TO LIVE OR NOT TO LIVE AN EXISTENTIAL DILEMMA

No other philosophy considers the human condition like existential philosophy. Similar to hamlet in shakespeare's play, human beings are faced with existential dilemmas. We daily try to find the meaning of our existence in the world. We do not choose to come into being and we do not choose the challenges or circumstances of our existence. However, existentialism tries to find meaning in the self and encourage the authentic realization of the self through conscious effort in the midst of this. The world appears to us in various ways and presents us with different challenges. Existentialism tries to give meaning to the place of individuals in a seemingly perplexing world. To live an authentic life involves an understanding of the burden that comes with existence. In contrast not living is not dying but it is rather not identifying and realizing the self through conscious desire and will. The existential dilemma is not about coming into the world and leaving the world. The dilemma is about the decision to live passively or actively as beings in the world.