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Pondering existence.

Seb2728 May 25, 2020 at 12:49 1000 views 1 comments
Hi,

I often ponder existence. Why do we exist? It's impossible to imagine there being nothing, so it feels like we and nature HAD to exist. Which is quite freaky. Does anyone else think this?

It's amazing how many people go through life without pondering these things, there must be some. They're so wrapped up in learned culture etc. We shouldn't take life so seriously, it's just a laugh.

Any thoughts?

Thanks

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remoku May 25, 2020 at 13:48 #415856
Seb:I often ponder existence. Why do we exist?


Good, because, 'for the most part', it's good use of mind... [ref. 'for the most part' - I advise you stick to your own theories that aren't accepted socially, and build yourself up from ground zero].

If you enjoy pondering, a lot of people here will tell you, there's lot's of joy and enlightenment to come from such pondering.

Seb:It's impossible to imagine there being nothing, so it feels like we and nature HAD to exist.


Yes... That's one of the questions that drive us all mad.

A common answer is that at the time there was nothing, is actually a conception of 'no-time', for if there were time, there is at least something.

Thinking there is a time where nothing exists is false, that time, is really a mixture of something and nothing, or just something.

'It drives us all mad', a symbol I like to put with this thought, something to think about. Where (I do not believe in God but) even Gods are mad about it.