statue as a parting gift a few decades back- a girl throwing a ball in
the air- their note read: Life is a mystery to be lived- not a problem
to be solved. (It didn't help- I was waltzing into a problem.) But I
am not countering your thought- life is really a little of both- at
least I find it so.
On Feb 15, 8:08 am, gwilliamsny11 <gwilliamsn...@aol.com> wrote:
> After 75 years of experience on this earth plane here is my conclusion as to the meaning of -at least - my life:
>
> Living from day to day confronts us with a never ending array of problems ranging from practical issues such as
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> what is on the top of my to do list - to philosophical such as why am I bothering to get up at all - to urgent: I have to do something
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> about the pain in my tooth-
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> Since I am preoccupied with one or more problems to be solved and it gives me satisfaction to master each and all of them --it follows
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> that the good life must be concerned with becoming an expert problem solver.
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> Adopting this ethic reinforces my interests in science (particularly scientific method); philosophical theory and discourse (particularly
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> Spinoza, the Pragmatists, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle); continuing to examine the implications of viewing the nature of meaningful
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> coincidences from two alternative perspectives (Jung: mystical magical transcendent collective unconscious and G Williams
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> naturalistic, personal unconscious, by products of the idiosyncratic creative process); depth psychology notably Freudian
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> classical psychoanalysis, British Object Relations theorists especially Guntrip, Winnicott etc); continued learning about the nature of
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> psychodynamics; continuing learning about the nature of the self and how it develops (particularly Spitz, The First Year of Life) - Freiberg:
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> The Magic Years; and adopting the seminal incite that the key to emotional success is adopting and practicing the discovery that the
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> best attitude to coping with the daily experiences of anxiety, depression, frustration and stress (tension) is an attitude of bring them on
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> and I will tolerate them the best I can which is essentially the concluding message of Molly Bloom in Joyce's must read classic:
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> Ulysses - that after a life time of experience much of it traumatic she sums up with yes, yes, yes, yes yes yes, again yes. Top that ethic
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> if you can.
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> Gibbs A. Williams gibbsonline. com
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pol.science kid <r.freeb...@gmail.com>
> To: minds-eye <minds-eye@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Tue, Feb 14, 2012 11:53 pm
> Subject: Re: Mind's Eye Re: Life's Purpose
>
> Do you mean ... to always do the right thing?....
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> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 3:37 AM, gabbydott <gabbyd...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I understood that Erica meant it was our cognitive abilities which had made us aware of better streamlining ourselves.
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> I hope this opens up for a more mortal and less moral interpretation, yes.
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> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:08 AM, pol.science kid <r.freeb...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> yes... thats such an interesting thing... happiness is a choice.... but we dont quite know about it do we.. nor do mot of us care....
> sometimes i hate happiness ... but thats really not possible is it... it only exposes the essentially morbid mind...
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> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Erica Moreau <ericamor...@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I thought happiness was the purpose [not that people can recognize
> that happiness is not a feeling, but rather a choice...]
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> On Feb 5, 10:55 am, RP Singh <123...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Life has no purpose except evolution ; a person has to search his own
> > purpose in life and live for it. Some live for the attainment of wealth and
> > fame , some for the freedom of their country , removal of corruption , some
> > for the attainment of wisdom and some for the happiness of their children.
> > You have to set your own priorities.
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