bhaskar saikia

There’s more to life than waking, working, marrying, reproducing, and existing.
If that’s all there is to being human—how are we any different from animals?

We invent technologies, compose symphonies, launch satellites, hoard money, envy success, and sympathize with suffering. But rarely do we stop to ask the most vital question: Why are we here?

Is there a purpose to our existence? Or are we simply a fleeting accident in the cosmic wilderness—one blip in a sea of stars?

Looking Backward to See Forward

They say to know your future, reflect on your past. And while that’s true for life on Earth, the cosmos tells a different story.

Out in space, when we look deep into the night sky, we’re not seeing the present—we’re witnessing the past. Light from galaxies 32 billion light years away, captured by the Hubble Telescope or JWST, began its journey before the currently accepted age of the universe—13.8 billion years ago.

Think about that: we’ve seen light older than the universe itself.

These discoveries shake our understanding of time, creation, and our own origin. Maybe our theories are wrong. Maybe we’re older than we think. Maybe—just maybe—we’re not from here at all.

What if we are wanderers from distant stars, long removed from the memory of our journey?

Beyond the Animal Instinct

Animals live to survive. To feed, breed, and repeat. But humans… we were designed differently.

We have a hunger that goes beyond the physical. We seek truth, connection, purpose. We create languages and songs. We mourn the dead. We dream of stars and write poetry about silence. Something inside us knows—this life is meant for more.

Yet most of us live boxed-in lives, consumed by EMIs, social status, and digital distractions. We chase temporary pleasures in the hope that they’ll fill the permanent void inside.

But they don’t.

Maybe the Real Journey is Out There

What if our destiny isn’t to hoard wealth but to explore the unknown?

What if we were never meant to just settle—but to seek?

To build instruments not for war, but for listening to the void of space. To design crafts that don’t just circle the Earth, but chart new stars. To create vision not limited by eyes—but by consciousness.

Why aren’t we reaching for that?

The Real Question Is This

Are we meant to live a life larger than what consumerism tells us to?

We’ve mastered the atom but forgotten our origin. We connect across continents yet remain strangers to our own essence. Perhaps our greatest mission is not just survival, but discovery—of who we are, and what we’re meant to become.

What if the real purpose of being human is not just to live on Earth… but to outgrow it?

So, Why Do You Exist?

Is your life merely a series of transactions, or a quest for transcendence?

Will you spend it competing with your peers or contemplating the stars?

Most people are happy just being slightly better off than their neighbors.
But a few—those rare few—choose to wonder. To look up. To build. To search.

Not because they must—but because something ancient and silent within them refuses to settle.

If you’ve ever looked at the stars and felt a strange ache in your chest,
a pull you couldn’t explain… that’s your answer.

You’re not here just to exist. You’re here to awaken. To explore. To remember.