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bloodbrother778
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Y so serius?
#19153327 - 11/18/13 09:36 AM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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I think that life should be fun like Charlie Chaplin once said “What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.” in other words we are here because we want to be here, even if we do not remember it
So why do we tend to take things so seriously? I'm no exception - even with "spirituality" or whatever you want to call it, I've been like "oh this is important, I have to be serious", and then I forget to lighten up and have fun, which is really what I feel life should be like.
I don't mean that we should delude ourselves and party every day to escape from life when things are shitty, but that we should take everything lightly even when things are shitty - it is not that big a deal after all.
So why do you guys think we tend to take everything so seriously? Why do we forget to lighten up? And what can we do to stop this tendency
Is anyone here brave enough to go out and randomly start dancing in the middle of a crowded street? When you're having fun... who cares what the miserable ppl think....
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eve69
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I live in New Orleans. We emphatically do break out and start dancing in the middle of the street here.
so there :P
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Icelander
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In my day I danced everywhere and was first on the floor. I still dance around the house often and embarrass or entertain my friends
So I agree with much of what you said. Except this. we are here because we want to be here, even if we do not remember it Cause that's most likely a bunch of nonsense on your part.
-------------------- "Don't believe everything you think". -Anom. " All that lives was born to die"-Anom. With much wisdom comes much sorrow, The more knowledge, the more grief. Ecclesiastes circa 350 BC
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bloodbrother778
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eve69 said: I live in New Orleans. We emphatically do break out and start dancing in the middle of the street here.
so there :P
good for you 
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Icelander said: In my day I danced everywhere and was first on the floor. I still dance around the house often and embarrass or entertain my friends
So I agree with much of what you said. Except this. we are here because we want to be here, even if we do not remember it Cause that's most likely a bunch of nonsense on your part.
So what you're saying is you don't know XD Why would you do something that you do not truly want to do? But I appreciate you keeping me honest
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Because we have forgotten who we really are? I have noticed that I am more serious when I keep an idea of myself around me. With this idea come needs and fears. I sometimes enjoy dancing by myself at home though, very good anxiety and stress relief along with writing thoughts up and keeping a diary, haven't written in my diary for a while now.
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eve69
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Actually I am going to tell a sort of personal story. I think it's really relevant to the Shroomery.
When I was young I learned about death watching my dad die on Easter sunday. I was the last person with him as my sister ran for help. I saw the light leave his eyes. Then he - was not.
I was eight.
I was raised in a household of older girls. I felt alienated. I wasn't raised by adults. I raised myself. My mom went to work. I did much of the cooking from yes age 8 onwards. I was a good cook. I even made things like souffles. (My dad had been a chef).
I became a punk rocker and hung out with the first wave of Hollywood punks at Oki Dogs and was really into drugs (which I couldn't afford). Tripping on acid at first was so huge and beautiful. All these cool looking punks, and people lighting fires in the drainage under the sidewalks.
On one such trip (I was thirteen)..... to be continued
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bloodbrother778 said: I think that life should be fun like Charlie Chaplin once said “What do you want meaning for? Life is desire, not meaning.” in other words we are here because we want to be here, even if we do not remember it
So why do we tend to take things so seriously? I'm no exception - even with "spirituality" or whatever you want to call it, I've been like "oh this is important, I have to be serious", and then I forget to lighten up and have fun, which is really what I feel life should be like.
I don't mean that we should delude ourselves and party every day to escape from life when things are shitty, but that we should take everything lightly even when things are shitty - it is not that big a deal after all.
Right. Your mother and father getting murdered in front of your eyes ain't that big a deal--shit happens, right? I imagine you would chuckle if your significant other got tortured and raped to death, because in the grand scheme of things it's all a big joke, no?
I agree we shouldn't take some things quite so seriously, but treating ALL of life as one big joke leaves you as compassionless and as unempathetic as the Joker.
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bloodbrother778
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Re: Y so serius? [Re: deCypher]
#19160211 - 11/19/13 03:30 PM (10 years, 2 months ago) |
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that's an extreme case...
sure some things in life, like the loss of a loved one, are painful and perhaps should be painful, but many things we tend to over-exaggerate and make them look worse than they really are
I know for myself that I've spent a long time worrying over things that in the end turned out to not be that important to me. So I would say that the majority of our suffering is exactly of this nature - imaginary, and the way to combat that is to know what is really important to you and not worry about the things that aren't - even when something doesn't turn out like you hoped. This is what I mean by lighten up. I never said treat life as a joke.
high five on the joker reference though
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