THE BASIS OF THE PHILOSOPHY OF MY LIFE

When stepping down from commuter buses I have the
habit of taking a look towards other passengers
of the bus a second into her/his eyes, - and secretly
thinking that by looking him/her for a second I have
an effect on future of the other passenger, his
relatives and friends. What children they will have etc.
This is because I delay their journey a bit by stepping
out of the bus. Therefore, I have an effect on their
cause-and-effect-networks. Although this is maybe not
scientifically falsiable, it could be said that the position
vectors of the atoms of the other passengers would move
differently (as functions of time) if I was not in the
same bus with them.

In rare matters people are equal. One of them
is that everyone dies at some point. Another
matter is that everyone's life affects on the future of
humankind. In this others are more equal than others. For
example, the US president affects the future of humankind
more quickly than a beggar in a developing country.
But if the existence and influence of this hypotetical
beggar were taken off from the cause-and-effect-network of
reality, in the future different people would be
born. Everyone has influence on the future
of mankind and the end of history of the universe.

The purpose of this article was originally to write
down a bit of a strong basis for the meaning of a
human life, whatever misfortunes there come in life.
It is the purpose to write down my own basis for the
meaning of my life. I propose these ideas to everyone,
but I have had specially in my mind the people who have
big problems in their lives. The unemployed, physically
or mentally ill people etc.

As the foundation of this "theory" of mine, I have the assumption
that in reality it does not happen that kind of things
that supernatural forces or higher powers interact with
the cause-and-effect-networds of reality in a way
that the influence of a human being into reality would
be cancelled.

As I in the introduction example proposed the basic
existence of a human being (to say nothing of his/her
actions) affects the future of mankind very much. The
birth and fertilization of a human individual is the sum
of all what happened in the world in the past. With our
thoughts and actions we continuously have influence on
who will be born in this world in the future. For example,
if I did not exist in this world, after 200 years there
would be different people living on this earth than there
will be now when I exist in this world. This is, of course,
the same with every individual in this world.

It would be natural if we felt more brotherhood and
unity with other human beings and even animals because
we continiously interact with other people's lives. - And
If you now hunt a fly it can have an effect what
child your friend will have after a year. Our influence on
the world is almost infinite times greater
than we normally tend to think. A human being is like a very
nearsighted, almost a blind god who does not know
what she/he creates.

I am continuously conscious that I interact with other people on
the future. This is the basis of my world-view. This is
a strong "everything affects everything" thinking. I am
one of those ( & all other people) who create the future
all the time during my life. A great loss now could create
a very happy happening in the future. And vice-versa.
All people and events in the past are significant for
the sake of the history of future human reality.
My hint is: Live your life all the time conscious that
you all the time affect on the future. The future of
yourself and all other people on the world. On even all those
that will be born in the world in the future.

2005 - 2023 J. A. Manninen