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MagsJ wrote:The problem of existence is that we simply exist.
Meno_ wrote:What it means to exist?
To me, it means to overcome obstacles from finding out what it means.
Once found the meaning, Your other question may reveal themselves.
If not, then slowly, will eliminate the need to find out.
Meno_ wrote:In practical terms ? Too numerous to list.
But family first, to take their problems head on first and then expanding outward toward wider circles of relevancy. I could enumerate , but more than likely it would bore you, since you most probably are acquainted with them as well. Give me the heads up and we can start
Meno_ wrote:But is overcoming your self really a practical thing? If it was so practical, how come Napoleon Bonaparte himself said that conquering one's self is much more difficult then conquest on the battlefield?
If Your family is all against you, does the solition to overcome Your troubles consist in overcoming their attitudes about you, or conquering yours?
What of, they may be right? And leaving them is not am option?
In not saying they may be right, or wrong for that matter, in just searching for a way out of a supposed hole, where only a practical way out is possible.
So if there is no practical way out, sartre says there is no exit, then should you give up? Or may there be a non practical way out? That's all I intended to say.
MagsJ wrote:The problem of existence is that we simply exist.
what is needed is a religion that answers all the questions of existence,
Dan~ wrote:what is needed is a religion that answers all the questions of existence,
My answer to this problem is that although all knowledge is good,
some types of knowledge are far more useful than others.
This giant chain-reaction is life.
We have limited time so we can't piss away our mind on things like movies and politics.
Happiness comes from within,
but truth comes from the outside world.
Wisdom however comes from within and the outside both, when they are combined.
Peter Kropotkin wrote:Dan~ wrote:what is needed is a religion that answers all the questions of existence,
My answer to this problem is that although all knowledge is good,
some types of knowledge are far more useful than others.
This giant chain-reaction is life.
We have limited time so we can't piss away our mind on things like movies and politics.
Happiness comes from within,
but truth comes from the outside world.
Wisdom however comes from within and the outside both, when they are combined.
K: ummmmm, if happiness comes from within, then why do people spend so much
time trying to find happiness in outside stuff like material goods, in a new job or
a job title, in seeking out wealth, or in trying to earn fame or glory or happiness in
having a TV show? why do we try to seek happiness outside of us, instead of inside of
us......
and why do we try to seek happiness instead of something else? is happiness
really the goal we should be trying for?
Kropotkin
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