Beautiful, beautiful song! We ask ourselves important philosophical questions at certain times in our lives - when a parent dies we ask, what was it all worth? Why are we here? My beloved mother died, and did all of the love that was stored up between us mean anything? When we have children we ask, why? It is a lot easier not to have them, but they teach us to question the reason we are here, and they teach us to love unconditionally. The philosopher in this song asks two questions: "What is the reason for the world?", and "who am I in the world?". Those are important questions to ask, and I think the whole reason we are in this world is to answer them. If we rely on schools and science, we deal with hard facts, but we feel much more than that "we are big and we are smaller than small". Things like songs, friendships, and other wonderful things that happen to us give us feelings (like love, wonder) that open a window to another dimension that we can't see with our eyes, but we feel with our hearts. For me, the answer to the question, "what is the reason for the world?" is that we are placed here to learn to love each other, and ultimately learn to love God. My own answer to the question, "who am I?" is that I am here to help reflect God's love for all of humanity by loving and caring for others. Just my opinion:)
Beautiful, beautiful song! We ask ourselves important philosophical questions at certain times in our lives - when a parent dies we ask, what was it all worth? Why are we here? My beloved mother died, and did all of the love that was stored up between us mean anything? When we have children we ask, why? It is a lot easier not to have them, but they teach us to question the reason we are here, and they teach us to love unconditionally. The philosopher in this song asks two questions: "What is the reason for the world?", and "who am I in the world?". Those are important questions to ask, and I think the whole reason we are in this world is to answer them. If we rely on schools and science, we deal with hard facts, but we feel much more than that "we are big and we are smaller than small". Things like songs, friendships, and other wonderful things that happen to us give us feelings (like love, wonder) that open a window to another dimension that we can't see with our eyes, but we feel with our hearts. For me, the answer to the question, "what is the reason for the world?" is that we are placed here to learn to love each other, and ultimately learn to love God. My own answer to the question, "who am I?" is that I am here to help reflect God's love for all of humanity by loving and caring for others. Just my opinion:)