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 <[email protected]>
To: minds-eye <[email protected]>
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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> 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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