I am the most real being… the others are figments of my perception.
All other people are simply pieces of what I am, I am sipmly a piece of them; because the only knowledge a person can have comes from what they get from someone else.
Ever thought is created in a language learned fomr other people of a reality defined by other people’s notions.
This is what connects all people together… and how we know people that we have never met. My life… and YOUR life is a strand in the web connecting all other people together via sight, smell, touch, hearing, taste, memory, and all the other thoughts a person thinks to fill in the gaps.
Of course, you are connected to some people more strongly than others. A family member, or a friend, or a lover are people that you find in your life that you become connected with… they influence you and you influence them.
COULD IT BE that the best way to understand life is to understand other people?
The more you see of other people’s viewpoints, the more you can compare them to your own and expand your horizons and understanding of the world.
It may not be possibel to fully comprehend the meaning of life … but i think it is possible to come closer.
this is one of the ways i try to understand everything i can… by talking to people and trying to understand/care about them as much as possible.
i don’t think we ever can understand the complete, unalterable meaning of life. we can, however, learn as much as possible to gain as much wisdom as we can. wisdom is the road towards the meaning of life.
the best i’ve been able to figure out however, the meaning is connected to putting others first, and working from there. try to love and care about everyone, and eventually you will come closer.
The meaning of life is to prepared for death. Philosophy is to give you the courage, to overcome anything that gets in your way, nothing can stop you. If you think philosophy means otherwise, then I can only pray for you.
Those who does not accept this truth, I shall wipe the dust of my hand, for there will be a day they shall suffer worst then Sodom itself.
I do not depise future crictism for I know in the future they will know I speak the truth.
Are you in any field of psychology? If not, I recommend looking into it.
The first huge revelation I ever had was this same concept. We are the scientists of our reality, that is the meaning of life, in my opinion. So start experiementing and have fun doing so.
Dan,
Shutup. You don’t know anything and the discussion is still going on …
What more, I think it would really be a damn shame if you set your sight at merely trying to try to understand others. At best, you would become like Diognes the Cynic, who strode in broad daylight with a torch in his hand in the public square, declaring that he was in ‘search of a human’. Take my advice: put not your anchor in man, be him even useful to you, even loved by you. For man dos little and passes away rapidly.
Now, trying to understand what men say, that is far more noble and worthy of an aspiring spirit. I recommend you start immediately with the smarter of the lot. With some luck, you might even find some satisfaction…
