heyheysg said:
Case in point: Dogs/Children and their instinctive 'joy'
Longer Case:
Existentialism - Thinking why am I here, why am I doing this, so what if I get a big house, a lot of money and several lovers in my mansion?
Self Actualisation - You have a good job, family and everything is rosy in Average Citizen Life. But you want to do something great, write the great next novel and frustrate yourself again.
Political freedom - You're just an average person living a normal life, not really caring about politics, then you read about what your government is doing and it doesn't really agree with your worldview, you feel angry and helpless
Science Fun Fact: People who are able to accurately describe reality are more prone to clinical depression.
When you think about life, the world, the human condition people will generally come to two different conclusions, A
Hopeless world view or a
Revered one. Do yourself a favor and fall into the latter category.
People with a Hopeless world view often see the world and themselves as unimportant. They understand that nothing they do in their life will have an impact upon the grand schemes of the universe. You're born, you die, you end up as fertilizer and everyone forgets you unless you're famous. Hence the need for acknowledgment among so many people and the desperation of achieving their fifteen minutes of fame. Depressing isn't it?
The second view, which I personally hold is the Revered world view. This is not to be mistaken with a view where you are in awe of the universe. That just implies you're dumbstruck. No a revered world view is a feeling of sublime, that yes the universe if infinitely larger than you and anything you can possibly comprehend. But you consider yourself lucky to be a part of it. You revere life, the awesomeness of it. You existence is a miracle and life itself is trillions of repeated phenomena against all astronomical odds. Of all the hundred of thousand of sperm, YOU came out. If the sperm in the egg split and you had a twin, which twin would be you? You grandparents had to have met under a certain circumstance, your great grandparents etc. if even a fraction of history had been different you may never have existed. Human coupling is unbelievably impossible, the chances of two people coming together whether in matrimony, a drunk night in a bar, a loveless marriage or even dare I say non-consensual sex, YOU were born from it, and you alone were the result of that union.
Existence is a miracle, and don't for even a second ever get use to that fact.
