I wanted to write an extra piece, since I have left this site for so long.
5 Loverly Steps Towards Meaning
This site is basically useless in most people's opinion
this I have learned full well by reading my viewer stats
people, just want to find out by themselves and basically do not give a shit about anybody else's philosophy but their own and the very last thing they wish to do is stop telling you their philosophy long enough to listen to yours. I know, I am the same.
Everybody thinks I'm just wasting my time, and I probably am, although the fact is I don't give a shit.
I wanted to write one more piece to just explain my point of view better. Something I have failed to do ever before!
My credentials are non-existent, my mission to find the meaning of life is strange and egotistical, far fetched and stupid.
The only thing I cling on to this site for is that I know some things now that are important and it took me a lot of effort to get there.
Important to whom, is another matter which I wont bother going in to. So here's hoping it falls on some good eyes or ears or fingers:
The things I know …
1.I can't put my finger through a solid wall.
Explanation: Yes it is a stupid thing to do and say because it is common sense, although if you question reality you have to question if it is all real or not. And even with the help of the illness schizophrenia when I actually BELIEVED I could put my finger through a wall, I couldn't actually do it I just got a sore finger.
Meaning: Reality is real, the 4 walls of your bedroom are real, so is the earth and the universe. Thought and belief cannot affect it in any real way other that a practical one e.g. Buying a big drill for the wall first.
2.It is not a value of the universe to be either good or bad.
Explanation: Yes, I know another obvious one maybe. But you must question this simple fact at some point in your life. There are many bad people in the world and many good people in the world and it is only their imaginations that make them that way. We all have humanity in us and that can be damaged by pushing your boundaries until you're just used to being a twat. Although in the big picture there is absolutely nothing to gain from being a twat, because you are only harming others of the same family due to your blind ignorance as to life.
Meaning: It is absolutely impossible for evil to exist in one human being in 2010, nor has it been up till now either. The fact is no human really knows the meaning of life because we are just too ill equipped to be able to prove anything at this stage, or to figure out everything. We are like children all of us and should not take things so seriously. Bad people are just humans who have stupidly raped the humanity out of their brains and go around destroying valuable things because they don't understand. Also good people are just doing it on instinct because they haven't or because they were told to at an early age.
3.The truth is we don't know the truth and everything I think could be and probably is bullshit.
Explanation: This is the way of thinking I use for my philosophies. Basically that if you can change your whole belief system when a more rational one appears. AND not care about losing all of it, then you can't ever be proven wrong. Also if there is that truth then you will always hold some official doubt to any reality presenting itself.
Meaning: This is the key to always staying sane, useful for a philosopher. : ) It keeps you grounded and when you're completely wrong it is no big deal. The universe is a weird and amazing place to live. And if you want to be sure about what is going on then you need a good method!
4.Your suffering and that of all of humanity up to now is part of the building blocks of life.
Explanation: I know I know, whine whine whine whine whine, but the truth is from the moment humanity was born onto the planet Earth there was destined to be a lot lot lot lot lot lot of living hell for just about every human born. It exists now, and existed a lot worse in the past without modern technology and comforts, and hopefully it will be lessened in the future with more technology (though that is not a given). It was destined because we were born out of a more animal species (proof = dinosaur fossils, etc.). And when we were born to the planet Earth we did not even know how to make fire or to point a direction to a lost person or to heal a heart attack! The only way we know now is from many many years of thought and work from ignorance up to 2010 semi-ignorance.
Meaning: However we came to be, humanity's suffering is a given, it is set in stone and remains so for most of us. This sucks, but dang, it is just meant to be until we make it better for ourselves and our global family. Waiting for rescue from a higher being is not as efficient. Life is inherently unfair to all.
5.The universe is utterly utterly, slap yourself upside the head every millisecond AMAZING!!!
Explanation: We are not designed to notice how amazing things are because we would all walk around like we are stoned all the time and never progress in life at all. It even takes exotic and deep thinking techniques just to be able to notice how utterly utterly.... etc. that it is. We should always try keep in our mind the awe of each one of us and the awe all around us.
Meaning: Think big when you're feeling small. You might feel better about things.
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