Question for the Commentariat.

[silveradept]

Please answer the following two-parter, if you feel comfortable doing so.

(a) Have you successfully resolved the existential crisis of not only mortal life, but the likelihood that you and what you do will be essentially meaningless in the history of the cosmos?

(b) If so, please let me know your solution and its reasons. If not, please let me know where your difficulties are.

I'm still wrestling this one, and I have yet to find an acceptable answer in either religion or philosophy. A TARDIS and/or the ability to see what the post-life experience is like, remember it, return to life, and then evaluate by that standard is about as far as I've gotten for acceptable outcomes. I'm sure there has to be at least one that will click and fill the void of being able to conceptualize oneself in cosmic terms.

Comments

[silveradept]

I have, on occasion, considered asking, on my anniversary of birth, for people to write what they would speak at my funeral, so that I may have the wisdom of their words while I am still alive to appreciate them. I would hope they spoke well of me.

I have read Watchmen, and I recognize the right area where the quote and style comes from.

The path you propose can be difficult, when one feels that there isn't much worthwhile in the life right now, often because there's no feedback that proves it is. With a poor self-image, it can be hard to convince yourself that your existence is sufficient.

[catnamedrabbit.livejournal.com]

Honestly, I'm speaking from my experience which includes knowing what it is like to feel completely worthless, and both consciously and unconsciously getting fed up with the meaninglessness of my life.

.. no i can't teach anybody this life altering point, it's just something they have to experience themselves in their lives in order for the path i have proposed to pose as anything more then an obstacle.

But I will tell you anyway and to all those who listen. Clairity comes the moment you realize that you cannot rely on external feedback to find your meaning. The human experience is a personal thing. It is only through your eyes and your feelings can you create anything with meaning within the context of yourself. The outside, the cosmos isn't going to tell you that...

... it's a little bit of personal responsibility to create your own context. This is where I fit, I say.

And it may very well be that the path i take to find out my place in the cosmos, if i have one, is entirely and completely unique to myself.

But I don't think I was ever one to let difficulty be an obstacle. God. Meet unmovable rock. ^_^