1/ "Thought is subversive and revolutionary, destructive and terrible, thought is merciless to privilege, established institutions, and comfortable habits; thought is anarchic and lawless, indifferent to authority, careless of the well-tried wisdom of the ages."
~Bertrand Russell
~Bertrand Russell
2/ Everyone who thinks must face the scary question of: Why?
Why are we here, there *must* be some grand scheme, some huge meaning to life.
So asked Buddha, Marcus Aurelius, Lao Tzu, Jesus Christ, William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, et al. "What is the grand purpose?"
Why are we here, there *must* be some grand scheme, some huge meaning to life.
So asked Buddha, Marcus Aurelius, Lao Tzu, Jesus Christ, William Shakespeare, Walt Whitman, et al. "What is the grand purpose?"
3/ There must be complex answers for this complex question!
Whole industries, academies, universities, philosophies, religions are there with the right answer, right?
Um, probably not.
Life and these institutions and philosophies have great, almost infinite pre-packaged
Whole industries, academies, universities, philosophies, religions are there with the right answer, right?
Um, probably not.
Life and these institutions and philosophies have great, almost infinite pre-packaged
4/ belief systems, but I think they are there primarily to help you *avoid* thought. To serve you up comforting balms and platitudes that are effectively "spiritual Ambien" to "help" you only to go back to sleep.
5/ The Matrix well and truly has you. We prefer the dream to being awake.
"what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause—there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life."
~William Shakespeare
"what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause—there's the respect
That makes calamity of so long life."
~William Shakespeare
6/ For the most common answer given by some of the greatest thinkers throughout history and now is: Nada, nothing, a null set.
What we do in life echoes in eternity? Not bloody likely.
We have as much substance as the stardust we're made of--this thought terrifies many,
What we do in life echoes in eternity? Not bloody likely.
We have as much substance as the stardust we're made of--this thought terrifies many,
7/ but if you can push past the nihilism that serves as an endpoint for many who think about this stuff, you realize something--if there is no grand scheme, no existential meaning to life, YOU and I get to 'create our own adventure" and decide what gives meaning to OUR lives!
8/ Just being here means we've won against the cosmic odds. Your life is your canvas, and you get to decide what to paint on it.
Make it a masterpiece.
Make it a masterpiece.
9/ Or don't. This is something that is entirely up to you, whatever you decide, we all end up in the same place.
10/ Why live life in black and white when you can live it in color?
Why not have some fun and leave it all out on the field?
Why not have some fun and leave it all out on the field?
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