|
Moonshoe
Blue Mantis


Registered: 05/28/04
Posts: 27,202
Loc: Iceland
|
Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. 4
#19093700 - 11/06/13 01:50 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|

Life is scary and fucked up and traumatizing. Death, age and suffering are inevitable. Anything we cling to can and will be torn away. Your wife, your children... they will all die. You will die. We all suffer. We are forced to accept realities far worse than what we can imagine. The global ecosphere is collapsing. The sun could explode at any time. Even a hiccup of the sun could destroy our human society.
Disease, pandemic, supervolcano eruption, asteroid or meteor strike, nuclear war, nuclear reactor melt down (melt-through), addiction, disease, violence, home invasion... the list of possible fears and pains is endless.
But here we are. How can we cope? What should we do? what is the meaning of life? How can we best live and spend our time on this world?
1. Scholarship: Read, study, research, go to school, get a university degree, read books, listen to educational podcasts, watch documentaries, write research papers.
2. Exercise: Yoga, martial arts, weight lifting, exercise of any and all kinds
3. Nature: Canoeing, hiking, camping, swimming in lakes, outdoor mountain biking, communing with and revering nature (visiting jungles, the amazon, the rainforests, old growth forests, temperate rainforests, coral reefs etc).
4. Diet: Super healthy diet, whatever that means to you. Vegan? High protein? Locavore? Freegan? No carb/gluten free? I wont try to tell you what the best diet is, but having a good diet makes all the difference.
I believe in a diet based on high protein of a qood quality (bison, elk, turkey, freshwater fish) combined with abundant fruits and vegetables.
5. Supplements: N acetyl Cysteine, s adenosyl methionine, melatonin, creatine, protetin powder, Norwegian kelp, spirulina, chlorella, b vitamin complex, liposomal vitamin c, flax/omega 3 oils, turmeric, raw garlic, apple cider vinegar, melatonin
6. Spirituality: Meditation, yoga, prayer, scripture study, devotion, ritual, religion.
7. Non-ordinary states of consciousness. Psychedelic drugs. Disassociates. Meditation. Chanting. Magick. Out of body experiences. Lucid dreaming. Astral projection.
8. Love: Friendship. Family. Girlfriend/boyfriend, wife/husband, Love connections, sharing life, partnership, alliance, community, association, human interaction, human connection, sex, romance, making love.
9. Drugs: Etizolam, Kratom, Ketamine, MXE, DMT, LSD, Psilocybin, Mescaline, Marijuana, beer, red wine, salvia, ibogaine, ayahausca.
10. Work: Find a job you enjoy and that pays your way.
11. Travel, see the world.
12, Gratitude. Give thanks for all your blessings every day.
13. Hot showers. Hot motherfucking showers.
14. Creative outlet. Writing, drawing, dancing, singing, music, painting, sculpting, etc.
15. Survivalism/prepping. Stockpile food, water, weapons, medicine, ammunition, tools, seeds etc.
Basically these 15 things are the best answers I have found to the question of "how can we face and perhaps overcome the deep existential problems of life" and "what are the best things to do with this short but wonderful life we have?"
What do you guys think of my strategy/list?
What is yours?
--------------------
Everything I post is fiction.
Edited by Moonshoe (11/06/13 01:52 AM)
|
evileye001
Stranger then you



Registered: 02/23/13 
Posts: 2,341
Last seen: 1 year, 3 months
|
Re: Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. [Re: Moonshoe] 1
#19093823 - 11/06/13 02:39 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
as depressing as that was i must point out one flaw
Quote:
Moonshoe said: The sun could explode at any time.
the sun will not run out of fuel and turn into a red giant and eventually a wight then brown dwarf for at least about 4 billion years.
-------------------- we are the universe contemplating its self.
|
evileye001
Stranger then you



Registered: 02/23/13 
Posts: 2,341
Last seen: 1 year, 3 months
|
Re: Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. [Re: evileye001]
#19093828 - 11/06/13 02:40 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
oh and our sun will not explode into a super/hyper nova it will expand into a red giant and slowly release its gas until a wight dwarf remains and cools into a brown dwarf
-------------------- we are the universe contemplating its self.
|
circastes
Big Questions Small Head



Registered: 01/14/10
Posts: 8,781
Loc: straya
Last seen: 7 years, 8 months
|
Re: Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. [Re: evileye001]
#19093833 - 11/06/13 02:42 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
Good post OP.
-------------------- My solitude... My shield... My armour... TESTED WITH FULL FORCE
|
elborito


Registered: 06/14/12
Posts: 1,136
Loc: Somewhere Obscure
Last seen: 3 years, 3 months
|
Re: Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. [Re: circastes]
#19093871 - 11/06/13 03:00 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
I like it, whats with the cool mantis looking thing?
|
akira_akuma
Φύσις κρύπτεσθαι ὕψιστος φιλεῖ


Registered: 08/28/09
Posts: 82,455
Loc: Onypeirophóros
Last seen: 4 years, 1 month
|
Re: Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. [Re: elborito]
#19093931 - 11/06/13 03:40 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
post a good thread on the shroomery. way to live.
|
dontknow
It's all in the reflex


Registered: 07/05/13
Posts: 3,889
Last seen: 7 years, 4 months
|
Re: Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. [Re: elborito]
#19093946 - 11/06/13 03:47 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
elborito said: I like it, whats with the cool mantis looking thing?
that's, that's... a mantis?
--------------------
The discerning heart seeks knowledge, but the mouth of a fool feeds on folly. -Proverbs 15:14
“Imagination is everything. It is the preview of Life’s coming attractions.” Albert Einstein
|
elborito


