Tea and Coffee: which is better?

Many people like tea. And many people like coffee. And some people like them both. So they drink them both. But what if we replace tea with one way of living one's life, and coffee with an alternate way. I'm sure in this case still there will be people who like them both. However, the difference is, in this case no one will have the chance to drink them both.

What is the ideal way of living one's life? (Don't blame me for bringing up an old question. I have to think this through. I'm the person making the decision for myself.)

To answer this question, let us assume that there are only two possible ways of living one's life: a materiality-oriented way and a spirituality-oriented way. (Just a working assumption. You know many people like this sort of distinction.) A materiality-oriented life holds material wealth and all the joy derived from it to be the top goal; a spirituality-oriented life holds spiritual wealth and all the joy derived from it to be the top goal.

Also, let us assume that nothing can be material wealth and spiritual wealth to the same person. From this assumption, it can be deduced that materiality-oriented lives are incompatible with spirituality-oriented lives. Put differently, no one can live both lives simultaneously.

A brief description of both lives is needed. Someone living a materiality-oriented life aims at garnering material wealth, enlarging his bank account, having nice food, and interacting with superb women. In contrast, a spiritually oriented person values things like knowledge, wisdom (if it is different than the foregoing one), contemplation, and spiritual joy. You can see the two kinds of people are different. They probably dislike each other.

But what kind of life should I live? This is a big issue: no other issue of my life is bigger than this one. This is also very hard. I can imagine my emotions leaning one way while my reason leans another (pretend this way of talking makes sense). I do not know the answer for now. And to make things worse, not having an answer to this question makes me unable to live my life like a normal person does. I cannot help complaining: how the hell did this question enter my mind?! I could have lived a good life without consciousness of it. Or could I? Now I'm feeling even worse.

So the bad feeling drove me to explore, to think and to feel. That's why I created this blog. I will keep exploring, that is, keep updating this blog, until I'm endowed with an answer. --A little note for the opening of this blog