Bazooe

4y

the fact that we are going to die is the only thing that makes anything matter

PleaseDelete

4y

Would be true if love was real

PleaseDelete

4y

Would be true if love was real

Unwound

4y

Life is an experience. Death (should) make you value each moment because you won't ever get them again. We still have the need to find meaning in life of course and you may think 'how pointless, to build all these things just for death to bring it down" but ultimately it's the journey of building, aiming and achieving that really satisfy our desires.

Death can be the greatest motivator for a better and more fulfilling life ironically. How can you be sure that this won't be your last day here, that this is the last time you ever see your family and friends again, or the last time you drink coffee or listen to Kanye. Enjoy these moments with gratitude

Bazooe

4y

the fact that we are going to die is the only thing that makes anything matter

Unwound

4y

Life is an experience. Death (should) make you value each moment because you won't ever get them again. We still have the need to find meaning in life of course and you may think 'how pointless, to build all these things just for death to bring it down" but ultimately it's the journey of building, aiming and achieving that really satisfy our desires.

Death can be the greatest motivator for a better and more fulfilling life ironically. How can you be sure that this won't be your last day here, that this is the last time you ever see your family and friends again, or the last time you drink coffee or listen to Kanye. Enjoy these moments with gratitude

Bazooe

4y

the fact that we are going to die is the only thing that makes anything matter

Tadow

4y

Sir, I'm looking forward to my demise. I'll finally get some sleep.

Durkio Stan

4y

both Kanye West and Rosa Parks will have the same fate. we are basically preprogrammed meat automatons born into a messed up world with no hope. anything that anybody has ever worked for would already be pointless because the end of the world will happen in finite time and nothing ever produced will endure... no kindness, generosity, or evil will ever make a permanent mark.

it's a really bleak picture and there's no way to change that. this is why I don’t think any of us fundamentally believe we will die. it would drive us insane.

Jason

4y

Get a load of this guy--he seriously thinks he'll be allowed to sleep at the end of all this. LMFAO

Durkio Stan

4y

both Kanye West and Rosa Parks will have the same fate. we are basically preprogrammed meat automatons born into a messed up world with no hope. anything that anybody has ever worked for would already be pointless because the end of the world will happen in finite time and nothing ever produced will endure... no kindness, generosity, or evil will ever make a permanent mark.

it's a really bleak picture and there's no way to change that. this is why I don’t think any of us fundamentally believe we will die. it would drive us insane.

eye contact

4y

Cucked by god imagine being in eternal servitude to another being

eye contact

4y

Cucked by god imagine being in eternal servitude to another being

CutiePieHole

4y

ok well here is my answer we r all going to die so why act superior , get money from goverbment and live comfortably. Do not stress urself theres no reason to stress because we will die anyways . Dont do anything that will make ur life not comfortable like hard d**** and not brushing ur teeth. Just be comfortable

nonviolence

4y

A CONFESSION BY LEO TOLSTOY
The book is a brief autobiographical story of the author's struggle with a mid-life existential crisis. It describes his search for the answer to the ultimate philosophical question: "If God does not exist, since death is inevitable, what is the meaning of life?." Without the answer to this, for him, life had become "impossible".

The story begins with the Eastern fable of the dragon in the well. A man is chased by a beast into a well, at the bottom of which is a dragon. The man clings to a branch that is being gnawed on by two mice (one black, one white, representing night and day and the relentless march of time). The man is able to lick two drops of honey (representing Tolstoy's love of his family and his writing), but because death is inevitable, he no longer finds the honey sweet.

Tolstoy goes on to describe four possible attitudes towards this dilemma. The first is ignorance. If one is oblivious to the fact that death is approaching, life becomes bearable. The problem with this for him personally is that he is not ignorant. Having become conscious of the reality of death, there is no going back.

The second possibility is what Tolstoy describes as Epicureanism. Being fully aware that life is ephemeral, one can enjoy the time one has. Tolstoy's problem with this is essentially moral. He states that Epicureanism may work fine and well for the minority who can afford to live "the good life," but one would have to be morally empty to be able to ignore the fact that the vast majority of people do not have access to the wealth necessary to live this kind of life.

Tolstoy next states that the most intellectually honest response to the situation would be suicide. In the face of the inevitability of death and assuming that God does not exist, why wait? Why pretend that this vale of tears means anything when one can just cut to the chase? For himself, however, Tolstoy writes that he is “too cowardly” to follow through on this most “logically consistent” response.

Finally, Tolstoy says that the fourth option, the one he is taking, is the one of just holding on; living “despite the absurdity of it,” because he is not willing “or able” to do anything else. So it seems “utterly hopeless” - at least “without God”.

So Tolstoy turns to the question of God's existence: After despairing of his attempts to find answers in classic philosophical arguments for the existence of God (e.g. the Cosmological Argument, which reasons that God must exist based on the need to ascribe an original cause to the universe), Tolstoy turns to a more mystical, intuitive affirmation of God's presence. He states that as soon as he said "God is Life," life was once again suffused with meaning. This faith could be interpreted as a Kierkegaardian leap, but Tolstoy actually seems to be describing a more Eastern approach to what God is. The identification of God with life suggests a more monistic (or panentheistic) metaphysic characteristic of Eastern religions, and this is why] rational arguments ultimately fall short of establishing God's existence. Tolstoy's original title for this work indicates as much, and his own personal "conversion" is suggested by an epilogue that describes a dream he had some time after completing the body of the text, confirming that he had undergone a radical personal and spiritual transformation.