What are you supposed to do in life?

MOUN

You hate it with a big smile. Perhaps that is the secret ... Laughing

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val - what can I do? It's either smiling or crying Wink

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shepaints has misunderstood me. I am asking a general philosophical question, not asking for personal advice. If I come accross a good answer to my general philosophical question I may then apply that answer to my personal life, but that's nothing to do with you lot. Just answer the question in a general philosophical way.

What, if anything, matters?

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don't live life, let it live you.

By that I mean that you'd probably be better off not trying to control everything. How much goes unnoticed because you had an idea of what you were looking for?

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So I should just sit back, relax, and see what happens? That's a decent enough answer. But If I do that I may never leave this chair.

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I thnk all there is to life is to live. Make a good goal in life, build friendly relationships with others and appreciate life for itself.

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Ray wrote:

I thnk all there is to life is to live. Make a good goal in life, build friendly relationships with others and appreciate life for itself.

That sounds nice.

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I believe that the point of life is to evolve from where and what you've started out with. Everyone has faults, foibles, weaknesses and such and life, for me, is the continuous challenge to overcome our weaknesses and little by little, become better people.

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eoe wrote:

I believe that the point of life is to evolve from where and what you've started out with. Everyone has faults, foibles, weaknesses and such and life, for me, is the continuous challenge to overcome our weaknesses and little by little, become better people.

How do you distinguish between weaknesses and strengths?

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Agrote, if you just sit in your chair and do nothing else you'll undoubtedly turn to slime. Philosophically speaking, I think that nothing matters ultimately or absolutely. At that level human goals, values, and actions have little meaning. No good reason not to turn to slime. But we live at a level RELATIVE to the drives defined by our physical, psychological and cultural meanings and conditions. Therefore, unless you are a totally realized yogi or a god, you simply have to find out what YOU want to be, do, experience and have. Nobody can help you with that (I'm glad you're not asking for that kind of help).

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I have been asking myself a similar question for a while, and don't have an answer. I am probably less qualified than any to give an answer

I totally agree with JLNobody.

I suspect life doesn't really have a purpose. Ask yourself what is important to you, and what would give you a sense of well being and purpose. Trying to get other people to do that for you is lazy and ultimately won't bring you any closer to the answers you seek Razz

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The answer that i am giving to myself is that what is important is to experience and learn from as much as i can and help other people. The details are still being finalised Smile

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My lil cousin says that our purpose on Earth is to make god laugh, and that seems better then a lot of the self-declared enlightened "spiritual leaders.

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JLNobody wrote:

Agrote, if you just sit in your chair and do nothing else you'll undoubtedly turn to slime. Philosophically speaking, I think that nothing matters ultimately or absolutely. At that level human goals, values, and actions have little meaning. No good reason not to turn to slime. But we live at a level RELATIVE to the drives defined by our physical, psychological and cultural meanings and conditions. Therefore, unless you are a totally realized yogi or a god, you simply have to find out what YOU want to be, do, experience and have. Nobody can help you with that (I'm glad you're not asking for that kind of help).

That's a very good way of putting it, thanks!

Sorry this isn't much of a debate, I just seem to be reading other peoples thoughts and going "hmm..."

Oh well. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

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Odd Socks, there's the saying, "If you want to make God laugh tell Him your plans." Is that what your cousin meant?

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NO, nothing that elaborate. It was just a joke. She meant that people are so self-important and do such ridiculous things that the only logical explanation for their existence is to provide comic relief for a higher being.

I think it's a good idea, except that it's disturbing to think that a higher being is a fan of American-style or slapstick comedy.

She was basically making fun of people who seek absolute answers to questions like "what's the meaning of life?" but i think her answer was a good mixture of teen angst and zen wisdom.

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Odd Socks, Smile

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Odd Socks

There is no meaning of life. It is your life.
Man, there are so many beautiful things in life!
Make vacations in Greece or Central America. Appreciate the heat, the blue sea, the white sands. Drink a whisky before a diner of fish in a good restaurant. Drink white wine.
At night listen to Beethoven 29th Sonata played by Emil Guilels. Reed "Macbeth" or "Antigona".
See that nice movie, "The 6th sense". Or "The night hunter" with Mitchum.
Invite a girl to dinner. Or if someome very dear to you died recently, think of her, remember the times you where together.

Your job doesn't matter. It is a way to make money in order to allow you to enjoy life.

Remember: you have no other life. No other chance. Enjoy this one.

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val wrote:

Odd Socks

There is no meaning of life. It is your life.
Man, there are so many beautiful things in life!
Make vacations in Greece or Central America. Appreciate the heat, the blue sea, the white sands. Drink a whisky before a diner of fish in a good restaurant. Drink white wine.
At night listen to Beethoven 29th Sonata played by Emil Guilels. Reed "Macbeth" or "Antigona".
See that nice movie, "The 6th sense". Or "The night hunter" with Mitchum.
Invite a girl to dinner. Or if someome very dear to you died recently, think of her, remember the times you where together.

Your job doesn't matter. It is a way to make money in order to allow you to enjoy life.

Remember: you have no other life. No other chance. Enjoy this one.

If I was God I'd be laughing so much right now.

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Val, and you deny being an existentialist. That was great existentialist advice, i.e., live the concrete reality, not the abstract fantasy.

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