Why such a long journey?

A friend of mine, who studies cosmology, shared a quote from an expert in the field: "It cannot be that the entire evolution of the cosmos over 13.5 billion years since the Big Bang was just so we could shop at a mall over the weekend." This reflection leads me to think of Nietzsche's concept of eternal recurrence, which challenges us to value our lives under the perspective of having to live them over and over again, eternally.

Teleological perspectives in philosophy, which analyze the purpose of things, often resort to absurdity to make their point. This concept is reflected in the question: Why embark on an eternal journey in search of the All and the fullness of the Consciousness of Being, if that same fullness is found in the singularity of the present moment? We embark on a journey whose purpose seems to require an eternity, when that purpose is accessible here and now, if only we elevate our consciousness.

I am tempted to unite these three thoughts: The affirmation of our being through our acts has been the result of an evolution of 13.5 billion years in a vast and complex universe, which might just be one iteration among countless others. All this, for what?

From this perspective, the nihilistic stance is understandable: everything is so insignificant that it seems to lack importance. However, one can also adopt the opposite view, that everything has collaborated so that we can enjoy these precise moments, that we possess an immense fortune to spend on what life offers us, even if it were just breathing.

When I suggest along with others that the fullness of the Consciousness of Being is our greatest longing, it sounds abstract because we prefer to experience Being with small flashes of happiness, through possession, love limited to what pleases us, in short, collecting grains of sand hoping to make a beach instead of enjoying the beach that is already before us. To achieve this, it almost suffices to raise our gaze and our level of consciousness, ceasing to focus on the grains of sand.