Tag: purpose
Respect by looking ridiculous
What is something you believe in so firmly you’re willing to look ridiculous? Once you’ve answered that, and live it,…
Dropping ambition to return to reality
The drive to find purpose, to fulfill ambition, is a misdirection forcing you to disconnect from reality. Sam Harris says…
don’t aim for happiness or you will destroy it
We say we are looking for happiness, but we are looking for a marvelous life that comes from a great…
Freedom is slavery is absurdity
To be free, you must find a purpose beyond yourself. Which is slavery to a purpose. It will be championed…
leisure: the highest human virtue
Aristotle suggests the highest human virtue is leisure. Not producing (or consuming) is when you can self-reflect and pontificate. Every…
Fantasy provides meaning
Viktor Frankl says to make the pain of life bearable; you must find meaning: a purpose by looking into the…
If suffering cannot be eradicated…
If suffering can never be eradicated, our purpose must account for suffering. Our purpose must make the pain worthwhile or…
the return to the body
Ideology, politics, philosophy, or religion work to redirect bodily energy (fleshly, libidinal desire) into grand tasks, but one must always…
pernicious pressures
The pressures surrounding us (work, economics, social, commerce) attempt to “decode” and disintegrate us under the pretense of giving ourselves…
Purpose vs. vitality
Having a purpose in your life provides an orientation point, but people fundamentally want to feel alive. (That is to…