I certainly hold myself to it. I agree with you mostly, joint. It's a pleasure to know you.
Likewise. Take care.
Topic: Humility is garbage. You're too awesome for it. (Read 5444 times)
Likewise. Take care.
I certainly hold myself to it. I agree with you mostly, joint. It's a pleasure to know you.
The purpose of life is to live.
That's all I bother to preserve in the end, to desire to preserve, if you will: Life. It seems other sentient things are the main things worth valuing in my life.. I don't do this out of religion or some other established cause. I certainly don't do this selflessly. I choose to love life because I choose to -- selfishly.
I don't bother desiring a purpose. It's insipid and artificial as a concept. I just do what makes me happy. Life and its long-term sustention makes me happy. I only attack things I view as anti-life.
Anti-life (death/destruction?) is as natural as life. This is evident in nature as well. Life gives rise to death, and death is evident all around you. Not only is death all around you, but it sustains and gives rise to life. For there to be life, there must be death. Appreciating the good in anti-life assists in qualitative living, I find.
I see you're trying to be zen. Mr. Joint, of course I am not attached to the idea of an ideal world. I am also a proponent of natural selection. However, I will assert my preference for life when it is called for.
You can prefer all you want. Just don't be too disappointed if what happens isn't what you prefer.
A truism of Buddhist philosophy; attachment to desire is suffering. Gotcha.
I'm not a Buddhist, but I do believe it is true. Though, I would add that I think desire for things that have intrinsic benefit is a good type of desire. I think that all desire is suffering in the same way that a free-being can simultaneously erect its own constraints. Paradoxes are plausible.
The purpose of life is to live.
That's all I bother to preserve in the end, to desire to preserve, if you will: Life. It seems other sentient things are the main things worth valuing in my life.. I don't do this out of religion or some other established cause. I certainly don't do this selflessly. I choose to love life because I choose to -- selfishly.
I don't bother desiring a purpose. It's insipid and artificial as a concept. I just do what makes me happy. Life and its long-term sustention makes me happy. I only attack things I view as anti-life.
Anti-life (death/destruction?) is as natural as life. This is evident in nature as well. Life gives rise to death, and death is evident all around you. Not only is death all around you, but it sustains and gives rise to life. For there to be life, there must be death. Appreciating the good in anti-life assists in qualitative living, I find.
I see you're trying to be zen. Mr. Joint, of course I am not attached to the idea of an ideal world. I am also a proponent of natural selection. However, I will assert my preference for life when it is called for.
You can prefer all you want. Just don't be too disappointed if what happens isn't what you prefer.
A truism of Buddhist philosophy; attachment to desire is suffering. Gotcha.
The purpose of life is to live.
That's all I bother to preserve in the end, to desire to preserve, if you will: Life. It seems other sentient things are the main things worth valuing in my life.. I don't do this out of religion or some other established cause. I certainly don't do this selflessly. I choose to love life because I choose to -- selfishly.
I don't bother desiring a purpose. It's insipid and artificial as a concept. I just do what makes me happy. Life and its long-term sustention makes me happy. I only attack things I view as anti-life.
Anti-life (death/destruction?) is as natural as life. This is evident in nature as well. Life gives rise to death, and death is evident all around you. Not only is death all around you, but it sustains and gives rise to life. For there to be life, there must be death. Appreciating the good in anti-life assists in qualitative living, I find.
I see you're trying to be zen. Mr. Joint, of course I am not attached to the idea of an ideal world. I am also a proponent of natural selection. However, I will assert my preference for life when it is called for.
You can prefer all you want. Just don't be too disappointed if what happens isn't what you prefer.
The purpose of life is to live.
That's all I bother to preserve in the end, to desire to preserve, if you will: Life. It seems other sentient things are the main things worth valuing in my life.. I don't do this out of religion or some other established cause. I certainly don't do this selflessly. I choose to love life because I choose to -- selfishly.
I don't bother desiring a purpose. It's insipid and artificial as a concept. I just do what makes me happy. Life and its long-term sustention makes me happy. I only attack things I view as anti-life.
