For this encounter you may call me Faust.
I'm not sure what to make of it, one day we get come into conception one day we die, we don't have any control, those who know this and have no control over life will seek it in anyway possible, through distractions and games, illusions of the mind to keep itself entertained, to stop it from killing itself.
Nihilism and Religion.
Nihilism, the philosophical position which suggest that life is inherently devoid of meaning, many such cases when you look at where you are. Within my eyes I see this as the only logical conclusion that one is capable of reaching if your mind is bound to worldly logic, I can even find places for this in such things which act as an antithesis to Nihilism such as religion, nonsensical in nature, although how I see it within many religions it seems to be a useless trial like test of life to see how one acts, now already at this stage this makes no sense, what is the objective of a supposedly omniscient omnipotent omnipresent entity who is the creator of all, this would mean that he also created you, molded your thoughts, actions and already knows what will happen before you are even born, yet... this entity does not save you from this destined death though, no. not the one before you are buried and not the one after, this being which is renounced as "benevolent" creates you, molds, you, throws you into the void of reality and expects you to come out perfectly saint like. You reap what you sow, and the seeds planted by this entity are rotten to the core. even within the supposed book of this entity it created all things out of sheer boredom, there was no objective, this is my view.
and do tell how we are expected to devote our lives to an unconformable entity, and then when we do not meet it's expectations we are supposedly cast into flame and coal and magma for eternity, the person who concocted this story does have a very juvenile idea of how to manipulate the masses indeed, my point is to say to create is to condemn. This is to say, that creating a life form for a useless reason just to torture and torment is nothing sort of sadism, god is dead because we ignore it. thus it dies, humans created god not the other way around, concepts have power, and by giving it power it exists, [this is very well illustrated in the "Idea of evil" from berserk] religion is real, god is not. Religion acts by convincing people there is being staring at them at all times looking for a misstep, and so by extension it makes people act on the "good" will instead of the more beneficial "bad" will
see here, this is what I mean, religion makes people act on their "ego" their IDEAL self, their idea of what them (and even others) should be like as well as the fear, the fear of this divine punishment, which is more powerful and also gets them to act, the reason I believe this is stronger lies within a thing I like to say. "have you ever seen post traumatic joy disorder?" the answer to this is obviously no. I have never seen someone with powerful overwhelming emotion, almost possessive which originates from a positive action and thus this is undeniable proof of how the negative emotions such as: hate, fear, spite, envy are far stronger. But I am not sure where this comes from nor why this is, and so religion is a tool to control that interestingly works in a crooked way. maybe later I will elaborate further on why I have a disdain for these insidious things we call religion. so, in complete we don't exist for any purpose, assuming god is real we exist merely as pathetic toys in a child's game this entity could have "cut to the chase" so to speak. it is useless, devoid of meaning, moot, null and void.
Nihilism encapsulates all, it is clear just by looking around that things and people and the world itself has no actual purpose, but does that inherently mean it is futile to continue? I, like Nietzsche, desire for every man to reach their ideal, to become their Übermensch.
(Much like someone)
Absurdism and Existentialism.
Absurdism is the philosophical position which suggests that that the meaningless-ness presented by Nihilism is not all encompassing, it suggests that even in the existence of this meaningless life one can still strive and peruse on dispute the lack of inherit meaning, and the stark cruelty of the universe. this is highlighted especially in the "Myth of Sisyphus" by Albert Camus in which a man cursed by the gods and sent to a hell where he must push a boulder eternally after being punished for finding a way out a hell the first time, dispite his cunning he cannot escape this punishment but he continues in spite of it. With every time he pushes the boulder he affirms he is the on in control that he is the maker and destroyer of his own destiny and no one and nothing else, hence why the "One must imagine Sisyphus happy" Which seems to be the most famous work, however I actually enjoy "L'etranger" The Stranger.
It is a story, a story about a man named Meursault, Meursault is very vapid and apathetic, this may be the reason I like him so much, he is like me, he cares not for much of anything, in the beginning of the story it starts with "maman died today" explaining his mother's death, "Mother died today, or maybe yesterday, I can't be sure. The Telegram from the home says: YOUR MOTHER PASSED AWAY. FUNERAL TOMORROW, DEEP SYMPATHY. which leaves a matter doubtful: it could have been yesterday."
This lack of emotion when one would would most likely be in grieving naturally or in deep sorrow, however he seems not to care, I myself have not made it deep into the book, even though it is only 96 pages, I have been busy with studying. there is one chapter where he he stares out a window all day long and simply watch the day pass while thinking. Meursault is also quite morally grey, he goes not care about actions or their consequences, he is apathetic also in not having feelings to and for things, later he kills a man by shooting him essentially on a whim.
It is a good book so I would like you to read it yourself, rather than receiving a synopsis from me.
I am sure Meursault has questioned the meaning of his life at some point, and wondered why he is here, wondering why he is alive at all, perhaps I shall get around to reading it.
What about me? what is my purpose? I will find out. I am the Übermensch after all.
Oh, Death.
It comes for us eventually, regardless of any sort of variables that we can set or control it is simply out of our power to defy this force that comes for us all, death. the absolute end. unless of course we unlock the key to immortality through some sort of bio-technological breakthrough, in which case... would it even be considered human anymore? our limitations are one of the reasons people view life as "finite" and "valuable" but if you were to remove such a thing you would also be removing the "humane" part of being human. what do I mean? I mean that we are created with the sense of "time" but immortality would be the removal of this concept, then it would only exist on a cosmic level, I theorize that we would go insane after some threshold had been crossed. living forever would be depressing, assuming there is no way to resume aging, I am talking about bodies that no longer wrinkle, brains that do not decline, senses that do not deteriorate, knowledge that is not forgotten. eventually... you would be driven mad, or go into some sort of depression. or perhaps, nothing at all. I do not know.
But enough of a lack of death, what of it when it strikes us?
There are many ideas of what happens when one dies and their body decays, many afterlife theories of which originate from a religion. if you ask me I am Agnostic. However, if you were to ask what I would think is the most real, the most plausible I would have to say Buddhism. The cycle of Samsara and death after rebirth of this dissatisfying existence samsara is the "suffering-laden", continuous cycle of life, death, and rebirth, without beginning or end seems like an apt understanding of what is going on, however I hate the idea of rebirth, for it suggests we are doing this forever, of course until we reach our "enlightenment" (Nirvana) but not only this, the karma system seems fascinating to me, as well as the 6 realms.
It's all so intricate and it attracts me because it isn't vague like others, though that doesn't make it more believable. only more comfortable for someone like me.
the Deva realm is the truest heaven however I think I would become bored, of course these places commonly seem to revolve round the concept of "this is your eternal reward, you cannot become bored or sick of it" then I remember it's supposed to be out of our mortal minds to comprehend such. right? aha.
But for me, the ideal "afterlife" would be something akin the "Soul Society" from bleach, it may come off as childish but somewhere that I am able to gain power and fight seems fun, although after learning the truth of how flawed it is there I may prefer being a Hollow, though it comes with more severe risks but more power to gain. it's simply a fantasy though.
The truth is, I do not know what it is I want.
If you know where the first image if from, I like you.
And thank you for reading my poorly constructed paper.
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