A friend of mine on YT posted a video today about the purpose of life. My answer is simple:
We are supposed to be warriors. As warriors we fighting to further individual liberty. By doing that, we make the world a better place.
My friends are warriors. They are in the fight and understand what's at stake and the seriousness of the battle.
I greatly appreciate the old ways and how warriors who died in battle died with a smile on their face. To me liberty is worth any price, and that includes physical death.
The Northern people were powerful in battle because they did not fear death. They were not suicidal either, but their lack of fear gave them a huge advantage. Christians for example feared death and prayed to their god for protection. Vikings did not fear death, and they instead prayed for a good one.
That difference made up for a lot of bad leadership decisions in battle I strongly suspect. Sure, leadership was still important, but one key to success in mortal combat is knowing you're already dead, fighting as if death is a good thing, and understanding that your life is not worth as much as the greater purpose for those left behind and for those in the future.
It's a world changing philosophy.
Yeah, people of the old Norse we true fighters, point of view for life were way different than these days and it is also the thing that I miss. While studying mythology I come with the idea that people nowadays should learn a few things from it, there are so many things that we lack now..
Agreed!