bettie_x
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posted on 18/6/2002 at 12:32 PM |
That is very true for people who want/need/desire or are "destined" for
mass/group approval. That would be success to them. The egyptians
believed that immortality was attained as long as your name (and body) was
always maintained...hence they wrote their name on EVERYTHING...ALL OVER
THE PLACE.
Not being a particularly driven person myslef, I find success in SUCCEEDING
to pull my ass out of bed each morning. All I do is love my husband, paint
paintings, pretend to be a retail diva and spokesperson of fashion for 8
hrs a day, and just LIVE as best I can given whatever situation I find
myself in, and that in spite of it, living in a vaccuous unsatiable
superficial world, Iīm STILL a functioning member of society and not in a
mental ward somewhere dark. I find that HIGHLY successful.
Just view life as an infinite spectrum. Everyone falls into some interval
(or several) at some point in their life. Some people are in the
middle...they simply live, which left just as admirable an imprint as the
man who found the vaccine for polio. Adolf hitler and mother theresa left
their mark as well, just at opposite ends of the spectrum. One was a
motherly elder woman who brought relieve to uncountable hopeless people,
she didnīt want fame or fortune or to "leave a mark", but she did. Would
she consider her "fame" something to be proud of? Something that went
against her humble nature? Or would she simply be happy helping one
unfortunate or a million?
Another tossed the world into a global war and instigated genocide. He
HIRED propaganda "machines"..men paid to get his face, name, plan, and lies
to as MANY as possible. His name was on the hearts of bullets of people
around the world. He left a mark. A BIG one. A BAD one. But any less
significant than the works of a kind old woman? Nope, just totally
opposite in motivation and goal. One to help, one to kill, one to save,
one to rule. Both lasting impressions not easily forgotten.
Soooo moral of story, whether youīre just along for the ride, or out to
build the biggest ride of all, it all evens out in the end. EVERYONE
counts, EVERYONE makes an impression...even if only on one person. The
meaning is to live, and live as best you can. Or the worst...depends on
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darkness_of_shadows
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posted on 18/6/2002 at 06:00 PM |
if everyone counts what about the babies who are stillborn? or take one
breth and die?
or what about the woman noone knows and noone wants to who lives in the
middle of the desert alone and helpless?
what about them?
:???: ____________________ if you want idiocy you've come to the right place |
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bettie_x
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posted on 18/6/2002 at 09:13 PM |
Okay, valid, let me think
Well, a child who is stillborn or dies in infancy.
Regardless, that child still matters. In most pregnancies, that child is
anticipated for 9months..the thought of it brings the parents joy and
excitement. That child dies...his birth and death, as unfair as they were,
taught the parents anticipation, excitement, joy, and finally sadness, how
to move on in sadness, and though the sadness always remains in some degree
throughout their lives, it teaches them that joy and sadness are a part of
life. The birth and death of the child, as cold as it sounds, was a lesson
in life. People die, and sadly children do to. Sounds hard for the child,
and hard for the parents, but itīs not the actual event that gives a life
meaning, itīs being alive, even momentarily. A woman in the desert, alone,
whom nobody wants may be content in her solitude and hermit life, which
nobody may understand. She may be happy. She may not...and in her
unhappiness she stays by her own choices, and lives with a negative meaning
of life.
Not all meaning that life has must be positive. Like I said...mother
theresa good meaning, hitler bad meaning, but both equally powerful.
I think that made sense....Uh... ____________________ Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas. |
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Abbadon
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posted on 19/6/2002 at 11:17 AM |
The biological purpose of the human genus as we all know is to reproduce
and die. However whatever force, however divine made a right pigīs ear of
the whole creation thing. Hence the human condition, in which we are all:
opinionated; misled; obsessed with fracturing society into as many tiny
pieces as we can and then destroying all the other ones apart from our own;
arrogant; pedantic; jealous; weak willed; unable to accept we may be the
highest power in the universe; even thought we are and trying to create a
īgodī figure to represent ourselfves in our own warped minds; obsessed with
our appearance; lazy and set in our ways. And all this in the hope that we
can better fulfill our purpose. Unfortunately all it does is get in the
way. We canīt see the wood for the trees. We have mistaken mythos for
logos. To coin but two appropriate maxims. ____________________ Light is changing to shadow, and casting a shroud over all we have known. |
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Dolorosa
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posted on 19/6/2002 at 04:12 PM |
Hrm...I postulate that reality is one big shiny immovable wall of
marble...and god/goddess/life throws us at that wall...really reall hard.
The purpose of life is to try and knock that wall down.
Then again...I have been hitting the Thai whiskey a bit much lately...ho
ha ho ha ho chi chi.
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Comedian
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posted on 19/6/2002 at 06:40 PM |
Madre di dios people, lifeīs too short to sit around talking about how
short life is and how we should be enjoying it. ____________________ Make way for the bad guy! |
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Dolorosa
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posted on 20/6/2002 at 08:16 AM |
No comment. ____________________ In the valley of the Goats, the Goat Fucker is King |
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callei
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posted on 20/6/2002 at 11:24 AM |
How about this for a meaning of life
dont die. What could be more meaningful about life than living it?
