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by gqcwwjtg 760 days ago
As someone who identifies with the commenter you’re responding to, this kind of response can be really difficult to hear. It feels like philosophy 101 arguments against a straw man.

> The idea that the whole universe was made just so you could work and die, is born out of a feeble mindset…

Nobody was arguing that, and it baselessly assumes that the universe was made for a purpose.

> If there really is nothing to look forward to, there's no harm in giving this wildly different life-changing thing a try.

Most people make decisions based on things other than what they look forward to. Like just because I’m not looking forward to my day tomorrow doesn’t mean I should set my bed on fire, even though it would make me appreciate getting out of bed more.

As far as I can tell life doesn’t come with a meaning to be discovered.
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NayamAmarshe 758 days ago
It can be difficult to hear of course. Everything is difficult to hear when all we see is death in front of us.

I only commented because I have been in a similar situation in the past, so it's not coming from a state of feeling superior but a state of empathy. I know what it feels like when life has no meaning left and all you're doing is passing time, waiting for the last moment.

> assumes that the universe was made for a purpose.

You're assuming, without any good reasons that it's not made for a purpose. If that's the case, please let us know your arguments to believe so and why you think teleology is non-existent

> As far as I can tell life doesn’t come with a meaning to be discovered.

and you know this because...?

Unless you have looked, you do not have the right to claim such a thing. When one hardly knows who they really are behind all the identities, how can one even claim to know about the purpose of life and creation?

This is why I suggested reading nyāya and sāṁkhya from the links, because you do not even know what you do not know and yet you claim things.

Also, OP said that they do not have anything to look forward to. If you don't look into this, what would you even do? Continue with the same lifestyle and mindset that makes you feeble? How's that working out?

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