Reason For Being

[Siegfried von Walheim]

What is your "reason for being?" Why are you alive, as opposed to not alive? What do you strive for? Do you strive for anything beyond momentary pleasures? If so, what? How do you know it's worthwhile? Why do you want it in the first place? What value am I to society? Why do I care about my value? How do I know this is in fact my value? 

These are all questions I regularly ask myself, and while I have my own answers: I am alive because I like living more than not; I strive to build a family; I want to build a good family because I came from a terrible one; and I think it will be worthwhile because it works for Stef.  I consider my language skills to be, essentially, my only real skill as, besides my ability to speak and write, I am a very plain person with only a layman's wisdom in any of the various fields I study--history, philosophy, self-knowledge, creative work, etc.--and therefore without my language skills I am not "special".

And then there's that question; "Why do I have to be special?" My answer: I don't know, but I think I have to be special because I despise everything that is ordinary and mundane, and if I am mundane and ordinary, I must hate myself. 

These questions, I'm asking, for both personal and professional reasons. I want to know why people live. I want to know why you live. The reason being, I want to compare myself to others in order to gauge my own value relative to others who have signaled a desire for self-knowledge and self-reform by making themselves regulars of FDR. Also, I want to know more about superior people. Superior being defined as "willing and actively seeking self-improvement and evolution; as compared to inferior people who are wrongfully content with who they are. Wrongful content being determined based on the economic value and the depth of relationships one has." Therefore "right contentment" would be a millionaire following UPB and NAP along the same lines as Stef. He can be content because he has proven himself a man of quality, and established himself and his progeny above the masses.

Asking again: What is your reason for being? You don't have to answer all the other questions, but I'd appreciate it if you did and shared how you determined your reason for being. After all, I'm not entirely sure if it is right for me to have this mindset that people should have a reason for being at all. 

[Meister]

The concept of "reason" is part of ratio, the mind, the brain. The human experience is more than just the mind.

That's why there is no mental explanation for the universe.

If you learn to meditate and calm the thoughts and emotions completely then you will perceive your soul and realize that there is no time, space, no death and no birth.

There is no reason. You simply are.

[RichardY]

What is your reason for being? Is like saying what is your - Being for Being - Reason for Reason - Being for Reason. It is self referential and circular.

 

On 6/27/2017 at 10:24 PM, Siegfried von Walheim said:

What is your "reason for being?" Why are you alive, as opposed to not alive? What do you strive for? Do you strive for anything beyond momentary pleasures? If so, what? How do you know it's worthwhile? Why do you want it in the first place? What value am I to society? Why do I care about my value? How do I know this is in fact my value? 

You don't, that's what makes a prospect tantalising.

 

On 6/27/2017 at 10:24 PM, Siegfried von Walheim said:

And then there's that question; "Why do I have to be special?" My answer: I don't know, but I think I have to be special because I despise everything that is ordinary and mundane, and if I am mundane and ordinary, I must hate myself. 

"Why?" Why, to give you a taste of your future. A preview of things to come. Con permiso, Capitan. The hall is rented, the orchestra engaged. It's now time to see if you can dance. - STTNG Q WHO?

Futurus - To grow or become.

 

On 6/27/2017 at 10:24 PM, Siegfried von Walheim said:

Asking again: What is your reason for being? You don't have to answer all the other questions, but I'd appreciate it if you did and shared how you determined your reason for being. After all, I'm not entirely sure if it is right for me to have this mindset that people should have a reason for being at all. 

I haven't, though speculating to form an answer.

1) Let it be....(Tabula Rasa); whether through meditation, cutting out addiction, therapy, acceptance, contentment or through innate desire, Aristotelian Character Virtue (75% of population, Sense/Empirically based, Conscious Thinking, Reward Circuits feedback loop (Reinforcement)?, Rain man)

2) Cut deep(Apriori); into the very fibre of my being, how best to and with what outcomes I have yet and may not be able to fully fathom. Fight Club style, potentially go crazy. Trying to find information on such a path is not the easiest, many people seem insane and crazy. Not like following a checklist. Deep Meditation/Trance, Inception, "Peace Pipe".(25% of Population, Intuitive Based, Reward circuits puzzle based?(Incomplete Patterns), Unconscious Thinking, Mercury Rising) 

 

[Boss]

Its a good question. I love being challenged on this question too For me, my reason for being is to seek the truth about being. I have a pretty good understanding of not being as I know a few people who are not being and they obviously cant do anything. I feel I only know a fraction about being so that is my reason why I prefer being. Its like working with a broken computer vs working one. The broken one cant do much but the working one has endless possibilities so the reason to use the broken computer are mathematically far less superior than working with the working computer due to the number of possibilities. Hopefully that analogy makes some sense What im trying to say is its mathematically Superior to be than to not to be. So being is lets say a 10 which is a greater number than 1 which would be not to be. It is more rational and more superior to be than not to be. Also as far as morally. I feel its morally superior to be than not to be as if you are alive then you can speak the truth and spread virtue but if you decide not to be then you cant continually seek the truth and speak it.

As far as what I strive for, I strive for the basics like Truth, Virtue, freedom and the one that makes it all possible, Time. Its why I started a business at a young age and retired. My choice to eat food and drink water are done so to make sure I have more time so why not free up my time to have more time overall. 

 

[mgggb]

On 6/27/2017 at 5:24 PM, Siegfried von Walheim said:

What is your "reason for being?" Why are you alive, as opposed to not alive? What do you strive for? Do you strive for anything beyond momentary pleasures? If so, what? How do you know it's worthwhile? Why do you want it in the first place? What value am I to society? Why do I care about my value? How do I know this is in fact my value? 

1. There is no reason for being. You create your own reason or else you'll end up following someone else's reason. 

2. I'm alive because what the hell else would I do? I'll spend the vast majority of existence not existing anyways, why hurry the process?

3. I strive to become a incredible father, husband, and psychoanalyst. 

4. Yes. 

5. See 3. Momentary pleasure tends to be long term pain. 

6. I know it's worthwhile because there is literally nothing better I can think of doing. 

7. I want it because it will fulfill many of my life requirements at the same time. Intellectual stimulation, helping others, good pay, be my own boss, can work from home, my writing will make me immortal. 

8. Idk what you're asking here. Society is an abstraction, there's only other people you interact with. 

9. Does it matter why you care? You do, and as far as I'm aware it's not possible to not care without going down a bad path. But this is also an abstraction, you have to be valuable to yourself before you can be valued by others. 

10. Perception creates reality. 

[mgggb]

On 6/27/2017 at 5:24 PM, Siegfried von Walheim said:

And then there's that question; "Why do I have to be special?" My answer: I don't know, but I think I have to be special because I despise everything that is ordinary and mundane, and if I am mundane and ordinary, I must hate myself. 

There is nothing you have to do ever. Everything you do voluntarily is by definition something you want to do. So if you find yourself doing things that you think you shouldn't want to do, start with the assumption that you're doing what you want to do and it's fulfilling some kind of need in your life. 

For example, if someone is eating too much assume they want to over eat. It might be good for them because it helps them deal with stress. So to stop overeating they must find a way to reduce their stress.