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josobot · 11-20-2008, 07:53 PM

Family and friends displace loneliness, but it takes effort.

pai mei · 11-21-2008, 03:34 AM

The story of the Mexican fisherman:
The Tourist and the Mexican Fisherman

skizziks good for you to have enough money to live in a poor country. Think about the millions of people that have to work not because there is real need for their work, but because they need money. I have opened a thread about it at General Discussion

It's sad to see so many people around me saying "work ! work ! a , you are lazy, then go die !". they are so caught in this system. Problem is it cannot just be abandoned, we depend on it to survive.

Indeed nothing matters. Stop adding meaning, putting importance on things, worrying and so on. Exist, play be happy. But the Money Masters (Sith lords) have other plans for you. Under their rule we will work like slaves to turn this planet into garbage.

Money As Debt

boink · 11-30-2008, 12:36 AM

best time I ever had was 8 months on unemployment. I had a reserve of cash (small) to help with finances during the time and I spent most of my time learning photo shop and...stuff. just reading and learning stuff. I rode the bus and had a short walk to the grocery store.
I was more than happy with life on the cheap. freedom from work was the best thing ever !

YamiYasha · 12-04-2008, 03:04 PM

the American way/consumerism: 30 Tips to Help You Get Your Swagger Back : ploomy - what men need to know

alternative method: religion. personally, I respect Zen Buddhism* (more a philosophy IMO). It encourages searching for internal answers rather than external. But maybe that's beccause i'm an introvert.
Have you ever tried to work out? Life can be comparable to working out. When I started to work out, I was just doing to the motions to get muscle. But that's not the point. Don't think of life as a means to an end. You have to live for yourself.

*note, I am not affiliated with this religion in any way. Please forgive me if I get anything wrong. This is purely my opinion of it.

FelixP · 12-09-2008, 10:30 PM

I agree. Unfortunately, I'm too neurotic too just sit around and 'be' unless I'm on something, and that's not really an option because I plan on enlisting in the USMC as soon as I get my run times down. I'm somewhat of a believer in compatabilist determinism. I believe that while we can do what we want, and therefore shape our own existence to a degree, the outcome-our fate if you will-is the same regardless. It's like in the Iliad when Diomedes (my own personal hero) says to Agamemnon (speaking of Achilles): "Let him go or let him stay-the gods will make sure that he will fight." As for legacy, you will be dead, so what's the point? I guess if you believe in an afterlife, perhaps you will be able to bear witness to your legacy from beyond the grave, but not necessarily. And even then, what could you possibly gain from it? Pride? Happiness? Emotions are temporary, and even the permanent ones are mere dellusions of our creation. I often times have relatives tell me their worried about me getting killed in action, but I believe that if I die in some faraway land, then that's the fate that's been handed to me. I do believe in the omniscience of God. As such, if God knows everything, then he know what's going to happen in the future. If he knows what's going to happen in the future, then it must have been predetermined. I know I've been rambling, and I apologize for doing so, so I'll leave it at that.

ring · 12-10-2008, 09:01 AM

We all make ripples.
Our actions, or what we perceive to be inactions..are all action.

My houseplants breathe in my carbon dioxide if I am awake,
or if I'm sleeping.
The mites that live at the base of our eyelashes are always feeding.

I forget who said something on the order of,
"Situations are not meaningful in themselves,
we are the ones that give meaning to situations."

Years ago, (and still sometimes occasionally)
I would wake up in the middle of the night, all sweaty and scared,
with the thought, "damn, I really am going to die some day...fuck."

The thought of losing my precious self, my Ego, was a maddening,
scary, realization.

None of us are alone with this.
We are all in the same soup, of this angsty stuff.

11-30-2008, 12:36 AM	#43 (permalink)
boink Addict Location: Seattle	best time I ever had was 8 months on unemployment. I had a reserve of cash (small) to help with finances during the time and I spent most of my time learning photo shop and...stuff. just reading and learning stuff. I rode the bus and had a short walk to the grocery store. I was more than happy with life on the cheap. freedom from work was the best thing ever ! __________________ when you believe in things that you don't understand, then you suffer. Superstition ain't the way.

11-20-2008, 07:53 PM	#41 (permalink)
josobot Insane	Family and friends displace loneliness, but it takes effort.

12-04-2008, 03:04 PM	#44 (permalink)
YamiYasha Upright Location: New England	the American way/consumerism: 30 Tips to Help You Get Your Swagger Back : ploomy - what men need to know alternative method: religion. personally, I respect Zen Buddhism* (more a philosophy IMO). It encourages searching for internal answers rather than external. But maybe that's beccause i'm an introvert. Have you ever tried to work out? Life can be comparable to working out. When I started to work out, I was just doing to the motions to get muscle. But that's not the point. Don't think of life as a means to an end. You have to live for yourself. *note, I am not affiliated with this religion in any way. Please forgive me if I get anything wrong. This is purely my opinion of it.

12-09-2008, 10:30 PM	#45 (permalink)
FelixP Insane Location: I'm up they see me I'm down.	I agree. Unfortunately, I'm too neurotic too just sit around and 'be' unless I'm on something, and that's not really an option because I plan on enlisting in the USMC as soon as I get my run times down. I'm somewhat of a believer in compatabilist determinism. I believe that while we can do what we want, and therefore shape our own existence to a degree, the outcome-our fate if you will-is the same regardless. It's like in the Iliad when Diomedes (my own personal hero) says to Agamemnon (speaking of Achilles): "Let him go or let him stay-the gods will make sure that he will fight." As for legacy, you will be dead, so what's the point? I guess if you believe in an afterlife, perhaps you will be able to bear witness to your legacy from beyond the grave, but not necessarily. And even then, what could you possibly gain from it? Pride? Happiness? Emotions are temporary, and even the permanent ones are mere dellusions of our creation. I often times have relatives tell me their worried about me getting killed in action, but I believe that if I die in some faraway land, then that's the fate that's been handed to me. I do believe in the omniscience of God. As such, if God knows everything, then he know what's going to happen in the future. If he knows what's going to happen in the future, then it must have been predetermined. I know I've been rambling, and I apologize for doing so, so I'll leave it at that.

12-10-2008, 09:01 AM	#46 (permalink)
ring ░ Location: ❤	We all make ripples. Our actions, or what we perceive to be inactions..are all action. My houseplants breathe in my carbon dioxide if I am awake, or if I'm sleeping. The mites that live at the base of our eyelashes are always feeding. I forget who said something on the order of, "Situations are not meaningful in themselves, we are the ones that give meaning to situations." Years ago, (and still sometimes occasionally) I would wake up in the middle of the night, all sweaty and scared, with the thought, "damn, I really am going to die some day...fuck." The thought of losing my precious self, my Ego, was a maddening, scary, realization. None of us are alone with this. We are all in the same soup, of this angsty stuff.