🌌 Why Do Humans Face Existential Issues and Existential Crisis? And What Are the Real Solutions?
Have you ever asked yourself… 🤔
- “Why am I here?”
- “What is the purpose of my life?”
- “Is there any meaning in all this struggle?”
If yes, you’re not alone 🌿.
This deep questioning is part of being human — something other living beings like birds, trees, or animals don’t experience the same way. But why is that? And is it a problem?
Let’s explore this in simple language, with analogies and emojis, so it becomes easy to understand for everyone 🌸.
🌱 1️⃣ What Is the Existential Issue?
👉 The existential issue is a quiet, ongoing sense of emptiness or disconnection inside most humans.
It’s like a soft whisper inside:
🌫️ “Something feels missing… I feel incomplete.”
But it doesn’t scream loudly.
It doesn’t cause panic or dramatic pain… yet it lingers like a small leak in a boat 💧, unnoticed for a long time.
🌿 Analogy:
Imagine life as a big river 🌊 — smooth, flowing, always present.
Other living beings (like trees 🌳 or birds 🐦) are simply leaves floating effortlessly on the river.
They don’t stop and wonder why they’re floating. They just flow naturally with Life-Is (cosmic existence).
👉 But human Self-Me is like a small boat 🚤 that sometimes feels disconnected from the river.
It doesn’t know where the river is going and starts asking:
- “Why am I floating?”
- “Is there a purpose?”
This ongoing quiet disconnection is what we call the existential issue.
⚡ 2️⃣ What Is an Existential Crisis?
An existential crisis is more dramatic and painful.
It’s when the small whisper becomes a loud storm 🌩️ inside the mind.
The person suddenly feels overwhelmed and trapped in hopelessness:
- “Why should I even live?”
- “Nothing makes sense anymore.”
🌸 Example:
When someone loses a loved one, loses a job, or faces illness, their Self-Me may enter this deep dark questioning mode.
It’s like the small boat suddenly losing its oars and getting lost in the stormy river, unable to find direction.
👉 Important Insight:
Most people don’t experience an existential crisis.
Only a few sensitive or reflective individuals experience such a profound inner turmoil.
🌿 3️⃣ Why Don’t Other Living Beings Face These Issues?
🌳 Animals, birds, trees, insects – they never ask “Why am I here?”
Why?
Because their Self-Me doesn’t overthink.
Their entire existence is in harmony with Life-Is — the cosmic flow of existence that just happens.
🌸 Analogy:
A tree doesn’t stop and ask, “Why do I grow?” 🌱
It grows naturally, follows sunlight, takes water from the soil, and stands steady without questioning its purpose.
Whereas humans are unique because of their ability to reflect, analyze, and question 🌟.
🌟 4️⃣ Why Do Most People Turn to God, Religion, Spirituality, or Philosophy? 🙏📚🧘♂️
Even when not in crisis, many humans feel a subtle longing for meaning.
This makes them search for external frameworks to explain life.
Path Limitation
🙏 Religion
- Why People Follow It: Offers answers about God, purpose, and afterlife. Provides hope and rituals for comfort.
- Limitation: May create dependence on beliefs without real personal insight.
📚 Philosophy
- Why People Follow It: Provides logical frameworks (“Life has no meaning; create your own.”)
- Limitation: Remains intellectual without transforming the experience of being.
🧠 Psychology
- Why People Follow It: Helps manage anxiety, depression, and negative thought patterns.
- Limitation: May miss the cosmic Life-Is perspective of universal harmony.
🧘♂️ Spiritual Practices
- Why People Follow It: Meditation, yoga, self-inquiry to find peace and connection.
- Limitation: Risk of mechanical practice without deep insight.
🎨 Creative Expression
- Why People Follow It: Art, music, and writing help express unexplainable inner feelings.
- Limitation: Temporary relief, doesn’t necessarily reconnect Self-Me to Life-Is.
🌱 Why Humans Do This:
Because deep inside, Self-Me feels a quiet urge to find meaning 🌌, unlike animals that simply flow without questioning.
👉 These paths act as coping mechanisms or temporary solutions to avoid facing the subtle existential issue directly.
✅ 5️⃣ What Is the Real Solution? (Chetasyog’s Approach) 🌼
Chetasyog offers a unique solution that doesn’t depend on beliefs, rituals, or intellectual thinking.
🌟 The key is:
👉 Gently reconnecting Self-Me to Life-Is through mindful awareness.
🔧 Practical Steps:
1. 🌸 Observe Life-As-It-Is
Don’t try to solve or force meaning.
Just observe:
- “What is happening in this moment?”
- “What does life show me right now?”
2. 🌿 Stop Chasing External Meaning
- Understand that meaning doesn’t need to be invented.
- It’s naturally present in the cosmic rhythm of Life-Is.
3. 🌊 Harmonize with Life-Is
- Realize that Life-Is flows eternally, with causes and consequences.
- You don’t have to resist or control it.
- Your role is to flow along mindfully.
4. ❤️ Take Simple Mindful Actions
Small steps:
- Breathe mindfully 🌬️
- Walk slowly 🚶
- Help someone gently 🤝
5. 🧘♂️ Accept Uncertainty
- Life doesn’t always provide answers, and that’s OK.
- Embrace the unknown as part of existence.
✨ Outcome:
The quiet existential issue becomes less painful.
The dramatic existential crisis calms like a storm passing away.
The Self-Me starts living in harmony with Life-Is.
🌟 Final Thought – An Analogy to Simplify It
🌳 Other living beings are leaves floating naturally on the river of Life-Is.
🌿 Most humans are like boats that sometimes forget they are part of the river and try to paddle against the flow 🚤.
✨ Chetasyog helps the boat remember:
👉 “I am not separate from this river. I am the river flowing through me.”
✅ Conclusion 🌼
Insight And Explanation
Existential Issue:
Quiet, ongoing sense of something missing in most humans.
Existential Crisis:
Sudden painful questioning of life’s purpose in some individuals.
Other Living Beings:
Flow naturally in harmony with Life-Is without questioning.
Other Solutions:
Religion, Philosophy, Psychology, Spiritual Practices, Creative Expression—helpful but often external or temporary.
Best Solution (Chetasyog):
Mindful awareness of Life-Is and Self-Me synergy, gentle presence, small mindful actions, and acceptance of uncertainty.
🌟 Remember:
“Existential issue is a silent longing… existential crisis is the loud storm…
And Chetasyog teaches us to calmly observe the river flowing eternally.”