"God"? Please make clear what that is, or what you mean by it. It appears to be an important part of your OP. And I'm afraid that if you don't, no one else will know what you're talking about, and if you cannot, then you don't either.Every worldly pleasure ( sensual, intellectual ) makes us forget God — Eskander
I don't believe there are god's or that there is any meaning to life - except for the one you make yourself and for decades have practiced a form of minimalism (which stops short of asceticism). I take the view that objects own you, not the other way around. They are an unnecessary distraction. By choice I own minimal belongings and always look to cut back further. I know several atheists who hold a similar jaundiced view of materialism
"God"? Please make clear what that is, or what you mean by it. It appears to be an important part of your OP. And I'm afraid that if you don't, no one else will know what you're talking about, and if you cannot, then you don't either.
I don't see how nihilism as a philosophy is practical, it leaves you with nothing. "Life has no meaning", now what ? Where do we go from here and is it even possible to give meaning to your life ? — Eskander
What's wrong with believing in a God without evidence and taking it as a starting point of your worldview. — Eskander
Good book on option 2 -Against Nature by Joris-Karl Huysmans. I believe it was Oscar Wilde's favourite novel. — Tom Storm
But no matter how vast the intellect, a person probably always wonders what lived experience adds to knowledge. — Tom Storm
:fire: :up:I don't believe there are god's or that there is any meaning to life - except for the one you make yourself and for decades have practiced a form of minimalism (which stops short of asceticism). I take the view that objects own you, not the other way around. They are an unnecessary distraction. By choice I own minimal belongings and always look to cut back further. I know several atheists who hold a similar jaundiced view of materialism — Tom Storm
Asceticism's rationale is rather simple: As you reject the physical (body) — Agent Smith
In asceticism, you don't "reject the physical body", you reject some popular notions about who we are and what we supposedly need. — baker
You can't be "voluntarily" poor without not only being denied the side of life given to those who are poor non-voluntarily but also being slung the responsibilities (if not just to protect) those who are not have. Therefore, you are not "voluntarily" doing anything, especially if you can talk to people who will help you out. — Outlander
Look at Maslow's hierarchy of needs. Which of them are actually needs? — baker
People who are in the position to voluntarily abstain from some worldly creature comforts aren't actually renouncing anything yet, even if it externally looks that way. — baker
The wants, those items higher up on Maslow's pyramid, are mind-related of course and so are on an ascetic's wish list. — Agent Smith
The point, however, isn't what is true of an ascetic (half-rejection of the body) but what he truly desires (total rejection of the body).
You can't hold what is a necessity against someone.
:chin: Riddle of induction? "Experiments" test – attempt to falsify, not "confirm" – predictions deduced from hypotheses. And, btw, this is not the same as "experience".Think of it in terms of science. Experimentation (experience) serves only to confirm what's already known. — Agent Smith
A zero-dimensional point rather than a concrete entity (or fact), ergo wholly imaginary ...A Transcendent being, who isn't confined by spacetime. — Eskander
Such as the Law of Non-Contradiction (LNC)? :pray:Every metaphysical system is grounded in unjustified beliefs (you can always reduce it) — Eskander
Just 'making shit up to console yourself', Eskander, amounts to little more than a drug habit (i.e. philosophical suicide ~Camus); to wit: Thou Shalt Not Question The Questionable (and the corollary Thou Shalt Defend The Indefensible In The Name Of Believing The Unbelievable).What's wrong with believing in a God without evidence and taking it as a starting point of your worldview.
The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less. — Socrates
Riddle of induction? "Experiments" test – attempt to falsify, not "confirm" – predictions deduced from hypotheses. And, btw, this is not the same as "experience". — 180 Proof
Then such a person is not an ascetic. — baker
Eh? Where did you get that? — baker
It's not clear where you're going with this. — baker
2. Boringly: Indirect asceticism. Immerse yourself in worldly pleasures. You'll eventually get bored. Renounce the world.
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