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 Erasmo
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 Why do you do what you do? 
#15802311 - 02/13/12 09:24 AM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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What is your motivation?
I really want to know HOW and WHY my fellow shroomerites choose to live their lives. Details are not important, just your broad motivations and aspirations.
Do you follow a religious code? Are you trying to attain enlightenment? Fame? Wealth? The love of beautiful woman? Is life a void of meaningless chaos that is endured like a brief nightmare or is it a beautiful symphony of fathomless wonders?
Seriously though,
WHY do you do what you do?
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 Re: Why do you do what you do? [Re: Erasmo]
#15802324 - 02/13/12 09:29 AM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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I run on outrageous fear and desire. 
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“What is the ideal for mental health, then? A lived, compelling illusion that does not lie about life, death, and reality; one honest enough to follow its own commandments: I mean, not to kill, not to take the lives of others to justify itself.”
― Ernest Becker
"Beneath the civilized veneer, man remains the supreme predator. Cursed with what he believes is understanding, his true soul blossoms godlike in the heart of the nuclear inferno."
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Sulfurshelfsean
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Re: Why do you do what you do? [Re: Erasmo]
#15802349 - 02/13/12 09:36 AM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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Looking for answers I know probably don't exist. But its fun to look anyways xD
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Kickle
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Re: Why do you do what you do? [Re: Erasmo] 1
#15802391 - 02/13/12 09:50 AM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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Quote:
Erasmo said:
What is your motivation?
I really want to know HOW and WHY my fellow shroomerites choose to live their lives. Details are not important, just your broad motivations and aspirations.
Do you follow a religious code? Are you trying to attain enlightenment? Fame? Wealth? The love of beautiful woman? Is life a void of meaningless chaos that is endured like a brief nightmare or is it a beautiful symphony of fathomless wonders?
Seriously though,
WHY do you do what you do?
Path of least resistance
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Re: Why do you do what you do? [Re: Erasmo]
#15802404 - 02/13/12 09:56 AM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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I stick around because sometimes it's fun, and even when it's not I'm too scared to leave this life behind. 
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Erasmo
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Re: Why do you do what you do? [Re: Kickle]
#15802423 - 02/13/12 10:04 AM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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Kickle said:
Path of least resistance
Expand on that por favor
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Re: Why do you do what you do? [Re: Erasmo]
#15802513 - 02/13/12 10:34 AM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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I want to make this earth a better place for all to live (of course inspired by my own conditions), mainly fighting against injustice, ignorance and narrow sight on all sides.
Icelander:
http://www.wimp.com/nofear/
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Kickle
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Re: Why do you do what you do? [Re: Erasmo]
#15802655 - 02/13/12 11:14 AM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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Quote:
Erasmo said:
Expand on that por favor
What are you wondering exactly? Most blatantly I'm dying and on my way towards death I want to have the least resistance possible, moving whichever way that takes me.
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Re: Why do you do what you do? [Re: BlueCoyote]
#15803408 - 02/13/12 01:48 PM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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Quote:
Kickle said:
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Erasmo said:
Expand on that por favor
What are you wondering exactly? Most blatantly I'm dying and on my way towards death I want to have the least resistance possible, moving whichever way that takes me.
By what do you mean resistance? There are a few ways that could be taken. Physical or mental resistance? From other people or from within? Does that mean you avoid conflict in your personal life? What happens when something threatens your lifestyle, friends or family?
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BlueCoyote said:
I want to make this earth a better place for all to live (of course inspired by my own conditions), mainly fighting against injustice, ignorance and narrow sight on all sides.
Icelander:
http://www.wimp.com/nofear/
Why do you care? And how exactly do you go about fighting injustice, ignorance, and people with vision problems?
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Re: Why do you do what you do? [Re: Erasmo]
#15803560 - 02/13/12 02:23 PM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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By resistance I mean suffering. From anywhere or anything. And what happens when I find suffering? I change my direction. Sometimes in doing so I find more suffering and so need to change direction again. It is visually represented in that picture. I cannot predict which way I will go and I can't see the specific obstacles until they arrive.
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Re: Why do you do what you do? [Re: Kickle]
#15803814 - 02/13/12 03:17 PM (3 months, 14 days ago) |
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I guess it is my turn to contribute:
I am essentially selfish, as is everyone else. My main wish in life is to be happy. Being happy all the time is more difficult than it sounds, and I often get in my own way. Even so, I think I do a better job than most.
I recognize that there is a large amount of mental function that is out of my control. Emotions like anger, embarrassment, fear and arousal will affect me regardless of how logical they are. I don't let these impulses control me, but I do respect their power.
Proof or disproof of the afterlife is impossible. Either way, death should not be feared. I do, however, want to enjoy my life to the fullest before I pass.
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Re: Why do you do what you do? [Re: Erasmo]
#15803833 - 02/13/12 03:23 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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death should not be feared.
I'd be careful with the "should" statements. Fear of death is likely to keep you alive in many instances.
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Re: Why do you do what you do? [Re: Kickle]
#15803853 - 02/13/12 03:27 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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I think he means the fear of death shouldn't consume your existance.
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I wish I had a personal post translator. 
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Kickle
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What he's really trying to say is he wants to be doubly funny 
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Re: Why do you do what you do? [Re: BlueCoyote]
#15803898 - 02/13/12 03:36 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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Quote:
BlueCoyote said:
I want to make this earth a better place for all to live (of course inspired by my own conditions), mainly fighting against injustice, ignorance and narrow sight on all sides.
Icelander:
http://www.wimp.com/nofear/
I know all that. I'm going to get me one of them there turbans.
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“What is the ideal for mental health, then? A lived, compelling illusion that does not lie about life, death, and reality; one honest enough to follow its own commandments: I mean, not to kill, not to take the lives of others to justify itself.”
― Ernest Becker
"Beneath the civilized veneer, man remains the supreme predator. Cursed with what he believes is understanding, his true soul blossoms godlike in the heart of the nuclear inferno."
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Re: Why do you do what you do? [Re: Icelander]
#15803913 - 02/13/12 03:38 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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"if you were rooted in reality, there would be no fear"
Now who's locked in their imagination?
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Icelander
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Re: Why do you do what you do? [Re: Kickle]
#15803919 - 02/13/12 03:40 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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But he's got a turban.
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“What is the ideal for mental health, then? A lived, compelling illusion that does not lie about life, death, and reality; one honest enough to follow its own commandments: I mean, not to kill, not to take the lives of others to justify itself.”
― Ernest Becker
"Beneath the civilized veneer, man remains the supreme predator. Cursed with what he believes is understanding, his true soul blossoms godlike in the heart of the nuclear inferno."
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Re: Why do you do what you do? [Re: Icelander]
#15803924 - 02/13/12 03:40 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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And a cool beard.
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Kickle
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Re: Why do you do what you do? [Re: Icelander]
#15803927 - 02/13/12 03:41 PM (3 months, 13 days ago) |
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I do too and that's why I'm so confused 
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