a) become King of the Hill by making tons of money; consolidating all of the local crime families under your control; owning the biggest house in town; cornering the market in soybeans; becoming Governor, Senator, or President; win first place on the FBI's Most Wanted List--or, if you are really ambitious, all of the above. Die rich.
b) become a learnéd person; write the definitive history of North Dakota; become a self-supporting poet, artist, composer, author, actor, sculptor; become the archetypal porn star. Die with uncompleted projects.
c) find a job, do good work, get married, stay married, have children, grandchildren, retire, mow the lawn weekly, die. Dead.
d) Love and serve YHWH, Jesus, Brahma, Buddha, Ahura Mazda, Odin, or Aphrodite all the days of your life, die and then go to your eternal reward, somewhere, eventually. Or not.
e. Discover tabletop fusion, or some other world-changing phenomena. Win the nobel prize, or die first.
f. Dither and fret over what the meaning of life is until it is over and you're dead.
happiness and love is a feeling created in our brain by certain chemicals and is a part of our anatomy. — joachim
But that brings up the question, why do we need happiness and love. happiness and love is a feeling created in our brain by certain chemicals and is a part of our anatomy. — joachim
happiness and love is a feeling created in our brain by certain chemicals — joachim
life everywhere is animated by purpose. It's only the rich inhabitants of so-called 'developed societies' who ever sit around and wonder what 'purpose' is. — Wayfarer
I think its much more the case that these highly industrialized, complex, and rich cultures find their purpose-defining-compasses no longer registering true north, or true-anything else. They are drifting without a sense of purpose. — Bitter Crank
that is not unrelated to the book I mentioned a few days back, The Heretical Imperative, about the requirement to decide one's own spiritual path. — Wayfarer
I'll tell you a secret.
Something they don't teach you in your temple.
The Gods envy us.
They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed.
You will never be lovelier than you are now.
We will never be here again. — Homer
So i've found myself in a loop hole of questions , i've been trying to find out what is the purpose of life, but there are thousands of "purposes" some say happiness, some say love. But that brings up the question, why do we need happiness and love. happiness and love is a feeling created in our brain by certain chemicals and is a part of our anatomy. What is the purpose of any life existence, however i presume there is no answer for this question we just are, as everything is.... — joachim
And then a picture of his profession-rattling book (which came out of his PhD dissertation): — Bitter Crank
So i've found myself in a loop hole of questions , i've been trying to find out what is the purpose of life, but there are thousands of "purposes" some say happiness, some say love. But that brings up the question, why do we need happiness and love. happiness and love is a feeling created in our brain by certain chemicals and is a part of our anatomy. What is the purpose of any life existence, however i presume there is no answer for this question we just are, as everything is.... — joachim
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