Interesting exercise. |
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This is a very simple exercise I read about Here. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
Interesting exercise. |
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On ne voit bien qu'avec le cœur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux.
--Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The temptation to quit will be greatest just before you are about to succeed.
--Chinese Proverb
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Also, if you want to understand what electrons are made of, you just have to open word, type "what particles are electrons made of". Then, just type whatever comes in your head, until you find an answer that makes you cry. |
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“What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'” -Hume
If someone really has to spell out to you that your post does not apply to what Omnius was saying, which deals with (uh oh, big word here) psychology, then I am really disappointed. Yet amused. |
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Steve Pavlina does have quite a lot of very good content but I do think that for execises like these to work you actually have to have reached a certain level of psychological health and maturity. Certain requirements need to be met. For example, a high level of consciousness, a good connection to the unconscious and a very accepting attitude towards everything you discover about yourself. You can't just pull such things out of a hat. |
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Last edited by Serkat; 09-08-2007 at 10:37 PM.
People should stop linking to that Pavlina nonsense. |
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Ask yourself, "Why would I choose to be born?" and the answer is your purpose in life. |
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Super profundo on the early eve of your day
Hey... it worked for me. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
Neruo may be close-minded and annoying to more lateral thinkers, but he is certainly not a dumbass. |
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Are you sure? I think assuming that something is your purpose because writing it down made you cry is kind of dangerous. Let's say you just got dumped by a girl you really cared about, and are sensitive about it. When you write down her name, you might cry. Do you mean to say that that's your purpose in life? |
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Yeah I am sure that it couldn't have been anything that came from my mind or my mental associations. |
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Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
The purpose of life is to discover the purpose of life. You may now die. |
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Errreee, thanks! : ) |
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Last edited by Neruo; 09-12-2007 at 05:21 PM.
“What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'” -Hume
The reason I called you close-minded towards lateral thinking (quite a stupid over-generalization I admit) was because this thread is entirely subjective; focusing really on finding what makes one "happy" in my best guess, though I did not click the link or care to try this. You made it entirely literal and used an example that doesn't really apply IMO. |
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Last edited by Never; 09-12-2007 at 07:29 PM.
I was actually just making a joke by ridiculing as -in my opinion- extremely silly way to, purely emotional, find "the meaning of (your) life". Especially since the ancient question "the meaning of life" doesn't apply to subjective emotions, but seeks some Higher goal. Thus, pretty confusing. |
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“What a peculiar privilege has this little agitation of the brain which we call 'thought'” -Hume
Not meaning of life. Purpose of life. |
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The purpose of this exercise is to strip away the emotional baggage that would subjectify what we know is objectrive to ourselves personally. That is, I know anyone could deny my purpose, quite easily. However, after a good 3 hours of wanting to give up but continually typing away, I found my brain had run out of emotion. I was drained, both intellectually and emotionally, focused on some stupid exercise that had lost all meaning. I had taken like 20 breaks trying to refocus on the meaning of the question but it was all in futility, I felt like I was involved in some retarded exercise that served no higher purpose at all by that time, but I kept going, and it was not long after I hit that conclusion that I just typed it out like it was the most obvious thing in the world. |
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Last edited by Omnis Dei; 09-16-2007 at 03:56 AM.
Everything works out in the end, sometimes even badly.
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