Khalil Gibran says that work isn’t supposed to be a punishment, I don’t know, have you read his book, the prophet ? It’s life changing.
I honestly only find peace in my hobbies, crestivity, friends and loved ones, also in art and music. If I write a good poem, that helps a lot.
For each person it will be different of course. People say we live in a prison and the solution is wholsome activity and breaking free from stereotypes. Like spending time with people close to you, going into nature and finding places of grounding. We may also try connecting with our roots.
I had impossible problems too, at some point they stopped mattering and I just enjoyed the simple things, I started missing the pondering for sake of boredom, so here I am again.
If the impossible problems are not interfering with how we go about with the most important things, like friends and so on, then impossible problems simply give us, perhaps a divine sense of purpose, or make us divine by thinking of them.
Why do some children at certain young ages seem to have answers that really make sense to at least some of what you mention, as if it’s a combination to a yogi and a reductionist if that’s the right term ?
Perhaps memory isn’t lost ?
Let’s pick a difficult one, the ‘God’ problem. For me it’s simply, we take care of the self first and foremost and then we find ourself in alignment with ‘God’ whether he / she exist or not.
Would such missing history interfere with a unique and simple life-style ? Are all who hold vast and complex knowledge happy, for that matter, I think of Anthena, who they say always looked sad.
If I may continue with Greek philosophy, they also say one should not achieve your ultimate wish, otherwise it turns out as a disappointment.
I’m trying to learn a langue, which is dear to me, unfortunately due to health problems it’s come to a screeching halt. I also have some other hopes and dreams, but now I’m thinking, if they come true, will it be like buying a house and the coast and eventually you get used to it ?
No worries about the health problems, thanks a lot.
To me philosophy and the difficult or impossible questions is passing time. I don’t care that I don’t know everything and whether I’m right or wrong about something - I wouldn’t want to mislead anyone, however, so I try to be sensitive.
I think philosophy should be for entertainment and serious entertainment. If it didn’t touch us at some point, personally, it would be void of meaning.
I think we can compare it with being single or being in a relationship. Values and rules usually change in that, as I would say also for philosophy.
When we are married to philosophy or our own issues are married to philosophy, it becomes a matter of life and death.
So what I’m saying, perhaps other things solve our problems, rather than philosophy, without loosing interest in any important thing, including philosophy.
It’s truly a profound gap in our lives. It won’t be easy to correct this missing Bootes void. The dark interior of this void is littered with the bones of those who tried … and failed. However it seems you can enter into a positive relationship with the Bootes void. It seems to provide nourishment and customized, carefully dosed refreshment for the soul. It’s a sublime arrangement. I’m dumbstruck by its empty fullness.
