A question asked since the beginning of conscious thought or maybe even longer, a question that could only be answered by perhaps the dead, (with whom there is no scientific way of proving that they are even contactable yet). A question that it could also be argued is one that everybody at some stage has asked him or herself? This question however, is a question that many of us aren't even sure whether we actually want to know the answer to! But nevertheless, this is a question that is indeed important for many in deciding what kind of outlook towards life that they adopt. So, what is it that we all spend so much time thinking about................ IS THERE ANY EXISTENCE OF A SOUL WITHIN EACH OF US? The length of time, for which this question has been asked, is an indication that it is a question that will surely be debated for a great length of time to come. The beauty of it is in fact that although the answer is probably unattainable, humans shall never tire of talking about it and it is not a question that is solely limited to one single class, race or creed.

Although it is not the aim of this essay to answer the question, it is the intention to explore in depth the idea that

The argument that there is a soul within each of us, that inside each of our bodies is a separate little me that will continue to exist in a spiritual realm long after our bodies have perished is something that really could only be a creation of the meme pool itself. If one adopts the point of view that Dawkins is putting forward, then the whole idea that we are spiritual beings living in a world consisting of rights and wrongs, goods and evils is a meme created to assist humankind in continuing survival for all. If any other view were embraced, then wouldn't humankind be today living in a world of total chaos and disorder?

The thing that separates humans from all other living creatures, conscious thought, is something that has led to humans distinguishing themselves from all other life and it is this fact that has also led to the creation of what Dawkins refers to as "memes". Memes according to Dawkins, are things that assist in the continuation of an individual for evermore in the same sense that genes do. They include such things as poems, ideas, thoughts, fashions etc which in effect when passed on give assistance in survival for the individual receiving them. Just as genes are passed on through eggs and sperm via the gene pool, memes are passed on via a meme pool in a process of imitation leaping from brain to brain. These two things, genes and memes, it could be put forward are the basis for all life and in actual fact may be the answer to the big question, answered in a simple way. That is, the meaning of life is to simply ensure survival and continuation of a species or individual through the means of these genes and memes.

Some of the points brought up by Dawkins in his writings are ideas that are explored by scientific means and it is in this way that he actually provides extremely valid points to support his argument. Therefore it will be illustrated through this essay that it is in fact possible that we are creatures who have been created through a long and complex evolutionary process and nothing more. If this is the case, then how does one go about their everyday life knowing that the only real meaning to it is to survive? Wouldn't this concept if proven actually change the way in which people go about their everyday lives and cause people to seriously question their morals and ethics in light of the altered paradigm? If everything that we think, feel, and believe revolves around the simple fact that we do it for survival, and no other reason, then ones outlook would surely be seriously altered.

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