What is your philosophy of life?

[MorkandMindy]

If you had your 1 minute of fame, on the TV for example, what would your message be?

 

[GrowingSmaller]

We are faced with a world-of-value. Self, others, animals and objects included. Positives, negatives and neutrals. Some are plastic and open to voluntary change, and others are more fixed. Things (life itself, objects, actions, consequences) matter because thay have value to us. We must respond, manage ourselves in relation to this, and face the consequences. Thus it is wise to seek the positive, and fashion the positive in a way that is wise. That is our inescapable, unavoidable and often intimately personal existential predicament. Evolution is to blame, and perhaps God too. The End.

 

[quatona]

Anything about reality that is significant to you is the product of your own interpretation.

 

[ChristianT]

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way."
Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable.
If you look for truth, you may find comfort in the end; if you look for comfort you will not get either comfort or truth only soft soap and wishful thinking to begin, and in the end, despair.

“Who do I have in heaven but You? And I desire nothing on earth but You. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart, my portion forever.” Psalm 73:25-26 HCSB

Jesus told him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me." John 14:6

 

[The Nihilist]

Life's too short to not make mistakes

 

[Eudaimonist]

If you had your 1 minute of fame, on the TV for example, what would your message be?

With all due respect to believers, one does not have to believe in the existence of deities to have meaning and purpose in life. We are products of evolution, but no matter our origins, our lives are worthwhile in themselves. Our lives do not have value merely as a means to some afterlife, so do not fear that death will take away that meaning. The past may leave, but will always have happened, so one's life is like a diamond that shines in eternity. Take hold of that thought, chisel that diamond to what beauty you can, and shine!

We also have our own personal fire of creation -- our talents and the drive to use them -- and our great task in life is to use that fire to create values. Such values can be great or modest, and can have to do with any life-affirming activity, such as art, science, business, philosophy, engineering, and entertainment. There is great meaning to be found here.

In brief: Love your life, discover your talents, improve your character, strive to self-actualize, and reap the rewards of earned self-esteem.


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[GrowingSmaller]

Anything about reality that is significant to you is the product of your own interpretation.

Quotona I am in the habit of disagreeing with you for some reason or other. However I think thats a great thought, if you give it a chance. At least a lot of what I value, for instance faith or love, is intimately related to ones interpretations beacuse they are grounded in ones perception.

 

[GrowingSmaller]

There are two kinds of people: those who say to God, "Thy will be done," and those to whom God says, "All right, then, have it your way."

I am in the latter group because I know the Guy personally. I think that formalistic reverence might be appropriayte for example int a liturgy, but if you want a personal relationship with God remember that we are not robots.

 

[GrowingSmaller]

With all due respect to believers, one does not have to believe in the existence of deities to have meaning and purpose in life. We are products of evolution, but no matter our origins, our lives are worthwhile in themselves. Our lives do not have value merely as a means to some afterlife, so do not fear that death will take away that meaning. The past may leave, but will always have happened, so one's life is like a diamond that shines in eternity. Take hold of that thought, chisel that diamond to what beauty you can, and shine!

We also have our own personal fire of creation, our talents and the drive to use them, and our great task in life is to use that fire to create values. Such values can be great or modest, and can have to do with any life-affirming activity, such as art, science, business, philosophy, engineering, and entertainment. There is great meaning to be found here.

In brief: Love your life, discover your talents, improve your character, strive to self-actualize, and reap the rewards of earned self-esteem.


eudaimonia,

Mark

That quote Neitzschean and existential, withsome positive humanistic psychology for good measure. Does that sound fair?

 

[David Jerome]

Mine is: do what you enjoy doing the most, as often as you can, without hurting anyone.

 

[variant]

I believe in living a rational, guilt free existence and acting so that my values match what I believe to be right.

 

[Resha Caner]

Sound bites are fleeting. Live for something eternal, which is going to take more than 1 minute.

 

[Buy Bologna]

hmm, intriguing question.

I think i would say something with the theme 'Be humble', humble as in admitting there are things we don't know for sure. And to realize that most people believe what they are raised to believe..and to ask yourself if you fall in that majority. And to be constructive to society regardless of beliefs.

 

[jpcedotal]

If you had your 1 minute of fame, on the TV for example, what would your message be?

Read and study Ecclesiastes. Understand that all is vanity and the only way to have true meaning in life is with God as the focus.

 

[Eudaimonist]

That quote Neitzschean and existential, withsome positive humanistic psychology for good measure. Does that sound fair?

I'm not an existentialist per se, but I am dealing with the modern crisis of meaning, so in that sense I am part of their program.

Eudaimonism is a big part of my message (the idea that life is worthwhile in itself), so that influence shouldn't be ignored. Of course, positive psychology is influenced by eudaimonism.

And, of course, Ayn Rand is an influence, but I consider her a slightly Nietzsche-influenced eudaimonist. Her influence has to do with seeing nobility and meaning in constructive activities.


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[GrowingSmaller]

Sound bites are fleeting. Live for something eternal, which is going to take more than 1 minute.

Pythagoras' theorem then?

 

[GrowingSmaller]

I think ethics has to be the most important area of philosophy as it deals with good and evil -> values -> importances.

 

[Resha Caner]

Ayn Rand is an influence

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[Resha Caner]

Pythagoras' theorem then?

The point of my snippet was not to give an answer, but to prompt a response ... to hope the conversation would last more than 1 minute.

So, I guess I succeeded.

As far as the Pythagoreans were concerned, they seem to have been pantheists. IMO pantheists take one of 2 roads. They try either to appease or control nature - a task that is bound to fail. So, it seems to be more a state of living in fear of nature than living for something.

 

[Sapphire Dragon]

I believe a person should follow their true callings. One should also be able to accept others as unique, and special, with their own ideas, ideals, and views. More than anything, one should Love.