Article Name: Human Existence.
Author: Samrat
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The competent ability to think and master the surroundings has never been so advanced in any species that ever inhabited the planet. Human intelligence and faculty are exceptionally unique. This makes him more complex to understand. To study Man, a study of the environment inside and outside his mind is mandatory. The environment outside his mind comprises Mother Nature and Society.

Nature. Nature presents Man with many wonders and beautiful moments. But what is more beautiful is the Man’s ability to grasp this and his ability to enjoy the given moment. He loves nature as it is and if he doesn’t, tries to change it according to his pleasure and comfort. This aspect heavily relies on Man’s ability to think and respond. To feel one with the surroundings not just because they are beautiful and ought to be enjoyed but because he thinks they are beautiful. He looks at the big mountain peaks and thinks about dynamite and quarries. He looks at the oceans and space and thinks about the magnificent boats and fantastic spaceships to conquer all the senseless space. He thinks about the mountains and thinks about the buildings he can make with the material. He digs deep into the Earth. He explores deep into the atom, flies high into the space, not because he should, not because he can, but because he wants to, that he can, the competence is taken for granted. All this is possible only due to the utter competence of the human brain: to query, to think, to understand, to invent.

Society. Society has a varied mixture of social minds. Due to the largeness of the planet, the people of different regions are isolated, not only by the region but also by the thinking. Thinking and the attitude towards life directly depend on the type of society, which in turn depends heavily on the religion prevalent in the region. But the Man we are discussing is above religion. He is born without any religious instinct. ‘Not even a speck of it.’ To him, religion just exists. He is religious in his own way. Every man has some principles in life, he is religious if he wants to follow them strictly, subconsciously, in his own way. He has taken Atheism as a way of life, as a religion. Atheism takes it for granted the quality of competence. Competence without compromise. He can either be competent or a failure. There is no substitute; there cannot be any substitute. And in this way Atheism can be more imposing than any religion that man ever conceived. His ego is the strictest judge. This strictness doesn’t mean that he follows his principles just because they are present, but because he wants to follow them. His will is omnipotent in each and every action of his life. His ideals and attitude is what makes him what he is. And he will be himself at any cost, whatever it takes. And in a sense he has won already, triumphed completely. Because he has already understood the relationship between Atheism and Objectivism. Atheism can exist having nothing to do with Objectivism. That is not the case with Objectivism, for Objectivism has its very roots in Atheism. Atheism forms one of the foundation stones for Objectivism. And as he has already realized this, he knows what he wants. As a result he has triumphed already, because he knows he possesses the ability to get what he wants, and most importantly he knows he wants to get what he wants, he has to, he must.

Man. The ideal Man, living life as it has to be lived. His ideals are so much integrated with him that he is never conscious of them. He is healthy and happy. Healthy because he cannot and would not conceive of disease in the sick world, as it is. Happy because he holds with him the ability and competence to live life in his own way, to win the right to be himself, at any cost. He doesn't expect his fellowmen to understand. Doesn't have the instinct to seek the approval of others. Those who understand him become his friends, silently and subconsciously. He decides for himself. He thinks for himself, and what he thinks is too personal to be influenced by the world outside. He doesn’t expect anything from the world because he has long before realized that his ideas are more than diametrically opposite to the ideas of the people around him. And because he doesn’t expect anything, he almost never gets disappointed, sad or angry. Everything that he wants would and should be in alliance with his will. He is in love with the integrity in man, the true heroism in him. Integrity is the competence to stand by an idea. He loves the heroism in man and hates anything and everything that tries, even remotely, to compel the human to get down on his knees, in dire need of forgiveness and pity, to feel like some helpless insect.

Perfect men. Perfect ideals. Men as perfect as their intentions.
Selfishness, Egoism, Atheism, Independence, Freedom: OBJECTIVISM.