We’re all involuntarily born to this place. For thousands of years much of life was a mystery. The actual mechanisms of sustaining life were not all that different, but what occurred in the abstract of the mind was very different.
As the most intelligent animal we have kind of found a corner and stumped ourselves. Intellectual vivisection of the concept of life has lead us to questions that don’t have answers.
I’m sort of jealous of the animals, they don’t ask these questions, they simply are.
What is the purpose of life? This is the largest question, and the most difficult to answer. There is no right answer, but how a person answers it, if they l even choose to, can say a lot about that person.
Thinking of the ancient humans, in their pseudo animal state, can be enlightening. After all we are genetically similar, they just lived in a world without mathematics, science, machines, and a long list of other things we take for granted in the modern world. It was that world we became genetically tailored to. What did they think about? How did they see the world? Perhaps our brains are wired to live in mystery. This is counter intuitive to the modern mindset that states we crave to know.
I get this feeling every few nights or so, a sense of unknowing and not trusting the reality I have established for myself. Is there more to the universe then can be seen. Are we just minor players in a heirarchy of life forms that live in this dimension or even above it?
These things seem inherently unprovable. Perhaps the universe finds it better for us not to know. Or perhaps they simply don’t exist and were a lot closer to cracking all of the mysteries of the universe than most believe.
I guess my point here is to establish that we should learn to become content with the things we don’t know. It is the nature of the human experience to have elements of the unknown.
Schizophrenics think too much on average. That is a no brainer!
Philosophy is a curious concern and if your interested try doing a university course or do some reading. Nietzche is always interesting. There’s a whole history of western and eastern thought that is worth investigating.
At the moment I’d say were 90% genetic…the real thinkers probably say we are even more of that by a long shot! In the future you may find that eventually the human race will become say 30% environmental. ie that environmental upbringing and teaching will replace genetic. That will be interesting.
Genetically if you got a caveman from 100 000 years ago and put them into society as it stands now they’d be genetically the same as us…so they’d be stock brokers or welders or whatever we are…besides certain genetic flaws.
Your expounding about some pretty heavy stuff. These days I prefer more primal concerns. Am I happy. Are my medications working! I feel a bit flat and stupid but that isn’t a bad thing!
I’ve thought an awefull. lot about things and I’m more Eastern these days in my approach!
Existence is good enough. Descartes was right that I think therefore I am but the tradition of the Tao says that what I experience has been experienced by others. It’s not such a bad thing being a third hand disciple of the way!
Yeah I don’t know about the telepathy. I think I’m stuck believing in it. I know it’s totally not possible, but it doesn’t change the experience.
Jealous your so smart man, I used to feel smart, but I feel dumber every day. Can’t stop the voices, can’t stop the telepathic messages. Can’t picture what the experience would be like without it. I lost, I can only try and appear same on the surface.
But some good things are happening, I’m to tired to really give a ■■■■ about what I’m thinking or how I feel or what I hear.
My iq was measured at 135. Dude 160 is way high.
But from what I understand there is a point when you realize how dumb we all are. You see past the human limits. Unless your good at math then the sky is the limit.
I feel ill equipped to tackle life with this ■■■■■■■ illness. Continuous disappointment. A brick wall. I ■■■■■■■ lost man. I already know how the rest of my life is going to be regardless how much I want it to change.
I just mean the sz man. I’m gonna hear this ■■■■, have these thoughts. It’s all boiled down to the same ■■■■. It was almost entertaining for a while. Now it’s infuriatingly dull. I don’t plan on moving, I can’t really work. I’ve landed, I’m retired. That’s it.
Anyways man, what’s your understanding of the voices? Mine are very persecutory. Showed up and started saying the same ■■■■ about two years ago. They used to play like they were my family members, now there are just two ■■■■■■■ voices that want me dead. They won’t ■■■■■■■ stop and they don’t give me a break.
If anything I’m just going to fall further into believing that there are thought broadcasters and the world at large wants to keep this a secret. People say ■■■■ that fits with the whole scenario, they actually say it. That’s what really keeps me believing. This ■■■■.
I am sorry to say I was unable to read your text carefully but I will get to it tomorrow. That said I did read part and I wanted to say that you don’t know whether animals have complex thought. you’re making assumptions. They make decisions every day on whether their life is saved or not, so they obviously have motivation to think. They’re not empty vessels.