought is the only way to develop such ideas. Life can very well be worth living in the material sense of life. If you are in a good situation and have enough resources to sustain you and your family in healthy and pleasurable life, then this life is worthwhile within itself. But if the liver of this life of comfort and security does not understand why his or her life is meaningful to himself or herself then this person is living an illusion they can not see through. They are both the magician and the rabbit being pulled out of the magician's hat, but see only the point of view of the confounded audience. They create the illusion, become immersed in it like the rabbit is integral to the magician's trick, and somehow fail to see the true explanation of the "magic." Because the purpose of a magic show is to keep the audience guessing and for the audience to want to guess and try their best to understand. The search for understanding and truth is the examination of life itself and only if you ask questions of the universe and the magician who orchestrates this trick will worth be found in the living of life.