- last post: 01.01.0001 12:00 AM PDT
I figured since I am such a pretentious bastard, and I'm sure there are others like me, that I should make a thread where we can all regurgitate our years of more-than-impressive thinking. All one-sided arguments, ostentious statements, philisophical questions, mystical experiences, spiritual revelations, riddles, political commentaries, book recommendations, and any otherwise progressive thoughts should be posted here.
For God's sake, please don't ruin this by spamming, belligerent questions/answers, or otherwise barbaric behavior. I just want to open a portal for the more thoughtful of us to spread our various messages of self-enlightenement; so that we all may participate in some form of intellectual intercourse.
I'll take this opportunity to make some brief statements.
"Surely I haven't made this journey for no reason?"
One of my favorite quotes, somewhere in the beginning of "The Castle" by Franz Kafka.
The core of the Human condition (dilemma), contains many fears, one of course being the fear that one's entire life, all of the sufferings one experiences, is for nothing, or rather, we spend our lives trying to answer the one unanswerable question, "why am I here?" It is often assumed, that this question will be answered in time, as many religions promise, that our short and painful struggle to exist will be rewarded, that our purpose is to transcend the physical, to attain some form of enlightenment. However, I sincerely think that even the most pious man, on his death bed, begins to doubt the sincerity of his life's studies; that all he has learned about life's purpose, and eventual reward, may not be true. The lifelong journey through heaven, hell, and everything in between, has been to no avail, that he has arrived at the end of his life, only to find that "as far as I know, we have no need for a Land Surveyor;" the purpose of his entire life was based on falsely held beliefs.
Thats enough for now, I'm sure everyone has something to share. It doesn't have to be interesting, just please don't be an idiot. And by that I mean, don't spam, and especially that means don't flame. This isn't where you go to judge everyone's opinon. If your going to disagree with someone's opinion, don't flame them, reply with an opinion of your own.
I have a sad feeling that this thread will be abused and murdered, so don't fufill my prophecy, please.