One day I was talking with one of my particulars who asked me a question "What is life for you?" I remembered all Bible verses I know which mentioned the purpose of life, Socrates whose goal was to take care of his "inner person" (in some translations, soul), and Buddha who taught that life is suffering. In a moment I came up to the conclusion:
Life is suffering for the reason that people are always seeking after the truth in every aspect of their lives.
There are a few premises to this thesis. First, a person should be reasonable who dig deeper into his faith and worldview. If he's not reasonable, then his mind doesn't evolve and his actions are not elaborated. Second, if a person is a believer then it might be a little easier for him to live because he has some basis, but even then he has to question his faith once in a while. Third, a person should be virtuous and he has to have moral life. A person with a dirty mind isn't capable to grasp the truth. Luckily, each one of us knows to a certain extend how far or close we are to where we suppose to be according to the moral standard.
Now, suffering from the search of the truth in not like being in agony because of physical pain, although even that might happen. It's more like "good suffering" which many times brings pleasure. Today I woke up thinking about my conversation with the person I wrote above. I ran out of my bed, quickly washed my face and started to type. That's because I'm hungry for the truth and I want to express my thoughts in this short sketch to evaluate either I'm in the right or wrong position. This brings me "good suffering" - pleasure and pain in the same time. Life itself consists of questions and answers and it's the narrow way that leads to the truth.
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