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Life is meaningless...
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"In the face of meaninglessness we are prone to add meaning." -Me

Last night I took some 2C-C-NBOMe by myself and I once again imploded inwardly into the deepest depths of my psyche. I discovered even more truth this time than ever before. Unfortunately, I must say that my discovery was not a comfortable one, but it was a necessary one.

I discovered that life is meaningless.

We are all a manifestation of a cosmic reaction that took place long ago and I don't believe we are unique. There are so many other universes out there and I'm sure that there is life somewhere else. Sentient beings are born and they live as long as they can given the conditions, and then they die. It's a simple process. We are all animals and we will all die and return to the earth once again. And that is all.

The question is...how will you add meaning to a life of meaninglessness?


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Re: Life is meaningless... [Re: ConfettiHead]
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By manipulating the engine for which gives us life.


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Re: Life is meaningless... [Re: ConfettiHead]
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The meaning of life is to have a meaningful life :thumbup:


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Re: Life is meaningless... [Re: thizzlemaniac]
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Life is doin' thangs.
Can't you see?


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Re: Life is meaningless... [Re: thoughts]
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Quote:
The meaning of life is to have a meaningful life



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Re: Life is meaningless... [Re: casablanca] * 1
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iwasaClown said:
Life is doin' thangs.
Can't you see?


:solidnod:

casablanca said:
Quote:
The meaning of life is to have a meaningful life



:nojustno:

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Re: Life is meaningless... [Re: ConfettiHead]
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ConfettiHead said:
The question is...how will you add meaning to a life of meaninglessness?





Just because life doesn't come with a pre-installed, just-add-water, easy-to-understand meaning, and just because you can not seem to easily find / grasp meaning, does not mean that there is none-- it just means that you don't see it / haven't found it yet, as it applies to you and your life.


Some of us like to think we've found meaning already.


Who knows... maybe that makes us deluded and wrong. Or maybe you're the one who's wrong....

Hard to say with such an intangible  concept as "meaning."

But don't assume something's not there, just because you haven't seen it yet. Seems like folly to me.

Just saying...


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Re: Life is meaningless... [Re: ConfettiHead] * 2
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ConfettiHead said:
I discovered that life is meaningless.


Good job. Welcome to nihilism.

Quote:
The question is...how will you add meaning to a life of meaninglessness?


No, the question is why you would try to add meaning. You just established there is none. Trying to add meaning is like trying to add wings to the human being: you end up with a contraption that might work, but it doesn't complete the human being in any way.

Why not just accept that life is meaningless? It frees your mind of one (big) thing that turns out to be fake, and you can use the capacity you just freed up to gain more knowledge.

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Re: Life is meaningless... [Re: koraks]
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koraks said:
ConfettiHead said:
I discovered that life is meaningless.


Good job. Welcome to nihilism.

Quote:
The question is...how will you add meaning to a life of meaninglessness?


No, the question is why you would try to add meaning. You just established there is none. Trying to add meaning is like trying to add wings to the human being: you end up with a contraption that might work, but it doesn't complete the human being in any way.

Why not just accept that life is meaningless? It frees your mind of one (big) thing that turns out to be fake, and you can use the capacity you just freed up to gain more knowledge.


when you realize how perfect everything is, you will tilt your head back and laugh at the sky.

life in all it's meaningless mystery, is so beautiful.


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Re: Life is meaningless... [Re: koraks]
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koraks said:
ConfettiHead said:
I discovered that life is meaningless.


Good job. Welcome to nihilism.

Quote:
The question is...how will you add meaning to a life of meaninglessness?


No, the question is why you would try to add meaning. You just established there is none. Trying to add meaning is like trying to add wings to the human being: you end up with a contraption that might work, but it doesn't complete the human being in any way.

Why not just accept that life is meaningless? It frees your mind of one (big) thing that turns out to be fake, and you can use the capacity you just freed up to gain more knowledge.


:happyclaps:

You're right. Why add meaning? Good point.


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Re: Life is meaningless... [Re: ConfettiHead]
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The soundtrack to my newly found nihilism:



I have lost all faith in the human race.
Every man, every woman, every child is a disgrace.
We don't deserve to live.
We don't deserve to die.
Because life is worthless.
Don't bury me unless you're sure that I am dead.
No one will notice the absence of time.
It is the difference between the sheep and the swine.
Slowly chewing away and resisting.
Slowly we rot in the mouth of existence.
Bury my body at sea.
So the dogs won't be able to find me.
Burn all the remains and scatter the ashes accordingly.
Drop down, drop down.
Grind your knees in the glass as you drown.