If you do something so horrible that you cant live with yourself, then die.
if you do something so great that you feel no need to try for anything
else, then die. otherwise live, greet the morning, toast the afternoon,
embrase the night, cuddle with the false dawn, and giggle with the
eclipses. LIVE.
There is no such thing as "society" there are just lots of other people
doing things that make sense to them.
Do what feels right for as long as it feels right, then stop and do
something else. ____________________ Real goths wear silver and crosses to keep the werewolves and vampires
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Dolorosa
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posted on 20/6/2002 at 11:41 AM |
A-fucking-men... ____________________ In the valley of the Goats, the Goat Fucker is King |
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Meranda_Jade
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posted on 20/6/2002 at 12:26 PM |
Didnīt know there was such a thing as Thai whisky... sounds
interesting...
I agree that life is to be lived and lived well... whatever you may have to
go through during it. Life is a test as well, we all have things to learn,
do, or trials to live through, and how well you handle these things
determines if you pass or fail. If you can manage to slog your way through
even the meanest of situations, never giving up... Iīd say you pass. If you
can make a life for yourself that makes you content, despite terrible
conditions... Iīd say you pass with flying colors. If you sit around and
whine that your life has no meaning, and it will never get any better, and
you canīt improve it at all, and youīre utterly miserable and are doing
nothing to correct it... Iīd say you fail. Try again next time. ____________________
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Gala
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posted on 7/12/2002 at 05:22 PM |
there are so many answers to that question. by that, i do not mean
emotional feelings, or egotystical answers. one person raised in this
particular type of society would'nt give a 'good' answer, then again good
is such a relative term... I mean, someone would base their answer on how
they were raised, technically, it would'nt be their answer, it would be
their parents, friends, relatives, answers. of course, there is always
those excpetions to the rule where people try to defy the things around
them, those are the ones who question society....the 'outcasts'....
the question: 'What Is The Meaning Of Life" has gotten so aggrandized, so
commercialized if you will, that people are not truelly answering that
question. they put to much emphasis on it now. i also think the answer use
to be so simple, but most people now are blinded... (yes, i was just
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AloneSoul
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posted on 7/12/2002 at 06:45 PM |
People here knows my pessimistic views on this topic, life is meaningless,
blah blah blah. ____________________ but at least you know, just how much pain there is in living |
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Sticupus
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posted on 7/12/2002 at 09:03 PM |
Cashmere and I will tell you a little secret. The Obolisk is Divine. You
are not Divine.
Mmm-yes. ____________________ The OBOLISK is Divine. |
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bettie_x
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posted on 7/12/2002 at 09:50 PM |
I wonder just how much of their life people sit around and think about the
purpose of life?
Probably way too much time, if ya ask me. But it's nothing new...people
been doin it for EVER. They invented numerous dieties to validate this.
Bein alive is just enough for me. I enjoy it, sometimes I hate it, but I
always get on with it. ____________________ Trapped in time. Surrounded by evil. Low on gas. |
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Sardonic-Pain
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posted on 9/12/2002 at 10:21 AM |
Why does there have to be a meaning to life? IF there is one you'll never
no it because their are so many debateable explainations, theories , and
opinions...What one thinks the meaning of life is, is more than likely
gonna contradict what the person next to him thinks what the meaning of
life is...To me I am just gonna live my life not trying to find its
meaning...put on this earth to reproduce and further the human race....and
then die ya know....Instead of pondering the thought of the meaning of life
I just simply live life to the fullest and enjoy life cause if I dont enjoy
it someone else will enjoy it for me.....Life is to short to take
seriously! ____________________ My Life is like a porno-Without the sex-Just the weird music |
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Dolorosa
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posted on 9/12/2002 at 10:51 AM |
I'm gonna' have to agree with Bettie on her meaning of life, mostly at
least...thats a good an accurate one.
But to tell you the truth, as far as I can figure, the meaning of life for
me specifically is to leave a mark on this world. No matter how small or
insignifigant, my particular purpose in this life is to leave something of
myself thats, if not eternal, then pretty damned long lasting...even if it
is just a footprint in the sand. As mortal and fragile creatures...I'd like
to at least touch immortality, if but briefly.
but Eat, Sleep, Fuck, Die pretty much covers all the essentials.
I remember awhile back saying something about existance being someone,
thrown at high velocities at a very large wall...and the purpose of life
was to crack the shit out of that wall via use of your speedy soon-to-be
splatter-of-existance. ____________________ In the valley of the Goats, the Goat Fucker is King |
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Merry_Widow
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posted on 9/12/2002 at 03:38 PM |
Bettie nailed it in one smooth bit of eloquence. Eat, sleep, fuck, and
die.
In between I like to tell Dolo how cute he is and drink. ____________________ Okay, dazzle me. |
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leviathanticus
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posted on 26/7/2003 at 04:01 AM |
...is 2 have phun
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Sticupus
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posted on 26/7/2003 at 11:23 AM |
-=polishes his onyx Obolisk=- ____________________ The OBOLISK is Divine. |
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dead-cell
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posted on 26/7/2003 at 06:16 PM |
"A life understood is a life lived" - Waking Life ____________________ co-worker: "Your gay!?"
myself: "Didn't you see my rainbow pin?"
co-worker: "I just thought you liked skettles."
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