Why study Philosophy. Well, at least the Philosophy about what is real. If you have learnt something about that, then you know the answer is always something like: Oh no, we don’t exist. We are the dream of a rabbit, or: We are the dream of a dream of a dream of blah blah blah. It’s always the same answer! So, why study that type of Philosophy? That’s what I want you to tell me, the answer could be anything! As long as it comes from you!
My answer is: There is no point in studying that, people just want to feel like they are doing something with their life. So they choose the thing that has no point. So in itself, those people are just looking for a feel of: I am doing something, there is hope for me yet. When they aren’t doing anything useful and all they are doing that has meaning, is trying to recruit people! And those people are the people staring at the shadow in the picture above thinking that the shadow is the world, aka reality. From: Allegory of the cave - Plato
"...thinking that the shadow is the world, ... the reality"... I agree, "Philosophy" from this perspective makes no sense at all and this is not true philosophy. The distorted perception is caused by living just the story in one's mind, it is the "false Self". By connecting with Your True Self, you can wake up from the dream, be aware and awaken and truly perceive the marvellous creation unfolding, and you aren't caught anymore in the scene of shadows which you "think" are true.