Literature and the meaning of life

Philosophy and the meaning of life

When I was young I read mostly the Bible, as I still do. I found many great answers about life in this book.  However, by my teen years I discovered philosophy and read everything I could from the typical Camus to Hegal to the Ancient Greeks.  I was looking for answers about the meaning of life. Any psychology books I read I found empty as they were not radical to penetrate the complex stratification of reality. Although philosophy helped it did not do it for me as I found life even more complex when I was in my 20s.

Theology and the meaning of life

I found writers like Hans Kung and other theologians a great bridge between philosophy and religion.  It help me crystallize a conceptual framework in which I could subsequently hang ideas and build from. But still it was not enough.

Life and the meaning of life

In my 30s my experiences broadened and I found life as the best teacher. But still I could never accumulate enough world and life experiences to penetrate deeper in the questions about the meaning of life.

Literature and the meaning of life

Literature provided me a way to experience 100s lifetimes.  Literature combined with the foundation I built.  The problem with literature is that most of the authors do not have any answers. And further I looked up the authors of great pieces of literature and often their lives were a wreck. Many depressed and cyclical and ego maniacs.  So why was I looking for answers in these train wrecks of lives? Because they still even without realizing it in their literature allowed the reader to see things that they often are not even aware of. Reality is multi layered.

Still I have no answers about life

I still find my greatest source of answers from the Bible but I really enjoy literature from around the world as my second best source.

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