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Kentoro
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I have recently hit a place in my life where my curiosity has been refilled. I found these forums by looking for someone who might be able to tell me where similar philosophy to an idea of mine that is haunting me.
Look in the room around you right now. There are very few differences to rooms. In essence, there is you, maybe entertainment, and maybe some people to talk to. I have been to jail before. I had a T.V and some people to talk to. Prison is the same. When broken down to the core components, everything is the same. That makes me wonder what we are here on the Earth to do. This man's search for meaning. When contemplating too far into this issue it starts to depress me.
As far as entertainment goes, it is to me, a time killer for people waiting to die. So I wonder, maybe the point of my life is to be remembered? What was the name of the guy that invented the cure for polio? Most are glad they don't have polio, but to most, that man has been forgotten by time. What If I was to cure cancer today? In 200 years, there would be another disease ravishing humanity and since no one has had cancer for 200 years, no one would care to remember my name. Do you remember your great great great great grandpa's name? I don't believe being remembered is the idea of my life. So what is the point? The only thing that keeps me going is that If I don't worry about that one idea, I can excite myself with just about anything. Life to me, is meant to just live it. It is a happy and sad thought at the same time. The bible said "Eat, drink, and be Merry." Is that the idea? Have I been clouded my entire life believing in my own self importance?
Whenever I start to simplify everything...the importance of the object I am breaking down becomes larger in scope and less important. An example is: A video game called call of duty. Breaks down into Video games, then games, then competition, then entertainment, which leads me to my next point...entertainment really is something to amuse yourself with to pass time...inevitably time passes until you die. Call of duty is giving you something to do while waiting to die? I am looking for what exists beyond that. What is a worthy goal of mine? I know that my idea has been thought of before, I see hints of it in music, movies, books, people's quotes. I would just like to find a hard code example of it to read through and get someone else's perspective on it. The sad thing is, I go to college and I try to get people to think with me and maybe even friendly discussion/debate but finding people that care to think is hard to do. I have ran across 2 people that enjoy a good discussion. Maybe the way I approach philosophy is boring?
Look in the room around you right now. There are very few differences to rooms. In essence, there is you, maybe entertainment, and maybe some people to talk to. I have been to jail before. I had a T.V and some people to talk to. Prison is the same. When broken down to the core components, everything is the same. That makes me wonder what we are here on the Earth to do. This man's search for meaning. When contemplating too far into this issue it starts to depress me.
As far as entertainment goes, it is to me, a time killer for people waiting to die. So I wonder, maybe the point of my life is to be remembered? What was the name of the guy that invented the cure for polio? Most are glad they don't have polio, but to most, that man has been forgotten by time. What If I was to cure cancer today? In 200 years, there would be another disease ravishing humanity and since no one has had cancer for 200 years, no one would care to remember my name. Do you remember your great great great great grandpa's name? I don't believe being remembered is the idea of my life. So what is the point? The only thing that keeps me going is that If I don't worry about that one idea, I can excite myself with just about anything. Life to me, is meant to just live it. It is a happy and sad thought at the same time. The bible said "Eat, drink, and be Merry." Is that the idea? Have I been clouded my entire life believing in my own self importance?
Whenever I start to simplify everything...the importance of the object I am breaking down becomes larger in scope and less important. An example is: A video game called call of duty. Breaks down into Video games, then games, then competition, then entertainment, which leads me to my next point...entertainment really is something to amuse yourself with to pass time...inevitably time passes until you die. Call of duty is giving you something to do while waiting to die? I am looking for what exists beyond that. What is a worthy goal of mine? I know that my idea has been thought of before, I see hints of it in music, movies, books, people's quotes. I would just like to find a hard code example of it to read through and get someone else's perspective on it. The sad thing is, I go to college and I try to get people to think with me and maybe even friendly discussion/debate but finding people that care to think is hard to do. I have ran across 2 people that enjoy a good discussion. Maybe the way I approach philosophy is boring?
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