The Becoming Human

In activity we find rest. In rest we yearn for activity.

The goal of man is not homeostasis- a tensionless state where our desires are overcome or fulfilled- the goal of man is precisely the opposite of a goal. A goal implies something to be actualized. But the self is both an actual and a potential thing, a synthesis of Being and Becoming. The self does not become itself. If it were to become itself then it would no longer be because it would no longer become. The question 'What is the meaning of life?' is a cul-de-sac because it relies on a division between the becoming and being of man. Once man has grasped such meaning what then is to become of him? The meaning of life exists in the hunt, not the capture.