Re: Mind's Eye Re: Life's Purpose

There is room for variation and idiosyncrasies as to the meaning of
life for each of us, each within his/her angle of the world and inner
dynamics. I do believe, however, that a general view of the purpose of
life can be twofold: one aesthetic, and one ethical. Thoughtfully
savoring life with all it has to offer to the best of our abilities
and marveling in the magnificence and uniqueness of our existence can
be an end in itself. Ethically, we need to try to make the world
better with than without us, each within their means. To connect both
ethics and aesthetics, human beings are endowed with such incessant
thirst for knowledge and pursuit of truths of their existence and the
world they inhabit. I think that under that bridge between marveling
in the wonders of life, and making a positive imprint on it, lie much
of the sciences, arts , and even religions that human beings have
created, developed and pursued since the dawns of their existence as a
species. Being a Muslim, I will add that to me pesonally, finding God
through His magnificent and complex creation is a purpose that I place
within the first category , which had to do with experiencing life,
but once God is found, it leads up to the second layer, which is
trying to make the world a better place, or at least preserve what is
good about it.

On 2/15/12, gwilliamsny11 <gwilliamsny11@aol.com> wrote:
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> After 75 years of experience on this earth plane here is my conclusion as to
> the meaning of -at least - my life:
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> Living from day to day confronts us with a never ending array of problems
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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
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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.freebird@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
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> Do you mean ... to always do the right thing?....
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> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 3:37 AM, gabbydott <gabbydott@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.freebird@gmail.com>
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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 <ericamoreau@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
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>> fame , some for the freedom of their country , removal of corruption ,
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>> for the attainment of wisdom and some for the happiness of their children.
>> You have to set your own priorities.
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