Philosophy of Life

phreakygoat

phreakygoat

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hm, you made me think that as concsious beings we are forced, in the form of perception, into a natural paradigm or 'belief'. Perception is innately rife with delusion as per its nature... i really would hate to live in a world that I alone shaped, that reminds me of Coraline (trippy ass movie, see it just for the graphics)

and our minds will never shape the external world directly as we cannot grasp the multitude of things happening around us at all times. the subatomic and astronomic forces at work surrounding us are far outside anything our pitiful brains could percieve. (just like our eyes can't pick up on infrared or radio waves, only the very scarce visible spectrums of light.)
 
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TheBlazehero

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@DJBoxhouse: I feel like I have a good grasp of what you're saying, however I disagree about purpose and especially that of our human species. Our sun will eventually burn up and die or explode. Life on Earth will not be possible. IF humans are still around by then (highly unlikely)we will need to find another habitable planet on a distant solar system. This same reasoning can be applied to any threat of humanity (war, giant asteroids, a second ice age, disease, etc.) Therefore, we do have a singular human purpose (whether or not it is recognizable), which is to find a place hospitable when it is time to leave Earth. In fact, this view lines up with the progress we have made as far as rockets, computers, food science, etc. It would appear we are heading in the right direction and there may be snags along the way. Hopefully, we have many thousands of years to achieve this purpose.

Also, as Ray Bradbury explains in The Martian Chronicles, "Life was its own purpose."
 
DJBoxhouse

DJBoxhouse

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TheBlazehero said:
@DJBoxhouse: I feel like I have a good grasp of what you're saying, however I disagree about purpose and especially that of our human species. Our sun will eventually burn up and die or explode. Life on Earth will not be possible. IF humans are still around by then (highly unlikely)we will need to find another habitable planet on a distant solar system. This same reasoning can be applied to any threat of humanity (war, giant asteroids, a second ice age, disease, etc.) Therefore, we do have a singular human purpose (whether or not it is recognizable), which is to find a place hospitable when it is time to leave Earth. In fact, this view lines up with the progress we have made as far as rockets, computers, food science, etc. It would appear we are heading in the right direction and there may be snags along the way. Hopefully, we have many thousands of years to achieve this purpose.

Also, as Ray Bradbury explains in The Martian Chronicles, "Life was its own purpose."
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Our purpose; Survival? Or is that our inherent ability to do so through instinct. As a species of course, no importance or anything in particular. Surely I wouldn't want anything casting a light of importance on us over anything else.

And yes, I called you Surely.

To Woodstock: The apparent randomness in the lives of nihilists is merely but an illusion too! It all has direction, it is merely circumstance driven. The only difference I've truly found is that those who do not understand purpose tend to follow the same road. It's like going through the darkness with somewhere to go in mind, You don't want to trip so you watch right in front of your feet, for fear of tripping or falling over, you don't like taking chances, and the guy in front of you seems like he knows what hes doing. Ergo you follow the leader. Those who understand? the only difference is they're given a flashlight for they're journey, and in that tend to go wherever direction they desire as they point this flashlight in any direction desired. Because they can see, with the guidance and understanding of 'purpose' they realize they're on an endless field of possibilities.
 
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TheBlazehero

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DJBoxhouse said:
Our purpose; Survival? Or is that our inherent ability to do so through instinct. As a species of course, no importance or anything in particular. Surely I wouldn't want anything casting a light of importance on us over anything else.

And yes, I called you Surely.

When survival is communicable and conscious does it reach beyond instinct alone? Importance is subjective anyway. I'm just happy I've got O2 to breathe and no dinosaurs to run from. Everything else is gravy.
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Woodstock.Hippie

Woodstock.Hippie

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That sure is a phreakygoat!
"Perception is innately rife with delusion" only if perception does not equal delusion.
I believe perception=delusion
I believe in inclusion.
 
rep 219z

rep 219z

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This is a good thread but such a broad topic to cover in general. You guys have some unique perspectives though, I wish there were more people that thought outside of the box instead of following their pre-determined lives. If you follow a certain religion then there really is no other perceptions or philosophies on life- just a straight line. Time to wake up, people!
 
DJBoxhouse

DJBoxhouse

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I explained something to a friend on RIU recently that I feel applies,

Philosophy to me isn't learning the best way of thought or life. Each and all philosophies are right and wrong in their own ways, or rather help break down impediments towards our mental/emotional/intellectual clarity. I find philosophy engaging, and discussions with really well spoken and thought out people to be similar to chess. Be it informative, intellectual stimulation or simple good fun.

The first half more than not, but I believe the point is had. It's not to teach you a specific close minded practice in life, it's, while keeping an open mind, taring down the walls blocking your vision from clarity.
 
Woodstock.Hippie

Woodstock.Hippie

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DJBoxhouse - I agree! Playing chess with logic and belief and science is such fun!

I believe a day is coming when we will have more time for debate.

If you're interested in having my apparent disjointed statements make more sense, one possible way is to have someone you know who does not get high (but instead totes a tarot deck or a bible or perhaps even a real ex-hippie if you're lucky enough to know one) to take a look at my blog.

It makes much more sense when you talk about it with a friend.

Especially The End.

I love about forums the ability to pick out any of many bonfires to hang with for a while.
A little like Woodstock that way.

Sometimes there is a structure that is not visible because of all the damned trees!

Or smoke.
 
phreakygoat

phreakygoat

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dude, i love it! rep, dj, and hippie, you all made very good points! i'd respond to it all, but i am baked as fuck on my recently cropped trainwreck!
sidenote, woodstock_hippie i'm wondering if you saw Taking Woodstock, that recent movie about it. I loved it, made me so jealous too.
 
rep 219z

rep 219z

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DJBoxhouse said:
I explained something to a friend on RIU recently that I feel applies,

Philosophy to me isn't learning the best way of thought or life. Each and all philosophies are right and wrong in their own ways, or rather help break down impediments towards our mental/emotional/intellectual clarity. I find philosophy engaging, and discussions with really well spoken and thought out people to be similar to chess. Be it informative, intellectual stimulation or simple good fun.

The first half more than not, but I believe the point is had. It's not to teach you a specific close minded practice in life, it's, while keeping an open mind, taring down the walls blocking your vision from clarity.
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Yeah, exactly. Coneversating with others on philosophy is really interesting. I've tried talking to people with "religions" that they follow and they never give me any insight or ideas on life. It's always "this is what jesus wants you to do", or this is what you SHOULD do.

bullshit.

let's take a real perspective and talk about things that exist, and things that we feel. not some wacky nonsense that's there for a backup for people to feel good about.
 
rep 219z

rep 219z

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phreakygoat said:
dude, i love it! rep, dj, and hippie, you all made very good points! i'd respond to it all, but i am baked as fuck on my recently cropped trainwreck!
sidenote, woodstock_hippie i'm wondering if you saw Taking Woodstock, that recent movie about it. I loved it, made me so jealous too.
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goat what trainwreck cutting do you have?
 
madcatter

madcatter

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:sleep:Let it be....

Live & Let live....

The goal of life is not to arrive at the grave with a perfectly preserved corpse having experienced little of the great freedoms of life, but more over to arrive with a hell of a speedslide , exclaiming " Damn what a ride";-)
 
phreakygoat

phreakygoat

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rep 219z said:
goat what trainwreck cutting do you have?
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I took some cuttings from a friend's trainwreck. it was from a feminized seed from Green House Seeds, they supposedly backcrossed/feminized it from the original Arcata cut. its a supremely fun strain to observe, grows crazy fast. stop by my journal and check it out.:leaf:
 
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