Anti-life (death/destruction?) is as natural as life. This is evident in nature as well. Life gives rise to death, and death is evident all around you. Not only is death all around you, but it sustains and gives rise to life. For there to be life, there must be death. Appreciating the good in anti-life assists in qualitative living, I find.
I see you're trying to be zen. Mr. Joint, of course I am not attached to the idea of an ideal world. I am also a proponent of natural selection. However, I will assert my preference for life when it is called for.
The purpose of life is to live.
That's all I bother to preserve in the end, to desire to preserve, if you will: Life. It seems other sentient things are the main things worth valuing in my life.. I don't do this out of religion or some other established cause. I certainly don't do this selflessly. I choose to love life because I choose to -- selfishly.
I don't bother desiring a purpose. It's insipid and artificial as a concept. I just do what makes me happy. Life and its long-term sustention makes me happy. I only attack things I view as anti-life.
Anti-life (death/destruction?) is as natural as life. This is evident in nature as well. Life gives rise to death, and death is evident all around you. Not only is death all around you, but it sustains and gives rise to life. For there to be life, there must be death. Appreciating the good in anti-life assists in qualitative living, I find.
The purpose of life is to live.
That's all I bother to preserve in the end, to desire to preserve, if you will: Life. It seems other sentient things are the main things worth valuing in my life.. I don't do this out of religion or some other established cause. I certainly don't do this selflessly. I choose to love life because I choose to -- selfishly.
I don't bother desiring a purpose. It's insipid and artificial as a concept. I just do what makes me happy. Life and its long-term sustention makes me happy. I only attack things I view as anti-life.
Alpha, how bout I take a stab at describing you? My guess is that through posting all of these grandiose opinions, which you undoubtedly choose to express in a medium where can't someone gaze back at that intent look in your eye and tell you where to shove your remorseless attitude, you gain a sense of purpose. You're fighting for something, and it's a fight you must win. To win is to be in control, and given that you openly discuss your discontent for a variety of things, it is no wonder you desire it.
Here's some language for you, Alpha.
The purpose of a purpose is to be purposeful according to whatever constitutes a purpose.
The purpose of life is to be purposeful according to whatever constitutes life.
The purpose of life is to live.
My purpose is being ever-fulfilled. As such, I am content so long as there is no immediate threat to my purpose. You, on the other hand, seem to be trying so hard to create your purpose. You're right...you don't have time to be nice. You have more important things to worry about.
Here's some language for you, Alpha.
The purpose of a purpose is to be purposeful according to whatever constitutes a purpose.
The purpose of life is to be purposeful according to whatever constitutes life.
The purpose of life is to live.
My purpose is being ever-fulfilled. As such, I am content so long as there is no immediate threat to my purpose. You, on the other hand, seem to be trying so hard to create your purpose. You're right...you don't have time to be nice. You have more important things to worry about.
Remorselessly doesn't sound as good.
Yea I thought that too. I don't know why it is that way to be honest, but it is.
Maybe because you can say full, and fully, and it makes reasonable sense to say un-full, but not to say un-fully. Rather you would say "emptily".
What a pointless discussion. I'm glad to have participated.
Remorselessly doesn't sound as good.
I really don't care what you believe, Matthew. I will continue to unremorsefully use the word unremorsefully.
I now say it is a word. Who is going to stop me?
Other literate individuals, at every single turn.
I now say it is a word. Who is going to stop me?
Heh, I thought we were having a discussion here. I am sorry but I am not one of your girls. I don't help your self-esteem for free.
You help people's self esteem for a fee then?
A fee doesn't have to be just money either. You help people's self esteem for a fee?
I think what you meant to say was:
"I don't help people's self esteem unless I get something out of it."
Heh, I thought we were having a discussion here. I am sorry but I am not one of your girls. I don't help your self-esteem for free.
You help people's self esteem for a fee then?
Honestly, you did a very poor job at describing me. Try again for double or nothing.
Heh, I thought we were having a discussion here. I am sorry but I am not one of your girls. I don't help your self-esteem for free.
Honestly, you did a very poor job at describing me. Try again for double or nothing.
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