What is the experience of pleasure without the experience of pain? What is up without down?Pleasure is the reason for life.
Life.Maybe there isn't ''one'' purpose for our lives, but multiple purposes, that we discover throughout our lifetime. I can't imagine what one, sole purpose would be if there was to be just one.
Those are rather silly dichotomies. You might as well ask what is health without disease. (A damn good thing.)What is the experience of pleasure without the experience of pain? What is up without down?
There is some truth in it, Bob. I never knew how important a healthy back is until I hurt my back. The most simple things became impossible after I injured my back.Those are rather silly dichotomies. You might as well ask what is health without disease. (A damn good thing.)
SSB is right though. I'll choose not hurting my back. No downside there.There is some truth in it, Bob. I never knew how important a healthy back is until I hurt my back. The most simple things became impossible after I injured my back.
What is the experience of pleasure without the experience of pain? What is up without down?
Life.
Is that your life experience, continuous pleasure?Even more pleasure.
You were happy with a healthy back, weren't you? Many of us never have back problems; are you saying we don't enjoy it? You might as well say we need to have cancer before we can appreciate not having cancer.I never knew how important a healthy back is until I hurt my back.
Is that your life experience, continuous pleasure?
I never truly appreciated a healthy back until mine hurt. You can bet I'm very careful now.You were happy with a healthy back, weren't you? Many of us never have back problems; are you saying we don't enjoy it? You might as well say we need to have cancer before we can appreciate not having cancer.
You already said that. Is it true though? How is "truly appreciating" a healthy back different from just taking it for granted?I never truly appreciated a healthy back until mine hurt.
Let's see, when you can't do something as simple as roll over on your side while in bed.You already said that. Is it true though? How is "truly appreciating" a healthy back different from just taking it for granted?
You just keep repeating the same thing over and over again. That's an example, not an explanation.Let's see, when you can't do something as simple as roll over on your side while in bed.
Absolutely not, but if you believe you will escape pain in this life... It is what it is, Bob. There is no up without down, as you should know.Do you have to have cancer to appreciate not having cancer? Do you have to jab yourself in the eye with a fork to appreciate not being jabbed in the eye with a fork?
Up and down are just directions, relative to where you are and how you are oriented.There is no up without down, as you should know.
If you go up, the directions remain relative. You can still go up or down; you can never be "at" up or down. You can't say that you didn't appreciate up until you were down.
Can you define existence?Past the gods , the purpose of life matters not . What matters is the purpose of Humanity . We exist .
How long we exist is what matters .
Never been on a roller coaster?
Can you define existence?
What does that have to do with what I said?Never been on a roller coaster?