Are you asking me to play pretend? — Reece
I have so many questions as to why, what or who put us here. It's scientifically clear we didn't evolve. — Reece
We are the only species that isn't natural to this planet. — Reece
I adamantly refuse to speculate, assume or believe in insufficient 'knowledge' that doesn't lead anywhere. — Reece
The only thing I can think of is to try imagine there is 'greater good' at work, because in the end we're all slaves to our own society. — Reece
You know it's an issue when the basic necessities for survival come at a cost. — Reece
We don't have the freedom of choice. We all have to go to school, we all have to work or contribute in someway. Where's the 'wild' aspect in our 'civilized' way of life? There isn't one. — Reece
We don't have the freedom of choice. We all have to go to school, we all have to work or contribute in someway. Where's the 'wild' aspect in our 'civilized' way of life? There isn't one. — Reece
You are suffering from late onset Holden Caulfield Syndrome. Everybody is a phony and everything is a gimmick. You get hung up on semantics. Nothing can be proven. You are experiencing ennui, anomie, alienation, depersonalization. Life has become one big headache.
You feel bad. What can be done about it?
My suggestion is that you immediately embark on a program of acting like life is meaningful and entirely worth living and that what you do with you life in the near future matters.
You will probably say, "your advice is just one more gimmick" and you would be partially right. But as gimmicks go, it has some advantages over wallowing in the slough of despond.
William James, an American psychologist (the first Professor of Psychology at Harvard) observed that there is a clear relationship between how we behave, act, feel and think. If the kind of thoughts we have are not helping us, then we need to act. . So, if you want to feel alive and engaged in a meaningful life, then you need to begin living AS IF you were engaged in a meaningful life.
I don't know anything about you, except that you are human (presumably not a bot) and that your psychology is pretty much like everybody else's. So go find yourself something to do that you suspect might be a meaningful, socially useful, and interesting gimmick. Then stick with it. Find several socially useful, interesting, and personally meaningful gimmicks to keep your mind occupied by positive things instead of negative crap. But the important thing is ACT LIKE YOU WANT TO FEEL. — Bitter Crank
Not at all. What I am suggesting is that you make a real commitment to something--a cause, a project, a reading program (whatever you like to read), politics, a job, serving others--anything, really that you can find an interest in, and pursue it. — Bitter Crank
"Who put us here and why". — Bitter Crank
We are natural to the planet, and we are natural in ourselves. — Bitter Crank
That's fine, but in order to discriminate between knowledge that does, and does not lead anywhere, you yourself have to be extremely knowledgeable. You might want to focus on getting more knowledge. — Bitter Crank
We aren't slaves, we are participants. Humans are social beings, and we can't exist apart from society. — Bitter Crank
Of course the basic necessities come at a cost. Birds can not raise their young without a cost to insects and worms. Whales can not exist without a cost to fish. Our existence comes at a cost too. There is a absurdly complex web of costs and benefits that is too complicated for any one person to grasp. — Bitter Crank
If you think going to school limits your free choice, try never going to school, never learning how to read and write, and never learning how to exist as a 'civilized' person if you think you have no freedom of choice. — Bitter Crank
.What is real?
.I keep referring to the idea that my perception is only relevant to me and that I create my own truth from experience.
.My definitions of normal, perfect, good and bad are just based on my ideals, none of which are actually true, because these are all defined by humanity and the agenda above. We all have a right to define our own lives and give it purpose.
.Is mathematics a given or just something humanity made up to help better interpret information?
.Unfortunately nothing can be proven.
.I’m not religious as I feel to believe in something is to not ‘know’ sufficient enough information. I would rather start a sentence with “I know...” rather than “I believe...”.
.24 years old and I feel like I’m living for the sake of it, I feel stripped of any aspiration/motivation and only have unanswered questions.
I need help.
What is real?
I feel lost, blind and don’t feel like I belong. I keep referring to the idea that my perception is only relevant to me and that I create my own truth from experience. — Reece
My definitions of normal, perfect, good and bad are just based on my ideals, none of which are actually true, because these are all defined by humanity and the agenda above. We all have a right to define our own lives and give it purpose.
Everything feels like a gimmick from what we’re ‘allegedly’ told.
I’m not religious as I feel to believe in something is to not ‘know’ sufficient enough information. I would rather start a sentence with “I know...” rather than “I believe...”. Unfortunately nothing can be proven.
24 years old and I feel like I’m living for the sake of it, I feel stripped of any aspiration/motivation and only have unanswered questions.
The point is I shouldn't need an income to survive. I shouldn't be forced to live by the common agenda. — Reece
The casino usually wins. — n0 0ne
I agree that society sucks but at least question the idea to its completion, and agree that the world sucks. This doesn't have to be a restrictive truth. Its totally possible to recognize the world sucks and to still live a very free life. Of the reading I've done, I'd say the advice I read most is to question and to perfect yourself. It's possible to hate the world, but don't hate yourself too. — Frank Barroso
You're in a life because, among the infinity of life-experience possibility-stories, there's one about you. ...one with you as is protagonist.
That explains why you're in a life. — Michael Ossipoff
You will never be happy to the point of contentment with something. You will always want or imagine something else. — Reece
.You're in a life because, among the infinity of life-experience possibility-stories, there's one about you. ...one with you as is protagonist.
That explains why you're in a life. — Michael Ossipoff
.I don't see how that explains why you're in life.
.Possible stories is that pertaining that there is something beyond this life where in which this life is just a story
., If so what bearing would this story/life have upon that other existence?
.This question would be great to have answered so that I could logically steer this life's story/experiences to best advantage/meaning of that other existence.
.Without an answer I try live and experience life as enjoyably as I can but seem to constantly encounter a balance of good and bad. A balance I understand as necessary I don't think you could understand something as 'good' without also understanding what it counterpart 'bad'.
.One would say that these experiences are all in the process of learning. The process of learning what? And for what end?
.Again without knowing this what good or bad experiences should I pursue in order to best attribute this learning?
Good. If you could not imagine a greater 'you' why keep living at all? To become worse over time? The key here is defining what makes you happy. Once you recognize what makes you happy, it's just a matter of doing it. So if being around others and building your community makes you happy, you do it. If refining your ideas into a book, maybe no one will read, makes you happy, then you do it. If I could not imagine a greater happiness than what I've already experienced; why keep living at all? I'd say the only reason we keep living is specifically because we still feel we might end up with a greater sense of purpose, happiness, whatnot than we have so far felt. — Frank Barroso
It's about doing the right thing, even if it costs us our happiness. — Sam26
The things that are really important in life are much higher on the scale of values than happiness. — Sam26
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