Write4U
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Is that not the same as being dead? Death offers total freedom fom a sentient existence.Nirvana means freedom from both suffering and rebirth.
Is that not the same as being dead? Death offers total freedom fom a sentient existence.Nirvana means freedom from both suffering and rebirth.
death of the ego or personal I...perhaps?Is that not the same as being dead? Death offers total freedom fom a sentient existence.
Well, I would call it death of a personal I (a self-aware sentience), due to total oblivion inside a non-functional brain. "Nothing there to be afraid of, nothing at all"..... (Anil Seth)death of the ego or personal I...perhaps?
Well, there's your purpose then.This world can be extremely cruel, harsh and dangerous so no there is probably no purpose to life.
Also there isn't any scientific evidence for a purpose to life except trying to survive as long as you can.
Hence the term "survival instinct" which apparently is a common denominator in all biological systems.Well, there's your purpose then.
To survive in a harsh, cruel and dangerous world.
I would ask how a 'wish' can be a 'purpose' - I mean, once you make the wish - is your purpose is fulfilled? If you made that wish right now, could you die, knowing you'd fulfilled your purpose? Does it matter whether the wish is fulfilled or not (or would have been, had you lived)? - but I know you don't have an answer. What you'll do is modify it, to make it another deepity - which you could have just posted in the first place, if you had thought this through.The purpose of life is the wish to be.
I would ask how a 'wish' can be a 'purpose' - I mean, once you make the wish - is your purpose is fulfilled? If you made that wish right now, could you die, knowing you'd fulfilled your purpose? Does it matter whether the wish is fulfilled or not (or would have been, had you lived)? - but I know you don't have an answer. What you'll do is modify it, to make it another deepity - which you could have just posted in the first place, if you had thought this through.
Glad that's not my purpose in life...You have this wish, its never made or granted it, it just is.
Jan IS.......Shades of Jan
Jan has been IS NOT for sometimeJan IS.......
I'm gonna write a book. "In the land of IS".
Holds promise for a fantastical landscape with outlandish ISMs and a population of ISEMITES, no?
Glad that's not my purpose in life...
Frankly, because it doesn't meet the minimum requirements for a purpose. It's nonsensical.Why so?Glad that's not my purpose in life...
The purpose of life is the wish to be.
You have this wish, its never made or granted it, it just is.
You may have upset him. I saw him shake his spear in anger.Sorry Bill
YES I have been told I am bard from his presenceYou may have upset him. I saw him shake his spear in anger.