Does it Really Matter?
I have nothing to say today and yet my mind is speaking to itself in volumes. There’s a line of frustration that is easy to step over and nearly impossible to step back upon. What the hell does that mean? It means that it seems as if the harder I try to make a go at making a success of this whole mess the harder it seems to achieve any greatness. This of course is probably as common an occurrence to me as it is the rest of the human population.
What I wonder, and what I nag at in my head the most is the eternal question: What is happiness? There only 2 distinct events that occur in my own life where I feel I can answer that very question. I’m not going to indulge into those 2 events because I’d like to keep them as pure as possible. And frankly does it really matter?
Does it really matter? Let’s get all Camus and try to put our fingers on that one. Does it really fucking matter? Yes, let’s throw the ‘F-word’ there to emphasize a point. The question itself says nothing and yet speaks in volumes to the masses. Honestly, I don’t think it does matter. It doesn’t. Not to me. I don’t have a God. I don’t believe in the Heaven thing. I don’t believe in Christ or Noah. So what’s the point? Does it really fucking matter? Honestly, can somebody please tell me that it matters and how or why it matters for you?
I’m eternally curious. Though I don’t believe in the eternity of mankind I am still eternally curious. Let me in to the mystic secret. Please, I gotta put my finger on something solid.
Get it. Got it. Out!
Latron,
Dee
What I wonder, and what I nag at in my head the most is the eternal question: What is happiness? There only 2 distinct events that occur in my own life where I feel I can answer that very question. I’m not going to indulge into those 2 events because I’d like to keep them as pure as possible. And frankly does it really matter?
Does it really matter? Let’s get all Camus and try to put our fingers on that one. Does it really fucking matter? Yes, let’s throw the ‘F-word’ there to emphasize a point. The question itself says nothing and yet speaks in volumes to the masses. Honestly, I don’t think it does matter. It doesn’t. Not to me. I don’t have a God. I don’t believe in the Heaven thing. I don’t believe in Christ or Noah. So what’s the point? Does it really fucking matter? Honestly, can somebody please tell me that it matters and how or why it matters for you?
I’m eternally curious. Though I don’t believe in the eternity of mankind I am still eternally curious. Let me in to the mystic secret. Please, I gotta put my finger on something solid.
Get it. Got it. Out!
Latron,
Dee
posted by DeesKnees at 1:33 PM
8 Comments:
You should look into ACT therapy (Acceptance and Commitment) therapy where their theory is "Happiness Isn't Normal." ACT teaches people to "just notice", accept, and embrace private events, especially previously unwanted ones. Even if you don't choose ACT, you sound like you need a little professional help before drugs and alcohol become your main coping mechanism. Trust me man, I've been there.
Hey Tony Robbins I appreciate all the kind words. And while some may have read my last statements as some what of a mental thing, I was not in fact going for that.
I was going for something a little deeper than the coping and putting blame upon substance abuse.
Cope is a word that was used when I was in middle school. Coping is what people do to settle their minds from the base and normal stresses of life.
I'm dealing with something great than something as simple as "cope". I'm literally looking for a meaning and a purpose. To try and make some kind of sense as to exactly this whole thing means. I've yet to find an answer.
That is what I seek.
Later,
Dee
Seriously you guys are just chicks pretending to be men right? This is too much. I have to show my friends this.
To the bickering crew,
Listen I wasn't really sure what I was seeking. But it had nothign to do with ACT or substance abuse. Religion yes, sure. Let's have the talk. I have no problem with that.
Brad, what I do have a problem with is your statements about freewill. You say that freewill is a gift. By saying that sentence alone you are defeating the ideal of Freewill. How is something that is inheriantly free given to us? Who is giving it?
Freewill exists the moment we are born. People either choice to live by it or function by the meandering mores and folkways of society.
Regardless. Happiness, I think is more of a state than an actual feeling. I think we can chose to he happy or to be pissed off. It takes a lot of self control. When I wrote the post I was obviously questioning these very things and not feeling very happy. I still don't have an answer. That's cool. I may never find it.
But I love being patronized. That's my favorite. Keep it up.
Latron,
Dee
Brad,
I have been very busy.
As for Patronizing, I was talking about Anonymous. He likes to tell me the way it is. And the way it's supposed to be.
I love that.
If you say that freewill is a gift and a privliege than you are more of a holy-roller than I thought. I'm sorry I just don't buy into it.
Read some Ayn Rand. Free your mind of these chains. Otherwise you'll start saying things like, "George Bush is a moral man".
Latro,
Dee
I think morality can be defined by karma.
This goes back to something I truly feel is the code of the world order: Do onto others as you have them do upon yourself.
Ayn Rand does not define morality. But she does speak of the implications of world held back by greed and an ideal of collective collabaration. If we chose to follow the greatness of others and hang on to their coat tails we only end up being moochers basking in the gloy of others.
Basically do you own thing. Be your own person. Use the Freewill that you were born with to make your own path.
Latronic,
Dee
Let's discuss it then. Tell me about it. You say that you consider yourself a Christian, right?
So do a lot of people. Some people consider themselves Jewish or Muslim. Shinto, Buddha.
What's right, what's wrong. If Brad grew up in India would you not be a Christian? Isn't your sect defined by your upbringing?
I mean if your parents didn't have you go to church as a child. Would you have a different view?
I know I have my views because I was not subjected to religion as a child. I had to seek it out on my own. I did that, and I found that it didn't make any sense for me.
I realize it makes sense for a lot of people. Great for them. They can pray for me. I get that a lot, by the way. People tell me that they will pray for me becuase I'm agnostic. Gee thanks. Great. You know what you can do with your prayers? Save them for somebody that believes there is a diety in the almighty sky that will answer them.
Tell me how it all makes sense to you?
I am curious. I am seriously curious.
Dee
Brad,
Good points are being brought up. Nobody knows the truth. It's nice to be a truth-seeker, but it does end up being quite laborious.
What can we do but sit and wonder. Ponder the meaning. I'm not judging anybody for their faiths. I just want to know how and why it works for them.
I'm yet to find a solid answer.
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