Chosen purpose
There is no divine assignment. But a person can choose something meaningful, Make a purpose not to feel like you lived a worthless life when breathing your last breath.
02 Existence
Nature needs
no creator.
Equanim is non-theistic. There is no god and no creator governing the universe. Nature itself is the force through which existence operates. In this philosophy's current view, existence has always been, without a supernatural beginning.
A metaphysical position, not a scientific claim
No creator. No miracle. No intervention.
Equanim rejects a creator god, supernatural miracles, and divine intervention. It also does not currently accept the Big Bang as the beginning of everything. It holds, instead, that nature has always existed. This is offered as philosophy, not as settled science.
Humanity's place
Humans are not the main characters of existence.
Humans are one part of nature's evolution, temporary characters within an enormous process, not its center or purpose. Other creatures have dominated before. Humanity may eventually be replaced by another form of life as nature continues. Humans tend to imagine themselves as the culmination of nature; Equanim rejects this.
On human belief
People shape belief to survive.
Humans are also self-centered, and often create, manipulate, and modify beliefs to survive, justify themselves, protect themselves, or feel superior to others. Human belief, including Equanim's own, should not automatically be treated as objective or ultimate truth.
The soul and the shell
"Energy can neither be created nor destroyed, but can be transferred from one thing to another."
Equanim distinguishes between the soul, understood as spiritual energy, and the biological shell: the body and brain through which that energy currently experiences existence. The soul/spiritual energy transfers from one living thing to another, and the shell changes completely with a new brain, body, identity, etc. Within this worldview, it transfers from one living being to another, but the new being carries a new body, a new brain, and a new identity. The personality, memories, and identity you call "you" belong to this shell, not necessarily to the energy that continues. This is a metaphysical belief, not a scientific claim.