I get this mindset quite often, especially whilst smoking cannabis(that probably affects the frequency). I feel extremely enlightened and aware. Stress becomes nearly non-existent.
It's amazing to realize it all, the scale of our existence compared to other things. But don't let the idea of it overwhelm you. It'll make you want to just give up once you realize how worthless and insignificant everything we do truly is.
Overall, It's really just facing reality. Coming to senses with your own metaphysical being. The things we do in life are only made to seem important by people who 'set the standards' and make things in life pretentious.
‎"A person is not a thing. A human being is an opening, a clearing in which being can reveal itself." - Paul Masvidal
Damnit we need a philosophy sub-forum.
I agree with everything you said, except the video game part.
Many people here including myself, use video games as a distraction, sure, but we use it in moderation, not letting ourselves get dragged into the hyper stylized worlds of games, every time I finish a particularly engrossing game (eg. kotor), I go look at my backyard outside and realize that not video game could ever be better than real life.
Long read, but very well thought out and significant. You have some very good thoughts, op.
That was very nice to read, OP. I saved it on my computer if this thread ever goes anywhere.
What someone around you smoking pot?
If you have zero spiritual beliefs as you claim, why do you care so much for the "value" of a life? What is it past a vast amount of subatomic particles in a particular arrangement? You say you were looking at the "big" picture, but really you were still looking at a tiny picture.
exact same feeling i got a while back while listening to dark side of the moon high, the next morning I started thinking about it with a clearer mind, it makes me just want to travel the world and live a damn good life
This is what I usually think about when I'm baked.
i'm baked right now and this is tripping me out
I also think about brains alot. I mean, we're just brains man. Our meaty exterior is just a vessel.
Why is it that this guy came out with the most intelligent thing I've read on this forum and you guys are joking that he's high?
[QUOTE=HyyperVyyper;31004227]Why is it that this guy came out with the most intelligent thing I've read on this forum and you guys are joking that he's high?[/QUOTE]
If I managed that sober I'd love to know what being high is like.
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Also I love each and every one of you.
[QUOTE=archangel125;31004382]If I managed that sober I'd love to know what being high is like.[/QUOTE]
most of the time you just ramble on about the wonders of bubblegum
[QUOTE=HyyperVyyper;31004227]Why is it that this guy came out with the most intelligent thing I've read on this forum and you guys are joking that he's high?[/QUOTE]
The internet, and especially a forum like this, has unfortunately jaded many peoples' emotions. Perhaps it's the "mode" someone engages in when they log online to just be a big jerk and not take anything serious. It's all of the trolling and misplaced aggression that turns everything sour.
This thread is an expression in a forum full of memefaces.
I've had this sort of realization happen before. Quite a few times actually. Usually I'll remember the phrase "ovarian lottery". I've had it so good and I'm living a life where I have the opportunity to escape all based on where I was born, yet others are living through hell each and every day. Each and every time, I convince myself I'll do something with my life - that I'll make my own abilities flourish and help my fellow man, yet each time I'll feel that motivation start to wear thin. I'll start to yearn for the escapes again; to lose myself in music, in social outings, in games or in the internet, and I'll settle for making others happy. The intense feelings are lost, only to be remembered in passing and never given much thought.
It's pathetic, really, but what can I actually do? I can donate more to reputable groups, but that makes living with the comforts I'm used to difficult. I can try to get into politics to at least start some form of change for the better, but the system is so slimy that it's hard to gain traction with any ideas. I could try to develop vaccines but I doubt I have the prowess or patience for it. Even if I were to start any of these things, who's to say that they will actually change anything in the long term? Money is spent, governments aren't static, and viruses are always adapting. It comes down to a decision. Do I want to continually try to make change for the better, knowing full well that ultimately (universally that is) it won't make a difference, but I have the potential to help hundreds or thousands of people live their lives; or, do I continue as I am, attempting to make others and myself happy, but not changing a damn thing? The latter is significantly easier, but the former certainly sounds more fulfilling, and it almost feels like a duty knowing how well I did in the great ovarian lottery.
