http://www.mind-manual.com/blog/index.php/2008/11/28/what-is-the-point-of-it-all/ Figuring Out Life Together Tue, 09 Aug 2011 23:51:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.mind-manual.com/blog/index.php/2008/11/28/what-is-the-point-of-it-all/comment-page-1/#comment-29407 Ancient Civilizations Fri, 06 Mar 2009 01:42:49 +0000 http://www.mind-manual.com/blog/?p=333#comment-29407 [...] What is the Point of It All? | Mind-Manual That may include some pointers to the sort of disillusionment with the answers you're finding. I do not believe religion was invented, I believe it evolved. The tricky bit is not to just make up a story, but to make a story that people will care enough about to repeat. There's a reason why these stories were repeated. Remember, they could have been wiped out in one generation and in many cases were and left no traces. This is an interesting talk on the nature of myths and why they may be transferred: What is Evil? | Mind-Manual "There is an odd power to myths, which can hold our attention as a group over the course of many millennia. The story of Noah’s Flood is at least six thousand years old but it was told and re-told for all of that time. Maybe there is a deeper, hidden and implicit meaning to it. According to Jordan Peterson, the meaning is something like: do not allow yourself and your culture to become morally corrupt because if the structures of order that keep chaos at bay (ie culture and cities) will be washed away by chaos (water = chaos)." Battlestar Galactica = The Bible? | Mind-Manual Why is the fact that some notion of divineness is a human universal reason enough for believing there must be a divine out there? You can also check out this video: Jordan B Peterson on blip.tv The question you are asking, about the nature of meaning is important. The monist-materialist ideas that prevade our societies seem to destroy meaning but it doesn't have to be like that. Check out the above links and you may find some answers. Finally, don't identify yourself with your beliefs, identify yourself with the thing that changes beliefs. Ok, let's say you have a theory about hte world, and then it's proven wrong, then you can update it. If you identify too strongly with that theory and go "this theory is a part of me" you're less likely to cut out a part of you. Also check Pavlina's archives and Ctrl-F for "belief" __________________ Mind-Manual New: Battlestar Galactica = The Bible? [...] [...] What is the Point of It All? | Mind-Manual That may include some pointers to the sort of disillusionment with the answers you’re finding. I do not believe religion was invented, I believe it evolved. The tricky bit is not to just make up a story, but to make a story that people will care enough about to repeat. There’s a reason why these stories were repeated. Remember, they could have been wiped out in one generation and in many cases were and left no traces. This is an interesting talk on the nature of myths and why they may be transferred: What is Evil? | Mind-Manual "There is an odd power to myths, which can hold our attention as a group over the course of many millennia. The story of Noah’s Flood is at least six thousand years old but it was told and re-told for all of that time. Maybe there is a deeper, hidden and implicit meaning to it. According to Jordan Peterson, the meaning is something like: do not allow yourself and your culture to become morally corrupt because if the structures of order that keep chaos at bay (ie culture and cities) will be washed away by chaos (water = chaos)." Battlestar Galactica = The Bible? | Mind-Manual Why is the fact that some notion of divineness is a human universal reason enough for believing there must be a divine out there? You can also check out this video: Jordan B Peterson on blip.tv The question you are asking, about the nature of meaning is important. The monist-materialist ideas that prevade our societies seem to destroy meaning but it doesn’t have to be like that. Check out the above links and you may find some answers. Finally, don’t identify yourself with your beliefs, identify yourself with the thing that changes beliefs. Ok, let’s say you have a theory about hte world, and then it’s proven wrong, then you can update it. If you identify too strongly with that theory and go "this theory is a part of me" you’re less likely to cut out a part of you. Also check Pavlina’s archives and Ctrl-F for "belief" __________________ Mind-Manual New: Battlestar Galactica = The Bible? [...]

]]> http://www.mind-manual.com/blog/index.php/2008/11/28/what-is-the-point-of-it-all/comment-page-1/#comment-28192 Whats the point to life? Thu, 05 Feb 2009 19:56:01 +0000 http://www.mind-manual.com/blog/?p=333#comment-28192 [...] point isn't there to life? Quoted for truth. I took a different tack to this question here: What is the Point of It All? | Mind-Manual My conclusion is basically that the question arises out of a certain sort of mindset and if you [...] [...] point isn’t there to life? Quoted for truth. I took a different tack to this question here: What is the Point of It All? | Mind-Manual My conclusion is basically that the question arises out of a certain sort of mindset and if you [...]

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