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All these are illusions. Mostly because our only purpose seems to be to exist
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They aren't illusions as they have ramifications in the physical world. They're more like "add-ons" to the basic view of existence. Living aware of only the most basic need to survive would be difficult if not impossible to carry off for 50+ years. At some point simple survival fails to add any value to life. A life of no value is truly pointless, since even survival has an end point.
I have beliefs that go beyond your question, attitudes that ultimately make "a life of value" meaningless. But as long as we're discussing conventional, individualistic lives, I do think we need to feel that our lives have some value to someone, even if it's just ourselves. Just surviving provides only so much value.