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Today I have been listening to things on YouTube and learning about Carl Jung, existentialism, a bit about nihilism, the stoics and the connection between Stoicism and CBT and Buddhism (the latter being relating to desire of things). Well mostly what I actually learned was existentialism, just the basics of it. Which is a hard thing to define but it's a philosophical movement where you think there is not a set answer to things as with a religion but it is individual, and everyone's answers to betterment, feeling fulfilled, faith etc can be different.

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SW-User

Existentialism, more specifically, is the study of Philosophical questions that deal with why we exist, how to live, and similar topics. Not all existentialist Philosophers believe that the journey is personal or relative.

It made me happy to read this: Always a pleasure to meet someone interested in topics of this sort.

amethyst1 · 36-40, F

@SW-User I don't tend to write on here these days as it just doesn't feel like the right place. It doesn't feel like the place people write 'stories' /thoughts like this and many of the members seem to be trolls or something similar. I'm glad you enjoyed it though.

xSharp · 31-35, M

good and evil are relative, to the grass the herd of cows are a ravaging horde of giant demons and the wolves are saviors while the cows may see the grass as salvation and those same wolves as the demons.

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amethyst1 · 36-40, F

@xSharp: ☺

xSharp · 31-35, M

@amethyst1: so are you into any of those you tube audio books? they are quite informative. i have listened to the art of war as well as some of the greek philosophers translated lectures.

amethyst1 · 36-40, F

What I listened to earlier was from the YouTube channel 'Academy of Ideas'. I've not listened to serious/factual books on YouTube. I think some of them are from librivox and I did try and start listening to them but didn't seem to be paying enough attention (I recall one was Pagan Papers). One book I did listen to one there was a fantasy fiction book but it seems to have been taken off there, presumably due to copyright issues.

ButterFly2023 · 18-21, M

The important thing really is to not give a fuck. What is life about:
Having fun, take up drugs.
Being remembered and building monuments, take up serial killing.
Passing your unhappiness on genetically, morally dubious.
The point is you can't win, so be the best you can and move on.

TheConstantGardener · 56-60, M

Jean-Paul Sarte and Simone de Beauvoir are good sources for information on existentialism.

amethyst1 · 36-40, F

That could well be my next stop/listen then!

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