A better question would be "Why should we live?" I firmly believe that oneness with the timeless ground-of-all-being (notice the subtle way in which he avoids use of the loaded word "God") is our true state. It was our state before we were born. It will be our state again after we die. It's this flesh-and-blood human existence with its dualities and conflicts that's the kicker. I have to force myself to believe that we are here for a reason that has something to do with the evolution of the Universe, otherwise it makes no sense. I keep on living because I don't want to get home and have someone say, "You took an unauthorized shortcut! That's a five-point penalty! You'll have to go back as a hedgehog!"

Bruce