Simply beautiful. :heart:


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Re: Life is meaningless... [Re: koraks]
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koraks said:
Good job. Welcome to nihilism.[/quote

Quote:
The question is...how will you add meaning to a life of meaninglessness?


No, the question is why you would try to add meaning. You just established there is none. Trying to add meaning is like trying to add wings to the human being: you end up with a contraption that might work, but it doesn't complete the human being in any way.

Why not just accept that life is meaningless? It frees your mind of one (big) thing that turns out to be fake, and you can use the capacity you just freed up to gain more knowledge.



another question is why would you think that an artificial addition that allows you to do something you otherwise could not have done is worthless (implied by your larger argument) or any less complete than a lack of that addition? 

why not just accept that life may or may not have meaning? very omnipotent of you to assert one or the other as true and to assume you have a greater capacity to gain more knowledge than someone who thinks that life does have meaning.  are you indeed all knowing, koraks?

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Re: Life is meaningless... [Re: ConfettiHead] * 1
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ConfettiHead said:
I discovered that life is meaningless.



Glad you're finally on board.


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Re: Life is meaningless... [Re: ConfettiHead]
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ConfettiHead said:
"In the face of meaninglessness we are prone to add meaning." -Me

Last night I took some 2C-C-NBOMe by myself and I once again imploded inwardly into the deepest depths of my psyche. I discovered even more truth this time than ever before. Unfortunately, I must say that my discovery was not a comfortable one, but it was a necessary one.

I discovered that life is meaningless.

We are all a manifestation of a cosmic reaction that took place long ago and I don't believe we are unique. There are so many other universes out there and I'm sure that there is life somewhere else. Sentient beings are born and they live as long as they can given the conditions, and then they die. It's a simple process. We are all animals and we will all die and return to the earth once again. And that is all.

The question is...how will you add meaning to a life of meaninglessness?



You only came to the conclusion because your own life is meaningless and you expected yourself to be special. Once the basic conclusion came to you that you don't really mean shit in this world, then you tried to apply it to the whole human race and life in general.

If you wanna talk about yourself as being meaningless that is fine and pretty much true. A single person doesn't mean shit. Just like a single bee is meaningless. But if you then had all bees vanish, it would have a huge effect on Earth. Life in general is an intricate part in the Universe. Sure, no one gives a fuck if you die. But if something catastrophic happened in let's say our solar system, it would effect the Universe in one way or another.

The meaning isn't in you personally. And it's pretty egotistical to think that way.

Edited by GilbertC06 (03/30/13 04:33 PM)

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Re: Life is meaningless... [Re: ConfettiHead]
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ConfettiHead said:
The soundtrack to my newly found nihilism:



I have lost all faith in the human race.
Every man, every woman, every child is a disgrace.
We don't deserve to live.
We don't deserve to die.
Because life is worthless.
Don't bury me unless you're sure that I am dead.
No one will notice the absence of time.
It is the difference between the sheep and the swine.
Slowly chewing away and resisting.
Slowly we rot in the mouth of existence.
Bury my body at sea.
So the dogs won't be able to find me.
Burn all the remains and scatter the ashes accordingly.
Drop down, drop down.
Grind your knees in the glass as you drown.

Simply beautiful. :heart:


Well if you tripped and listened to this, I can see why you would have come to the conclusion you did! LOL

(not judging) :grin:


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Re: Life is meaningless... [Re: ConfettiHead] * 1
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Just because there's no god to give you meaning doesn't mean that you can't create your own. Nothing has intrinsic meaning, except that which we give meaning. That should be freeing.

You should read some existential philosophy. The Myth of Sisyphus and The Stranger are a few good starting points.


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"We cannot live for ourselves alone. Our lives are connected by a thousand invisible threads, and along these sympathetic fibers, our actions run as causes and return to us as results."


UBUNTU- I am because we are.


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Re: Life is meaningless... [Re: JoieDeVivre]
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If life is meaningless then all stories, novels, film, art is meaningless.

The universe is simply a grand piece of art filled with intertwined micro-stories that are our lives.


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Re: Life is meaningless... [Re: smack]
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lol people who quote themselves.


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Re: Life is meaningless... [Re: pirate-blues]
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:confused:


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Re: Life is meaningless... [Re: pirate-blues]
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pirate-blues said:
lol people who quote themselves.


and this thread in general :lol:


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