What is life? It is a word like love, art, or fear, a word that becomes cheapened by attempts at a definition. Authors have debated the meaning of these words for years. Who am I to think that I could add anything new to this discussion? Shakespeare compared life to actors on a stage and death to an undiscovered country. John Lennon said life is what happens while we make other plans. Darwin’s theories say that life is a competition. Martin Luther King once said that life was about finding a cause worth dying for. Camus told the world that life was absurd. Ray Bradbury’s advice was to base one’s life around love. Joseph Campbell instructed people to “follow their bliss.” Jerry Garcia just said it was a long, strange trip.
Beauty lies in the idea that any one of these ideas could be true, and in their own ways they are all true. In this way, Garcia’s definition could be the best. Perhaps the meaning of life is not a conclusion that can be reached. Perhaps the important part is the search for meaning itself. If we are to accept this definition of life as true, that life means a quest for meaning, then death is not life’s antonym. Ignorance and apathy are. To live then, is to constantly thirst for new knowledge and new experience. It is a strange trip indeed.
What is Life?
By john w connelly jr - Posted on November 16th, 2008
Tagged: life
• Philosophy
Perhaps, not searching for the meaning of life also encompasses the meaning of life.
life at times just is. there is no movement searchng, action, or internal thought.
it just is.
life just is.
Life is a journey in the physical, the purpose of this journey is to find the truth about oneself, in order to find this sensation of “Eye”, one can only find it in peace, like many for centuries over and over again think to believe one soul can change the face of the earth, the truth lies in understanding those who try to guide you or another one, are themselves and therefore some guide towards directions in which emotions get kind of mixed up.
To understand that above, many will in years to come, still it changes nothing today, that’s what many can’t or find difficult to believe and blindly follow, even towards darkness of their own thoughts, therefore becoming what they fear. It’s the lack of identity which can make many to easily shift into a mental state of self-pity or worse guild!
Individuals who reside in such kind of (Life)state are more or less affected, like a soldier doesn’t like to tell what he has done or seen, already knowing who you are and how you will react if he would!
The reason why veterans are being ignored is because they live there veteran life in more mor/realities... therefore sadly enough are ignored while holding a truth misunderstood.
Like way for long already all should understand, any war fought is none of Victory, this is only understood by those who weren’t responsible for it to start in the first place.
Life is about bringing understanding for change, what a joke is it to be living in an absolutely magnificent place, while behind our lives travels cities start to burn and friend get lost, Why?
Because some around believe it’s the way it’s supposed to be for all! Female circumcision is one approach to give it’s life a meaning... But what about this other?
Like humanity accidently stranding upon a new discovered island, shooting the first elephant in site! Trauma upon arrival is one way to support the believe of a soul who triggers a bullet like a vicious circle which is only understood to be wrong when facing the next loop!
Accidently is mostly an excuse towards, in order to become excused!
Funny thing in life is, ALL are watching not knowing to support or point a finger, many not understanding to make up their own mind wouldn’t ruin their future anyway, but rather that one which comes behind!
Life is an arrow of thought driven by love, an arrow which binds us all to understand the suffering it includes!
People we love most, we hurt most! To pay efforts in understanding why we carry this strange behavior eventually makes it to disappear out of ALL!
“Garcia’s definition could be the best”
There is no best when comprehending them all to be a possibility for all to enjoy from.
To be continued....
Nice blog, I love it,
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your comment is probably better than my actual blog!
and actually, the point I was trying to make in saying that "Garcia's could be the best" was that there really is no answer to the question, life is a journey, and it's up to us to try our best to understand it. In other words, the answer which tries the least to answer the question "what is life" is the most true. at least in my opinion.
"How can we win where fools can be kings" Muse
Couldn’t agree more to that... it's up to us to try our best to understand it.
http://www.wowzone.com/monkey.htm