pointless post about a pointless life
Everyone has a hole that they're trying to fill.
A gap, inside, where something has been removed.
Most of us don't know what it is, but we try our best to fill it anyway.
A small piece of information is removed from us at birth and we are to be denied it for the duration of our lives. This is what leaves the gap that we insatiably try to fill.
It's quite simple, actually. Just the answers to two questions: Why am I here; where do I go after I die?
Think about it. If you knew the answers to these two questions, you would be content. You would have a purpose and you would know where you are going.
But we will never know the answers to these questions. It is impossible to know for sure. There will always be doubt, no matter what you believe.
This is where all the "hole filling" comes in. Most people don't know what it is that is missing and causing the hole, they are just aware that there is an emptiness, they don't like it and they want it filled. Some of the more common things that are used as fillers are: Material possessions, wealth, power, food (over-eating or over-restricting thereof), friends, status, the list could go on. Each time, they think, "if only I had (insert pointless acquisition here) I would be happy". But each time they find that they aren't happy, the hole is still there. And so they move on to the next thing, in hopes that they will one day find peace.
At some point, most people become more aware of what it is that is missing. This is where religion, philosophy and spiritualism come in. Take your pick of the myriad options available to you in these fields. Each and every option claims to have the answers, but with every answer, comes more questions demanding to be answered. Each line of questioning runs on and on until you inevitably come to the point where there are no more answers, only questions.
So, your options at this point?
1. Accept the fact that you won't know anything until you die and live out the rest of your life patiently, with your eyes open, always searching, despite the endless, unanswerable questions
2. Accept the fact that you won't know anything until you die and kill yourself
3. Develop 'faith' - pick the religion/philosophy/whatever that suits you most and have faith in it, despite the fact that there is no 100% assurance
4. Bury your head nice and snuggly in the sand and keep right on filling that gap with whatever takes your fancy
There are probably many more options, but these are the ones that spring to mind.
Pointless post
A gap, inside, where something has been removed.
Most of us don't know what it is, but we try our best to fill it anyway.
A small piece of information is removed from us at birth and we are to be denied it for the duration of our lives. This is what leaves the gap that we insatiably try to fill.
It's quite simple, actually. Just the answers to two questions: Why am I here; where do I go after I die?
Think about it. If you knew the answers to these two questions, you would be content. You would have a purpose and you would know where you are going.
But we will never know the answers to these questions. It is impossible to know for sure. There will always be doubt, no matter what you believe.
This is where all the "hole filling" comes in. Most people don't know what it is that is missing and causing the hole, they are just aware that there is an emptiness, they don't like it and they want it filled. Some of the more common things that are used as fillers are: Material possessions, wealth, power, food (over-eating or over-restricting thereof), friends, status, the list could go on. Each time, they think, "if only I had (insert pointless acquisition here) I would be happy". But each time they find that they aren't happy, the hole is still there. And so they move on to the next thing, in hopes that they will one day find peace.
At some point, most people become more aware of what it is that is missing. This is where religion, philosophy and spiritualism come in. Take your pick of the myriad options available to you in these fields. Each and every option claims to have the answers, but with every answer, comes more questions demanding to be answered. Each line of questioning runs on and on until you inevitably come to the point where there are no more answers, only questions.
So, your options at this point?
1. Accept the fact that you won't know anything until you die and live out the rest of your life patiently, with your eyes open, always searching, despite the endless, unanswerable questions
2. Accept the fact that you won't know anything until you die and kill yourself
3. Develop 'faith' - pick the religion/philosophy/whatever that suits you most and have faith in it, despite the fact that there is no 100% assurance
4. Bury your head nice and snuggly in the sand and keep right on filling that gap with whatever takes your fancy
There are probably many more options, but these are the ones that spring to mind.
Pointless post