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Do any of these things that we discuss in Extended Discussion matter? Do injustices matter? At the end of the day we are but a dot on the time line of the universe. There is no good, there is no bad, there is only survival right? So really the system that causes international poverty is not really a problem, because it is simply those at the top winning the game of survival, is it not? |
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"...You want to reclaim your mind and get it out of the hands of the cultural engineers who want to turn you into a half-baked moron consuming all this trash that's being manufactured out of the bones of a dying world..." - Terence McKenna
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Lol. I suppose at the moment, I left the thread a bit short, since it has no purpose, which I suppose is rather apt. But what I'm trying to get at is, how, knowing all of that, do we continue to get so incensed, so annoyed and so passionate about injustice? When as thinking, aware people we also understand that nothing matters? |
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"...You want to reclaim your mind and get it out of the hands of the cultural engineers who want to turn you into a half-baked moron consuming all this trash that's being manufactured out of the bones of a dying world..." - Terence McKenna
Previously known as imran_p
As I see it, realizing this is accompanied by a certain equanimity. |
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This is not to say I disagree with you, but its interesting to exercise the mind. |
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"...You want to reclaim your mind and get it out of the hands of the cultural engineers who want to turn you into a half-baked moron consuming all this trash that's being manufactured out of the bones of a dying world..." - Terence McKenna
Previously known as imran_p
I find it inherently obvious that treating others well is a good thing. |
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Of course it could be interpreted differently. Everything can. |
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Last edited by dajo; 03-05-2010 at 09:24 PM.
Yeah, it matters. |
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Originally Posted by OldSparta
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Naturally, they don't matter in bigger scale. The cosmos doesn't give a shit about what you are thinking. But it gives some meaning to your life and helps you stay interested in life, so I would like to think it is a good thing. |
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Jujutsu is the gentle art. It's the art where a small man is going to prove to you, no matter how strong you are, no matter how mad you get, that you're going to have to accept defeat. That's what jujutsu is.
Nothing matters? I mean, what are you waiting for? A reward at the end of life to give it meaning? Its like the argument that whiny emos make that unless their life is remembered there was no point in living. |
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Simply put : death. What you expected? O.o |
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Jujutsu is the gentle art. It's the art where a small man is going to prove to you, no matter how strong you are, no matter how mad you get, that you're going to have to accept defeat. That's what jujutsu is.
Nihilism, I like. |
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Can you see me now?
I am very fond of Camus, among with many other terrific writers. |
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Jujutsu is the gentle art. It's the art where a small man is going to prove to you, no matter how strong you are, no matter how mad you get, that you're going to have to accept defeat. That's what jujutsu is.
Well, I am in agreement with this. I used to be very idealistic in my notions, especially about justice and injustice, and the state of human suffering. In particular for example, I focused on European and Western Colonialism. During this time, I was very critical of the West and everything that it did. However, Upon a closer examination of world history I found that what I saw in the last 500 years of human history had been around since the dawn of man. |
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That does make sense somehow. That belief will force them do stuff that makes people acknowledge them and their deeds. And because people need to be acknowledged by other people to be happy, it will make them strive for happiness. In the end it will make them happier people. It's not just about "being remembered after death", I think. |
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It matters if you are interested in it. |
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naturals are what we call people who did all the right things accidentally
To give you a clishe: If it matters to you, it matters. |
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April Ryan is my friend,
Every sorrow she can mend.
When i visit her dark realm,
Does it simply overwhelm.
Yes it matters. |
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Saying quantum physics explains cognitive processes is just like saying geology explains jurisprudence.
Really it's subjective. It may mean the world to one person, and nothing to another. |
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'Live happily with the woman you love through all the meaningless days of life that God has given you under the sun.' 'When I surveyed all that my hands had done and what I had toiled to achieve, everything was meaningless...'~Solomon |
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