DRUMS

We are always in a state of incomplete knowledge.

Why do you arrive at such a negative view of life? Why so much negation? The root of your analysis is composed of constant negation.

I want to suck tomorrow's dick.

Idk about anything,, but time travel isn't possible lol.

Words are eternal. Spoken word that is. When we speak, the words are etched in time and the meaning is shown in the act (context) of speech.

I might give them this book https://qprinstitute.com/uploads/Forever_Decision.pdf

Please explain

The best color is white because it contains all other colors.

The question is, if there was an objective meaning of life, what would it be? Please entertain the question instead of rejecting it outright.

On the other side I don't derive meaning from suffering. — Andrew4Handel

That is probably a good attitude.

The deepest sense of pleasure is found in the gratification of the deepest desire. Google defines desire "a strong feeling of wanting to have something or wishing for something to happen". Wish attainment. Gratification of our deepest wishes (goals) Power from the ability to create a certain reality for ourselves. This is the highest purpose. Moral self willing. What Wallows said the golden rule.

The pursuit of pleasure in the sensual sense (physical)

A good philosophical novel makes you question your introspect and look at your own presuppositions

Wikipedia ~ "Hedonism is a school of thought that argues that the pursuit of pleasure and intrinsic goods are the primary or most important goals of human life."

I don't necessarily agree on pursuit of pleasure a worthy objective meaning for life; however, I think pursuit of instrinsic good make sense as a humanistic meaning for life.

Yes it is of course. Retroness is ever-present. As I always've said to my friends "retro is modern"

Derrida falls squarely within the movement which regards the role of utterances in actual discourse as the essence of language and meaning, and which therefore regards logic as derivative from rhetorical considerations. — intro

Derrida Shmerrida

yes, and yes about experience.

Just accept faith

Devouring Radiant Light - Skeletonwitch ~

In the darkest corners of the mind
There is a mirror to reflect lost time
But if you look into the depths of your soul
You may just discover a light that is whole
And to feast on such a ravenous force
Is to become one with your primal self
But if the colors of one don't ring true
The veracity of your passion is see-through

A view from the bottom of a pit of despair
The feeling of loss and the absence of hope
Breathing life into such radiant light
Devour it all in the darkness of night
Sustaining the hunger of the luminous blaze
Never again will we live in grey haze

I know this has probably been posted but I want couldn't find it and I wanted to repost it as I respond to it.

"I maintain that Truth is a pathless land, and you cannot approach it by any path whatsoever, by any religion, by any sect. That is my point of view, and I adhere to that absolutely and unconditionally. Truth, being limitless, unconditioned, unapproachable by any path whatsoever, cannot be organized; nor should any organization be formed to lead or to coerce people along any particular path. If you first understand that, then you will see how impossible it is to organize a belief. A belief is purely an individual matter, and you cannot and must not organize it. If you do, it becomes dead, crystallized; it becomes a creed, a sect, a religion, to be imposed on others. This is what everyone throughout the world is attempting to do. Truth is narrowed down and made a plaything for those who are weak, for those who are only momentarily discontented. Truth cannot be brought down, rather the individual must make the effort to ascend to it. You cannot bring the mountain-top to the valley. If you would attain to the mountain-top you must pass through the valley, climb the steeps, unafraid of the dangerous precipices." (https://www.jkrishnamurti.org/about-dissolution-speech)

I've bolded what I thought was key here from the expanded quote. I think we can see here that there is hyperbole here. As he clearly shows us the "path" to Truth; ascendance through the valley (unafraid) perseverance through the fear.

Eating too much ice cream isn't loving yourself properly...

A. You are capable of identifying some negative source of your misery,
B. You are absolutely capable of solving therefore mentioned deficiencies.

... C. ?

I was watching fox television the other day and there was a teenager who was golfing blind after losing both eyes after years of remitted cancer. His other senses maxified. Cancer took his physical vision but he still won the will to live.

Take the mechanism that is causing you to spiral downward and flip it upward.

What do you value? If you don’t know, you should be using your energy to shine the light on that. Take that which you hold in the highest esteem, and pursue it. Share it if you already have it. There is a gift that you can share with the world that will justify your suffering. This paradoxical altruism is very real. Some people walk on elevated plateaus by routinely perpetuating their subjectively-attributed [personal meaning] highest good, manifesting a godly form of Being.

You must identify what is causing you to be depressed, and then solve the issue(s). There is no other way.

My opinion: it sounds like you have no purpose or set any subjectively meaningful goals for yourself.

This means you haven’t done enough self analysis and don’t really know what makes you tick. Or you don’t know a plethora of facet of yourself. You need to find what you are best at, and share it with the world. This is the only way you will feel valuable and thus worthy of success, happiness, joy, bliss, etc etc. this means your best efforts are now aligned with what you define as the maximal good... what will to propel you out of bed every morning with eternal vitality. Value this way transcends suffering because it is maximally good and altruistic. It is paradoxical. This produces experiences of beauty and joy. Only good things will happen if you make the decision to commit to willing the best life for yourself and your friends and family and the world. Your access to such miraculous plateaus, as a creator of this supreme manifestion of being, is within in you. This is why you must know thyself. Leap of faith-type moral diplomacy is necessary, as you are doing your completely honest best to perpetuate the manifestation of this potentially magical being-with-others as they could. You don’t know strong you could become.

Some folks reference the 'social contract' which seems to be a kind of underlying mutual altruism found in tribal groups.

better meaning ‘more good’? I wouldn’t challenge the statement that good food was more good than bad food. But at least we’re getting somewhere.

WTF is an earthly achievement?

One of my favorite hipster philosophy quotes about truth is that it is subjective ~ SK

If you are in hell, or headed down the wrong path (leading to hell) then you need saving.

Be the kind of person you want to attract.

The pessimist does not appreciate the magnitude of the rarely actualized state(s) of maximal satisfaction (heaven) that occurs in our creative pursuits. This heavenly state is merely defined away as "goal achievement". Infinite variations of potentiality offer even better yet moments of joy and bliss. And the better yet beauty of this moment is that is can be shared with others. This is why Jesus said spread the Kingdom of Heaven that is within you.

There is a satisfying satisfaction in our greatest pursuits.

Yes aren't we satisfied after a hearty meal? We're not "always" lacking.

Is it really your experience that "we are always lacking"? This seems to be true only from an addictive mindset.

How would one act randomly? Would it be acting trans-consciously based on the cards that flop, turn, and river? The game does seem to ultimately come down to luck. You were "lucky" to guess correctly when you called that person's river bluff. This is probably not the case however considering possible tells being displayed by the bluffer's body language. Poker is a game of rhythm.

Christianity was a significant tool for me in building character and understanding myself / developing passion, commitment, other virtue etc. I might not experience an understanding of divinity had I not got involved with the church band.

Christianity is not a dead religion lol

'preciate the name drops fam

"Part of the royal art where the true gold is made" is how Jung described the "coping mechanism" of Sublimation.