Rather inspirational, OP.
But can any of us live up to the fate you're proposing? I see things like this all the time, but it always ends the same, for both myself and others. [B]It doesn't work.[/B] Sure, these may seem to be noble ideals at the moment, but eventually, the society of today will remind you of your own vices, your greed, your lust, and anything and everything that stops you from functioning for the greater good. Now, I'm no religious man myself, but more of an agnostic. Maybe there's something out there, and whatever it is, for better or for worse, it's not forcing you to live your life as that of a hero. So push yourself, struggle to be right, but realize you're no Superman. Every day you look in the mirror at yourself, you'll see the same old man. But how you see that old man depends on your actions towards yourself before it does others. You can't hate yourself or be depressed and expect to fix that by fixing others, it's an unfortunate reality. So live life to have fun, not let others use you.
Perhaps I could use some fresh air myself.
ArchAngel, man you're right on the money there.
My life is similar like yours so you aren't alone. Depression killing me physically and psychologically. Parents are clueless about life too. There was a point where my mom asked me this exact phrase: "Son, do you know of any places where your dad can get hired at?" as if I knew the solution to our financial crisis.
You aren't alone in the fact that I see a bigger picture. We aren't poor people supposed to act like slaves and just work ourselves to death. I feel a much larger presence in which I cannot comprehend or even begin to describe or understand. I can say that life is like a giant masterpiece, all with its special tiny details that we cannot even fully fathom. I may look like a deadbeat and most certainly feel like one, but it seems to me as temporary. I cannot lose hope as it is existing every day I wake up in the morning and breathe my first dash of life air.
Surely mostly everyone here has experienced that feeling. When you sit down at a table during a breezy afternoon with a nice cup of coffee. There are those moments of silence and peace that I will not trade for anything. Do not even try to deny it; you know for a fact that there are those times that you feel that there is more to life. Don't tell me you can't take a walk alone and say that you can't feel something more from your horrid surroundings. Even when we play our videogames and go on the internet do we feel like that this is not what there is all to life. But the fact that we can even experience our own little box of silence and peace do we comprehend that life is special it its own way.
Could someone put this in the highlights please?
Yeah there's the dilemma OP.
Even though internet is supposed to connect people, the more time one spends online the more isolated he gets.
But I see you came to a greater realization, about life and about people. A wise man understands in his wisdom that he is insignificant.
most beautiful banme i've ever read
that's what this is, right?
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I'm going out for a walk.[/QUOTE]
I don't know why this seemed like the most amazing way to close the story.
We are driven by the same thing, Archangel.
Though I would contest this point :
[quote]Some would be people more intelligent than I - More would have less active minds.[/quote]
Who's to say that?
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Also I dunno but I'm fairly sure you can't see the curvature of the earth from ground level
Oh word:
Damn.
I've always thought like this, but I thought I was the only one. I think it's something in the air in Canada.
I like to watch people sometimes and think that each one of them has their own story, and has a life of their own, much like mine. It's weird, actually.
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I mean for me each one of you is just a bunch of written pixels, while I'm the protagonist. For another person I'm the lifeless pixels.
Since I have no intention of dying this entire philosophy is quite void to me.
[QUOTE=carcarcargo;31017606]Since I have no intention of dying this entire philosophy is quite void to me.[/QUOTE]
Hahaha, NO!
what an epiphany dude
but seriously this was a good read, echoes a lot of similar thoughts i've had while having a pretty out of it moment
I "see the big picture" just about every day. I commonly think of everything out there. So much I want to do, but can never force myself to do it. Maybe I was given to much of an easy-ride as a child, but I can never force myself to try. And the sad part is, we all can to just about anything physically possible if we want, but many just can't muster the strength, time, or mindset.
I tell you what, I'm done fucking around with my mundane, useless life. I'm going to wake up tomorrow and just go do what I want!
*Wakes up tomorrow*
You know what I want to do today? Go back to fucking sleep!
*Falls asleep*
mmmmmmmmmmm text
where are the pretty pictures?
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