Registered: 06/14/12
Posts: 1,136
Loc: Somewhere Obscure
Last seen: 3 years, 3 months
|
Re: Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. [Re: dontknow]
#19093979 - 11/06/13 04:09 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
Is that a question or a sarcastic answer?
|
lessismore
Registered: 02/10/13
Posts: 6,268
|
Re: Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. [Re: elborito]
#19093984 - 11/06/13 04:13 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
"Our soul is the most holy gift we have and our bodies we should appreciate
We should be grateful everyday, for all the small things in life that bring happiness and for ourselves and for others"
pretty interesting LSD thought I had while tripping once soul=love for self and others
you dont even have to believe in soul for it to make sense, if you believe in love, soul can be exchanged for love in the above :-)
the best way of being happy is making/seeing others happy , spread the love
walking/sitting in nature/houseplants/pets help happiness too I am happy when my pets are happy, and theyre easy to make happy, theyre happy everyday
houseplants, one new miracle of nature everyday when I wake up
|
Constantine
( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)



Registered: 05/01/11
Posts: 4,643
Loc:
Last seen: 1 year, 3 months
|
Re: Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. [Re: Moonshoe] 2
#19093991 - 11/06/13 04:17 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
You worry too much Moonshoe. Death, age, suffering, Fukushima, the ice cap..
Just live your life and stop tormenting yourself over this, there's nothing you can do about it.
--------------------
Edited by Constantine (11/08/13 06:15 AM)
|
KremrBigSikter
Spränger Språnger




Registered: 07/23/11
Posts: 3,918
Last seen: 8 years, 3 months
|
Re: Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. [Re: Constantine] 4
#19094005 - 11/06/13 04:27 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
Life is weird but keep it mellow, don't panic just eat some jello.
-------------------- I have pneumonia
|
Thecrimson
Stranger
Registered: 10/21/13
Posts: 142
Last seen: 7 years, 3 months
|
Re: Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. [Re: KremrBigSikter] 1
#19094049 - 11/06/13 05:01 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
Why would I want to make/see others happy? I hate others.
|
rulesq
Bad Mogambo



Registered: 05/10/13
Posts: 5,317
Loc: Суомалиа
|
Re: Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. [Re: Thecrimson]
#19094059 - 11/06/13 05:07 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Thecrimson said: Why would I want to make/see others happy? I hate others.
I hate The Others
--------------------
|
lessismore
Registered: 02/10/13
Posts: 6,268
|
Re: Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. [Re: Thecrimson]
#19094063 - 11/06/13 05:08 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Thecrimson said: Why would I want to make/see others happy? I hate others.
If you are happy you want to spread the love to people around you
If you feel miserable you automatically spread the negativity to everyone around you
Think positively
you become what you think....
glass is half full not half empty
I prefer not to think so much/not worry about anything
|
KremrBigSikter
Spränger Språnger




Registered: 07/23/11
Posts: 3,918
Last seen: 8 years, 3 months
|
Re: Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. [Re: rulesq]
#19094065 - 11/06/13 05:08 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
NICOLE KIDMAN WAS THE GHOST ALL ALONG
-------------------- I have pneumonia
|
rulesq
Bad Mogambo



Registered: 05/10/13
Posts: 5,317
Loc: Суомалиа
|
Re: Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. [Re: KremrBigSikter]
#19094068 - 11/06/13 05:10 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
KremrBigSikter said: NICOLE KIDMAN WAS THE GHOST ALL ALONG
That sneaky bitch 
As for the thread topic, personally I don't think life's fucked up, unless you make it so
--------------------
|
elborito


Registered: 06/14/12
Posts: 1,136
Loc: Somewhere Obscure
Last seen: 3 years, 3 months
|
Re: Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. [Re: Thecrimson]
#19094075 - 11/06/13 05:13 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
Quote:
Thecrimson said: Why would I want to make/see others happy? I hate others.
|
junkyardgod
A psychedelic mess.


Registered: 08/12/08
Posts: 443
Last seen: 1 year, 11 months
|
Re: Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. [Re: elborito]
#19094107 - 11/06/13 05:30 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
Loved this. You should dedicate an entire page to each of the points you made here, expand upon and really explore each topic. You're a talented writer and should utilize this to spread your wisdom! Blog it up, yo in fact...if you don't, would you mind if I supplemented some of your findings into my own writings? Making a list as you did is very helpful. It's precise. Makes the world seem a just a tad clearer.
Edited by junkyardgod (11/06/13 05:32 AM)
|
Moonshoe
Blue Mantis


Registered: 05/28/04
Posts: 27,202
Loc: Iceland
|
Re: Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. [Re: junkyardgod]
#19094644 - 11/06/13 10:02 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
Of course please elaborate your thoughts!
As for the sun exploding it's true that it won't (as far as we know) turn into its next stage for millions of years but a huge solar flare or cme could happen at any time and destroy society.
And to the poster who said "there is nothing you can do" I disagree. The OP is my list of everything you can do.
--------------------
Everything I post is fiction.
|
KingKnowledge
Around



Registered: 03/30/13
Posts: 2,876
Loc: East Coast
Last seen: 4 years, 7 months
|
Re: Life is fucked up. Heres what I find most useful. [Re: Moonshoe]
#19094671 - 11/06/13 10:07 AM (10 years, 3 months ago) |
|
|
Lovely post!
|
|