Today, we find almost eighty crores of life forms on earth! The question arises whether all these different forms appear simultaneously or at different geological times. The earliest forms are traced to 250 million years. The Archean era marks the beginning of life. Paleozoic era is said to be the starting point of well developed life forms. There are five distinct periods of time when different life-forms appeared- say, from amoeba to fish, frog, reptiles and birds. There are slow gradual transformations adapting to environment like aquatic to amphibian, arboreal to mammals, and leading to the primates- monkey and man. There may be further development, too, who knows?
The spiritual texts state that life appeared simultaneously. It is stated that "The Lord said, I Am Alone, I shall be many". Eko'ham bahusyami! Lo, there appeared myriads of life forms. "He created and entered into it", is another scriptural statement. tad srushtva tadevaanupravishat ! When He, the Lord, created, it was not functioning. So entered into it through the hole in the head (brahma randhra), and settled in the heart! Thus, it is very clear that what all that exist is the creation of the Lord.
Now, the question arises, "What is the purpose of Life? Actually, "Life is just to Live" Beyond this there is nothing!" However, it may be added, "Life is to realize who we are and why we are here?" Yes. The human life form is endowed with power of thinking. So it is apt to say, one should realize the purpose of all this existence. One take recourse to scriptural studies and find out the goal of life. Human life is a waste if one does not realize the secret of creation and the purpose of all this struggle for existence. In fact, to visualize the Creator is the first purpose of life according tp Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa, He says, "Parameshwara darshanam eve purushartha sadhanan".
The ultimate joy and happiness rests within oneself and this can be experience in absolute silence!
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