Where to begin

Where to begin? What does that mean to you? I find that right now i am at a new crossroads in my life. But when you think about it every road you take gives you another crossroads. that is part of life. i think people forget what is important. Money seems to be the biggest motivator these days but when you think about it, money is only important to a certain degree and that has to do with what exactly what you are comfortable living with. do you have to live on the ocean in a giant house? do you have to drive an expensive car. what does a giant house and expensive car with a high paying job do for you? the anwser is absolutley nothing. i know what you are thinking. "i want to provide for my family". i can totally understand that but can't you provide for you family and live comfortably without a million dollar home and a lambo? these things are just like money itself. the value of it is determined by an ideal. it is only important to us because we think it is important. look at diamonds. why are they so valuable? it doesn't provide you with anything that you need to survive. it doesn't create fire, water, food, energy, comfort, a friend. what does a million dollars do for you? yeah it can help but does it make your life better? society would lead you to believe it does with all of the propoganda it produces on T.V. a typical car commercial show attractive people in a big house with a lot of people who admire them or something to that effect. but does it really make your life better? people forget to focus on what is trully important. in face, a lot of people don't even know what is important. the reason behind this is because it can lead you down a road that is unknown and scary. Once you realize how lost our society is and try to find out what is important you start to think about life. that can be very scary. what does this all mean. how does science play into all of this. What is after death? Is there anything? The ultimate quest is for truth and purpose. Truth can be very scarry. Most people would rather believe a structured lie than search for an unknown truth. My question to you is this. WHAT IS REAL? Define real for yourself and go from there. Good luck my friends.