Posted by madwand on October 17, 2003, at 10:16:50
In reply to Why is it we're supposed to want to live?, posted by Dinah on October 17, 2003, at 8:17:13
Dinah,
For me, the answer is different at different times. When I am in a good space the question doesn't even really come up -- why do I need a "reason" to live when I am enjoying it.
When I am in a bad space I have a number of "tricks" (i.e. these do not represent actual philosophical beliefs, but I can pretend to believe them for short periods of time). One is that the universe "doesn't care" and that therefore I am going to live as a kind of "f*** you". Sort of an existential hero carving meaning out of a meaningless world through his action and his will. Or perhaps what Castenada referred to as "controlled folly".
As perhaps a more-cheery variant on the above, I remember that, as a child of the Supreme Being,
I have a form of that Being's creative power and that I can *create* meaning by choosing it and affirming it (rather than trying to "find" it).Michael
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