Habit, inertia, hope, romanticism, idealism, revenge, apathy, momentum, to list a few, seem to be what keeps people going.I want to know WHY people choose to go on. — Darkneos
I want to know WHY people choose to go on. It's something I wondered about, why do we take life as a good thing — Darkneos
I want to know WHY people choose to go on. — Darkneos
... to me. If you are a person, and you go on living, its personal isn't it?An honest discussion ... — Darkneos
I want to know WHY people choose to go on. It's something I wondered about, why do we take life as a good thing or a given but when someone wishes to die they are "sick". What if they just don't want to do this dance anymore and are just tired. — Darkneos
"The purpose of existence, is the craving for the craving" — Gus Lamarch
I want to know WHY people choose to go on. — Darkneos
Yet despite Buddhism knowing life is suffering and craving they claim that isn't why they stick around. — Darkneos
I thought that you believed that death was the end of all existence. — Jack Cummins
In what sense do you think that the ego continues. — Jack Cummins
I don't know about you but I am not sure that I think that I would have a legacy. I am not exactly Kurt Cobain or Richie from the Manic Street Preachers, or Van Gogh. — Jack Cummins
What is interesting is that your view is the complete contrast to the Eastern thinkers. They suggest that the ego dies and the more subtle bodies, including the astral live on. — Jack Cummins
To be honest, I am not sure what happens at death. — Jack Cummins
When you say that you would rather 'know rather unknown' I am not sure what you mean exactly. — Jack Cummins
It's a tabooed topic.It's odd how people speculate about why people go on living as if it is something that they wouldn't consider for themselves, but surely there must be some reason such a lot of THEM do? — unenlightened
They'd probably say they stick around in an effort to make an end to the craving, make an end to the suffering -- and live to tell about it.As much as I want to buy that from what I gather it's not simple at all like that. If that were the case then Buddhist monks or enlightened ones would commit suicide. Yet despite Buddhism knowing life is suffering and craving they claim that isn't why they stick around. — Darkneos
So why not skip to the end and not concern yourself with doing things you like? That argument only works if you have to stay alive in which case you should do stuff you like. — Darkneos
All that sounds like a chore to make life bearable and when you die you won’t remember anything at all. — Darkneos
don't just jump to depression like every other place I try to discuss this — Darkneos
The effects of a pleasant life shouldn't be underestimated. When someone has been fortunate enough to be able to enjoy their life, this feeds back into how they experience life: they ejnoy it and look forward to it.↪Kenosha Kid The question that arises is why would you want to when you don’t have to keep living. All that sounds like a chore to make life bearable and when you die you won’t remember anything at all. So why not skip to the end and not concern yourself with doing things you like? That argument only works if you have to stay alive in which case you should do stuff you like. But if you don’t then I see no reason to do so. — Darkneos
It's not that they are depressed.then you completely discount the possibility that other people aren't depressed. — Kenosha Kid
It's that you are lucky and nevertheless implicitly take credit for this luck. — baker
It's not that they are depressed. — baker
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