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What are some reasons to live.

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psychedelicist

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From a taoist view there's really not many. We recognize that life is a gift but at the same time it's very difficult. Being dead would mean a lot less suffering (simply because there's no suffering to do, you're not concious). It's an individual thing- you find reasons to live BY living, you don't find reasons for living SO you can live, if that makes sense.

As for myself, my individual reasons for living are as follows-

Pleasure - pretty self explanitory
Evolution - See if I can't find a way to give the species an evolutionary helping hand while I'm here
Ecstasy - this one's a bit harder to explain. I'm not talking about the club drug, or the feeling of pure happiness and bliss, but the true meaning of ecstasy, which is a mix of a lot of feelings. Happiness and release, yes, but also fear and terror. It's the moment of ego loss, the 'losing yourself' you've probably heard about so often

There's probably others, but I can't think of them right now.
 
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lawtonfogle said:
What are some basic reasons to continue living in a world of pain and sorrow?

(note - to clear up any doubts, (and for the mods.) I am not talking about suicide. Rather, philosiphical reasons to live. Is it for fun, family, friends, ect.)
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To ensure that noone else has a reason to stay

No, seriously, because we don't have much else to do. We may or may not believe we have an afterlife, but we don't have proof. Otherwise, we'd all be killing ourselves over the same thing. And all those suicide cults aren't identical.

And... George Lucas might do another Star Wars movie. Or at least a TV show.

May the force be with you.
 
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