moral act because one gives recognition and gratitude to the One who
provided life, opportunity to experience the world and really
everything else. I realize that people believe in God for so many
reasons, but ultimately one has to think it is the truth in order to
embrace it.
On 2/15/12, gwilliamsny11 <gwilliamsny11@aol.com> wrote:
> I appreciate Eman's perspective re the experience of God leading to wanting
> to make the world a better place. However
>
> I am of the opinion that connection with "God" is not necessary to live an
> ethical life. For me whether there is a God in the sense of
>
>
> a supreme Goodness, Truth, originator of divine wisdom, all powerful etc.
> isn't all that important. The fact that there is continuing
>
>
> suffering, apparent injustices on a world wide scale, fundamental
> unfairness, random good and or bad luck - limited control over one's
>
>
> destiny and a multitude of additional realistic limitations plus the fact
> of human creativity means to me that each of us has a core choice
>
>
> to live an artistic ethical life in promoting that which is constructive, or
> cave into cynicism and a lazy what the hell attitude of everything is
>
>
> equal so in the end nothing really matters very much.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eman Abdulla <emanaphd@gmail.com>
> To: minds-eye <minds-eye@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Wed, Feb 15, 2012 10:54 am
> Subject: 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:
>>
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> about the pain in my tooth-
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> that the good life must be concerned with becoming an expert problem
>> solver.
>>
>>
>> Adopting this ethic reinforces my interests in science (particularly
>> scientific method); philosophical theory and discourse (particularly
>>
>>
>> Spinoza, the Pragmatists, Socrates, Plato and Aristotle); continuing to
>> examine the implications of viewing the nature of meaningful
>>
>>
>> coincidences from two alternative perspectives (Jung: mystical magical
>> transcendent collective unconscious and G Williams
>>
>>
>> naturalistic, personal unconscious, by products of the idiosyncratic
>> creative process); depth psychology notably Freudian
>>
>>
>> classical psychoanalysis, British Object Relations theorists especially
>> Guntrip, Winnicott etc); continued learning about the nature of
>>
>>
>> psychodynamics; continuing learning about the nature of the self and how
>> it
>> develops (particularly Spitz, The First Year of Life) - Freiberg:
>>
>>
>> The Magic Years; and adopting the seminal incite that the key to
>> emotional
>> success is adopting and practicing the discovery that the
>>
>>
>> best attitude to coping with the daily experiences of anxiety,
>> depression,
>> frustration and stress (tension) is an attitude of bring them on
>>
>>
>> and I will tolerate them the best I can which is essentially the
>> concluding
>> message of Molly Bloom in Joyce's must read classic:
>>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>> if you can.
>>
>>
>> Gibbs A. Williams gibbsonline. com
>>
>>
>> -----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
>>
>>
>> Do you mean ... to always do the right thing?....
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 3:37 AM, gabbydott <gabbydott@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I understood that Erica meant it was our cognitive abilities which had
>> made
>> us aware of better streamlining ourselves.
>>
>>
>> I hope this opens up for a more mortal and less moral interpretation, yes.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 9:08 AM, pol.science kid <r.freebird@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> 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...
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 14, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Erica Moreau <ericamoreau@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> I thought happiness was the purpose [not that people can recognize
>> that happiness is not a feeling, but rather a choice...]
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> EverComing
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> EverComing
>>
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