doomroar Casual Gambler
Join date : 2013-04-03 Age : 31 Location : on flesh cell called body
| Subject: (ESS) The Night the Stars Fall Sun Apr 07, 2013 3:15 am | |
| Well i finally read this, what a touching story, a guy devastated by frustration tries to escape on alcohol but is keep back by his kids, who ironically fantasize with killing him... until eventually he dies. i give it a 10/10. Also Kazuhiko, sorry about your friend. On a side note, does that means that the face of a normal human being is that of one that was pushed by frustration and the harshness of the world? Does that means suffering is an elemental part of living as a human? then if we follow that thought evil and sin aren't really "bad"? --We could say that happiness is appreciated better after harshness has been experienced, and difficulty can allow us to find ways to get out of those dark places in that sense ignorance is no bliss. And deception and escapism are the true harm, nevertheless we all had seem running away as the best option on most occasions,-- but is looking away the best? is happiness achieved by surpassing the challenges the world constantly trows at us, or is this just the amalgam of living the moment? in this case does running away accounts for being happy, is the machine of experiences just as good as reality? is this post better on the "Life & Philosophy" section? you don't have to even answer just think about these for a moment... i recommend to not read the spoiler until you finish your original post, since maybe your opinion differs, and you may doubt, but since im not influential at all, it might even be ok to read it. nevertheless try to write any changes of mind (if they surge after reading the spoilers) separated from your original text. WARNING: is a middle/long wall of text filled with personal opinions that pretty much are still under development. - Spoiler:
I personally think that distractions, procrastination, sleeping away, small talk, sheltering yourself, drugs and in general turning away, aren't the answer, and you have to confront your problems, since running away is just deceiving yourself, but then again maybe even i myself am running away from my own problems, and maybe deception isn't all that bad, after all the eternal problem of skepticism may never be solved, and this all can be a big lie...
I also believe, and this is more of a feeling than a thought (if that can even be possible) that the natural face of a human should not be that of some one who has been bashed by the unfairness of the world, and even if i do knowledge that the world is not fair or just by any stretch of the sense (which is indeed my position on how this reality works), i do believe that the natural face or aspects of a human "should be" that of one who fights against his circumstance, which means i don't believe in destiny or a particular divine will, while im on that i do understand the models of society and situations we have created around our history aren't... in the big majority of cases, the most ideal to stand up, fight and win, let alone even manage to get a draw, this is a highly pessimistic view or even defeatist, but a socialistic democracy or even true communism sometimes (or even always) just seems impossible, even more when as an example we account that most of us (so to not universalize) can't get along with all the people in our own close family circles, nevertheless we have to fight.
Lastly i think that such things as "evil" or "bad" don't really exist, they are entirely subjected to the levels of convenience we give to determined things, actions, events, etc. And since they are such subjective things, and varies from mind to mind (even all the more inside the limited understandment that we as humans has access to, thus never really knowing what is really the best for us), we should treat then with the more analytic tools at our disposal, with the calmest of perspectives, yes indeed a most difficult thing since under most circumstances, anger, sadness and prejudice may consume us and dull our senses and reasoning, nevertheless we should try to get to a consensus of what may be "good or bad" or "convenient", this should be under perpetual check and hopefully change, now this would of course lead to exclusion and even discrimination since the voices with a different opinion might be left aside as sores, that's why the impossible is asked to left feelings aside is just that, under this model "neutral" things can't really exist since a function is given to everything, and that which seems to do nothing may be satisfying something or wasting itself, this utilitarianistic view of things may not even be the best, and indeed it may not be, but i consider it since my current position is that in which i knowledge the utter and big ignorance we humans posses... yes i know the contradiction of dropping us almost abandoning us to our own circumstances even more after accepting how unprepared we are to manage such a thing, but the first step is to accept our faults, instead of deceiving us with fake righteousness (which will also be that, fake.... a preconception, in most cases based on a higher than earth figure).
I just noticed that the part when i wrote "We could say that happiness is appreciated better after harshness has been experienced, and difficulty can allow us to find ways to get out of those dark places in that sense ignorance is no bliss. And deception and escapism are the true harm, nevertheless we all had seem running away as the best option on most occasions," might seem like me trying to push an idea on the reader as a fact, but i can't think of a better way to develop that premise to continue the questions, so if anyone has a suggestion to improve that part, or this whole post in general, it is appreciated. Well this is my first "big" post on this forum lets see how it goes, i have to confess i don't really like forums (but i do appreciate you don't ask for introductions and all that stuff most places bug their users with, thanks for that), because sometimes i get drawn on the anonymity that an internet avatar gives us, and end spending too much time on then, a conflicting thing because i do conclude, that i can go on without a forum at all, and yet here i am participating... goddammit. why is it that i can't just lurk like in the good old 2008's? why do i feel like im wasting my time? even if what i wrote i consider it somehow important? i almost want this post to get banned. Anyway send. | |
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