What to do
What is the meaning of this life if one cannot make something of themselves worth being happy for? And if they are just mediocre, how can they survive without relying on another? I feel as though there is no hope.
41-45, F
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Gloomy · F
Objectively life is meaningless all we can do is create or find our own individual value.
Whether someone or something is mediocre in this context is a purely subjective statement and I am not even sure what you mean by it...
We all have to rely on each other.
if they are just mediocre, how can they survive without relying on another?
Whether someone or something is mediocre in this context is a purely subjective statement and I am not even sure what you mean by it...
We all have to rely on each other.
originnone · 61-69, M
@Gloomy not completely fair, G. People would accept absolutes are usually happier and more fulfilled than nihilists like me....
reflectingmonkey · 51-55, M
@Gloomy @originnone it is very interesting how you two have each brought up two opposite but equally unavoidable angles on the meaning of life. on one hand, its obvious that any proposed meaning was created by people so any meaning seperate from human imagination illudes us and probably there is none. on the other hand meaning, god and the idea of afterlife make life more fun. so what to do? live in a sweet little fairytale, believe in vertu,love and purpose and then life is more fun and meaningful OR be realistic and understand that there is no meaning. logially, once someone has understood these 2 truths there are 3 ways to deal with this : 1: "repent" and run back to the belief system and never doubt again 2: train your mind to not need meaning, become comfortable with the void. this is sort of what Camus says and buddhists to a certain extent. 3: choose a meaning and run with it, which in a way is kind of a compromise between reason , which hates illusions, and the heart that needs meaning. this is what Sartre says. but which is the best?
rationality is logic aplied to a goal, so which way makes more sense depends first on what we think the goal of life is? is it knowledge, or happiness? if its knowledge ,then believing is out of the question, this is why i left religion because I wanted to stay open to discovering something even more true but the second you think you know it you become closed on your own mind so new knowledge might be missed. but if the goal is happiness then maybe believing is the best choice and we need to stop thinking.
rationality is logic aplied to a goal, so which way makes more sense depends first on what we think the goal of life is? is it knowledge, or happiness? if its knowledge ,then believing is out of the question, this is why i left religion because I wanted to stay open to discovering something even more true but the second you think you know it you become closed on your own mind so new knowledge might be missed. but if the goal is happiness then maybe believing is the best choice and we need to stop thinking.